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In these memoir-textured poems, Penny Johnson puts us in the driver's seat-of a tractor that is-and shows us what it means to be a mature, rural woman grappling with the land and its seasonal weather...

This collection of how-to poems offers words to help us find our way in life, to navigate through difficult times, to cope with grief, and to celebrate the beauty and strangeness of the world around...

In Transit acknowledges the joy and intensity of emotional connections; the wonder of the natural world; the mystery of time and space; the yearnings of the heart; and the tenacity of the human...

2nd Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize 2023- This collection of poetic observations derives from years of volunteer work, both at a homeless clinic and a women's day shelter.Author:...

These poems crisscross the Pacific: from an elegy for a forest in Alaska to a magical wish for those living on the streets of Saigon. Time lives differently in this work. Poems layer details of the...

Life is a journey: trees can show us where we've been and where we might go. These poems are both cautionary and celebratory. What has been felled-trees or a marriage, a dream or a body-might rise...

Rushing in as a welcome surprise, these "new late poems" were mostly composed both late in the year and late in the author's years. In Jump Straight Up, Jarold Ramsey versifies and pokes at an odd...

An imaginative, clever collection of persona poems, based on the Wizard of Oz, that shows the Midwest in full color and beauty, giving voice to familiar characters as well as unexpected entities...

These sonnets explore global warming and examine the aftermath of fire through Greek myth as well as the history of match making.Author: Anne CorayPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Jul 15,...

Let'S Hear It For The HorsesAuthor: Tricia KnollPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Feb 01, 2022Number of Pages: 50 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1956285032ISBN-13: 9781956285031

While the ninety-six-year-old poet's personal life and that of her family remains stable, the world suffers increasing turmoil-be it war, displacement, or threats to our democracy. Laurel...

A book of "golden shovel" poems paying homage to a host of modern day poets.Author: Sheila SondikPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Jul 15, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

3rd Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2022 (Judge: James Crews, award-winning poet) These poems center on the theme of growing up with an unidentified hearing loss that progressively...

Mary Dyer's Hymn and Other Quaker PoemsAuthor: Stanford SearlPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: November 22, 2019Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Claudia Saleeby Savage's new poetry collection, metal used for beauty alone, is a plea for music as prayer, music as protest and balm, music as change.Author: Claudia Saleeby SavagePublisher: Poetry...

Most BeautifulAuthor: Elizabeth S E McBridePublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: October 15, 2019Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948461358ISBN-13: 9781948461351

Mouth Quill : Poems with Ancestral RootsAuthor: Kaja WeeksPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Sep 30, 2020Number of Pages: 52 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948461625ISBN-13:...

My Husband's EyebrowsAuthor: Leanne GrabelPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Oct 25, 2022Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1956285253ISBN-13: 9781956285253

My Mind's Eye - 9781948461665Author: Marshall WittenPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Dec 01, 2020Number of Pages: 114 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948461668ISBN-13:...

My Mother Never Died Before: and Other PoemsAuthor: Marcia B LoughranPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: January 21, 2021Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Nothing More to LoseAuthor: Carolyn MartinPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: January 12, 2021Number of Pages: 62 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948461781ISBN-13: 9781948461788

Janet Steward became caregiver for her husband when memory loss joined his list of chronic conditions a few years ago. This moving collection of poems not only documents a couple's journey, but they...

Of The ForestAuthor: Linda FergusonPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Feb 01, 2022Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1956285024ISBN-13: 9781956285024

Off Coldwater CanyonAuthor: C W EmersonPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: January 21, 2021Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948461730ISBN-13: 9781948461733

Ordinary Omens is an exploration of moments in our lives that have a connection to the extraordinary. The poems seek understanding of both common and unusual occurrences, examining their ties to...

Drawing on a lifelong career in gerontology & anthropology, the poems of Our Aching Bones, Our Breaking Hearts explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual impact of the aging experience.Author:...

Pleased to Meet YouAuthor: Romana TarlamisPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Jun 14, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1956285628ISBN-13: 9781956285628

Poems of the PointAuthor: Lauri Cruver CherianPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: Oct 15, 2022Number of Pages: 50 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1956285237ISBN-13: 9781956285239

ProtectionAuthor: Michelle LernerPublisher: Poetry BoxPublication Date: July 15, 2021Number of Pages: 44 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948461889ISBN-13: 9781948461887

Third Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize 2023 Reading Wind is a beautiful tribute to a father, written in a daughter's favorite language-poetry. These poems celebrate the life of the...