REVIEW: VENUS IN PINK MARBLE – GAYNOR KANE (HEDGEHOG PRESS)
This is a collection that moves around the themes of love, lust, futility and desire and the search for a self through these conflicts of empire and colonialism.
#TPQ5: FRANCESCA GARDNER
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REVIEW: GRAVITY – LYNNE SCHMIDT (NIGHTINGALE & SPARROW)
In that moment of vulnerability we are often not our best selves ultimately becoming lost. but sometimes we overcome these bad relationships, saving ourselves in the end.
Review by Chris L. Butler
#TPQ5: JUNPEI TARASHI
What will Junpei Tarashi include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
REVIEW: ALCHEMY OF LOVE – SOPHIE FOUCHER (SELF-PUBLISHED):
In simple lines of pure feeling these ‘30 poems and dreams about love’ challenge us to leave our troubles behind and enter Foucher’s vision of equanimity.
Review by Jane Berg
REVIEW: PITH – TRACY FUAD (NEWFOUND PRESS)
Day-after-day, emails – I get it. And for the rest of the day, I wondered where God fit into all this technologyand war of scorched earth?
Review by Martha Warren
REVIEW: NO SAINTS – KEANA AGUILA LABRA (LAZY ADVENTURER PUBLISHING):
Maybe the hard, unyielding material is not mankind’s intolerance of what is other, as we have always thought.
Review by Lannie Stabile.
#TPQ5: I.S. JONES
What will I.S. Jones include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
TPQ5: RACHEL SMALL
What will Rachel Small include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
REVIEW: LOST LAGOON/LOST IN THOUGHT – BETSY WARLAND
Thoughtful and contemplative, the writing captures the seasons of nature, the sounds and rhythms of the lagoon, and I wonder whether especially now, in times of uncertainty and fear, more of us should make time to be quiet
Review by Martha Warren
#TPQ5: ARIEL N. BANAYAN
What will Ariel N. Banayan include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@tiesto_eliot
REVIEW: LET’S PHOTOGRAPH GIRLS ENJOYING LIFE – JASMINE GRAY (BROKEN SLEEP BOOKS)
This small poetry collection hits hard, it makes us voyeur and complicit in the diminishment of what gender and sex are.
Rev by @jessmkrjy
#TPQ5: DAVID HARRISON HORTON
What will David Harrison Horton include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@unionherald
REVIEW: THE BOWER – CONNIE VOISINE (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS)
The daughter’s eyes are a wonderful vehicle fully exploited by the poet yet never to the point of exhaustion. That childish brio drinks in the wonders of flags and drums and studiously ignores the bottle of urine at a sectarian march.
#TPQ5: GODEFROY DRONSART
What will Goddfroy Dronsart include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@chozotull
REVIEW: CAPABLE MONSTERS – MARLIN M. JENKINS (BULL CITY PRESS)
What I’ve learned is that sometimes you need to crawl within your shell to gain the power to face the rest of the world, and sometimes you need a Mewtwo to get you there.
TPQ5: CANDICE WUEHLE
What will Candice Wuehle include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@glittertrash__
#TPQ5: TAYLOR GIANFRANCISCO
What will Taylor Gianfrancisco include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@tayleurmarie
#TPQ5: LEAH MUELLER
What will Leah Mueller include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@leahsnapdragon
#TPQ5: C.T. SALAZAR
WhAt will C.T. Salazar include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
REVIEW: FORTY STITCHES SEWING A BODY AGAINST A RAMSHACKLE NIGHT – C.T. SALAZAR (ANIMAL HEART PRESS)
And when we catch up to ourselves, we find we are tingling toes, prayer birds, wolf cubs, and gravity collapsing around you. C.T. Salazar gives us both a story of love, but also of finding oneself amidst the distractions of, well, everything else.
#TPQ5 BRIONY HUGHES
What will Briony Hughes include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@brihughespoet
#TPQ5: BEAU WILLIAMS
What will Beau Williams include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@bwilliamspoet
@awhitetrashpoet @andreagibson @SandraBeasley @FaylitaHicks
#TPQ5: BRANDI HOMAN
What will Brandi Homan include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@bhomanwriter
POWER OF POETRY #124: GOODNESS OLANREWAJU AYOOLA
You see poetry in everything: in nuances, in branches swaying in the gentle breeze, in the laughter of children, in the mirror, in the rustling of leaves, in the taxi, in the news, in the sermon….
@GoodnessLanre
#TPQ5: KARA KNICKERBOCKER
What will Kara Knickerbocker include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@writer_kara
#TPQ5: LEEANNE QUINN
What will Leeanne Quinn include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@Leeanne_Quinn_
#TPQ5: ANNA G WINHAM
What will Anna G Winham include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@1winsomewinham
#TPQ5: ASTRA PAPACHRISTODOULOU
What will Astra Papachristodoulou include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@heyastranaut
#TPQ5: LUCY FURLONG
What will Lucy Furlong include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@lucyfurleapz
#TPQ5: JAMES DUNNIGAN
What will James Dunnigan include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@JamesDunnigan19
REVIEW: RECKLESS PAPER BIRDS – JOHN McCULLOUGH (PENNED IN THE MARGINS)
The tone of communication is exuberant and rife with polysemic connotations, producing a psychedelic effect. A sad Lady Gaga prompts us to reflect on how “terrible” it is “to be a god and listen”….
Review by Rodanthi Tzanelli
REVIEW: ALMS BASKET FOR YOUR HEART – MACKENZIE MOORE (VARIANT LIT)
It is a tender little book and a reminder that, yes, not all dreams come true, but that doesn’t mean we should stop dreaming.
@mxkmoore @whatisaletter @VariantLit
#TPQ5: BRENDON BOOTH-JONES
What will Brendon Booth-Jones include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@BrendonBoothJo1
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER P.P. WHITE
What will Christopher P.P. White include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@firstavenger83
#TPQ5: CHRIS L. BUTLER
What will C.L. Butler include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@CLBpoetry
#TPQ5: SARRA CULLENO
What will Sarra Culleno in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@Sarra1978
#TPQ5: WALTER RUHLMANN
What will Walter RUHLMANN include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@SapiensSucks
#TPQ5: HANA SHAPIRO
What will Hana Shapiro include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@HanaShapiro
#TPQ5: RHIAN ELIZABETH
What will Rhian Elizabeth include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@rhianelizabeth7
#TPQ5: SIÂN GRIFFITHS
What will Siân Griffiths include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@borrowedhorses
#TPQ5: ANNA GRACE DU NOYER
What will Anna Grace Du Noyer include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@poemsannagrace
REVIEW: A QUARTER LIFE- TYLER PUFPAFF (SELF-PUBLISHED)
We can put ourselves in these cracks and pops of a body learning how to be on its own.
@tylerpufpaff @lanniestabile
#TPQ5: DAVID LEO SIROIS
What will David Leo Sirois, Canadian -American poet who lived & worked in Paris, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@DavidSirois3
#TPQ5: CLIFFORD VENHO
What will Clifford Venho, poet, translator, and author, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@cliffordvenho
#TPQ5: D.T. ROBBINS
What will D.T. Robbins, writer with roots in Southeastern Louisiana and Southern California, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@dt_robbins
#TPQ5: MIRIAM E. MILES
What will Miriam E. Miles, writer based in the Hunter Valley, Australia, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
#TPQ5: RACHEL MWIHAKI WANJIKU
What will Rachel Mwihaki Wanjiku, who when isn’t writing, plays with wax, paint, thread and plants, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@Ray_the_Ray
POWER OF POETRY #123: RAY MWIHAKI
I’m the kind of person who bottles things up till they froth and bubble with the wrath of an erupting volcano yet …I realize more pain has been lived by those brave ones who choose to share their lives with us through art.
#TPQ5: DR. CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK
What will Christopher W. Clark (@chriswillclark), who reads, writes, and teaches things, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
POWER OF POETRY #122: CATHRYN McCARTHY
Poetry distils the voice to its very essence; if you have nothing to say, poetry betrays that instantly. – @katysue1828
#TPQ5: TOM ELLYS LAWLOR
What will Tom Lawlor, a writer from Coventry, UK, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@ellysdoespoems
#TPQ5: S.T. BRANT
What will S. T. Brant, a high school teacher from Las Vegas, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@terriblebinth
#TPQ5: OLIVIA BRALEY
What will Olivia Braley, co-founder and Editor in Chief of Stone of Madness Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@OliviaBraley
@madness_press
#TPQ5: KATIE PROCTOR
What will Katie Proctor, an LGBTQ+ poet from Yorkshire, England, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@katiiewrites
REVIEW: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE CALLED? – KIRBY (ANSTRUTHER PRESS)
Maybe the boy would look up from his gadget. Where no one cares if it’s a vulva or a penis. Where everyone has the sensibility of a 2-year-old. Because at two it’s really just a silly question. It’s not judgement.
#TPQ5: RAGINI MOHITE
What will Ragini Mohite, whose monograph Modern Writers, Transnational Literatures: Rabindranath Tagore and W.B. Yeats is forthcoming, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@RaginiMohite
REVIEW: LITTLE MASTICATED DARLINGS – LANNIE STABILE (WILD PRESSED BOOKS)
It’s just a photograph. It’s just a reminder of a moment in time. That smile…the style of clothing, the wallpaper, the innocence, the murderer.
@LannieStabile
@Wildpressed
POWER OF POETRY #121: MACKENZIE MOORE
I never had a revelation that completely hoodwinked me into poetry — my parents were more Bob Dylan than Anne Bradstreet.
@mxkmoore
#TPQ5: C.M. CROCKFORD
What will C.M. Crockford, whose second chapbook Mark The Place is out via ThirtyWest Publishing, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@stoneryeats
#TPQ5: KENNETH POBO
What will Kenneth Pobo who has a new book forthcoming from Assure Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@kenpobo
This is a scream that you are not tainted water. You are part of the moment, not the moment gone. You will not be discarded. Somewhere you remember “that joy of being alive”.
REVIEW: HOT WITH THE BAD THINGS – LUCIA LOTEMPIO (ALICE JAMES BOOKS)
You tell yourself who you are – the good, the bad. You have opinions but wonder if they are yours. LoTempio challenges you to look for a life somewhere between love, abuse, and self.
@alicejamesbooks
@lucialo
POWER OF POETRY #120: NISHA BHAKOO
What will Nisha Bhakoo, author of “You found a beating heart” (The Onslaught Press, 2016) and “Black & White Dream (@brokensleep, 2018), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@nishabhakoo
#TPQ5: MADELEINE BARNES
What will Madeleine Barnes, whose debut poetry collection, You Do Not Have To Be Good, is forthcoming from Trio House Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@maddsnacks
#TPQ5: ADRIAN SOBOL
What will Adrian Sobol, author of THE LIFE OF THE PARTY IS HARDER TO FIND UNTIL YOU’RE THE LAST ONE AROUND (@MalarkeyBooks), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@yo_adrianididit
POWER OF POETRY #119: CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK
Allowing yourself to become absorbed by the poem means you lose a part of yourself too, creating a small fracture. We might think of this as another gap being created, allowing for the new potential of ideas to be explored. This is the joy of poetry—for writer and reader.
REVIEW: DISINTEGRATION – PAUL ROBERT MULLEN (ANIMAL HEART PRESS)
It’s the idea that maybe if one could be anything other than a poet – like maybe a bird – they should still be a poet. It’s the notebook of words you can’t remember or won’t dare to write down.
#TPQ5: MONICA ONG
What will Monica ong, author of Silent Anatomies (2015), selected by Joy Harjo as winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@mongmedia
REVIEW: CUT TO BLOOM – ARHM CHOI WILD (WRITE BLOODY)
Wrong leads to cuts and bruises. Cuts and bruises lead to silence, lead to knives and stomaches, and the need to become “the fracture that makes the needle jump, land on anything but this”. But in the end, cuts and bruises can bloom and become anew.
Despite my attempts to have a ‘legitimate’ kind of work-life, this was not going to happen, and my Swiss-cheese work history led me back to the pen yet again.
POWER OF POETRY #117: NOREEN OCAMPO
Staying silent for two years made everything build up and burst, and it turned out that poetry was still my favorite way to make peace, understand, and remember.
#TPQ5: SOPHIE GREGORY
Whaat will Sophie Gregory, published online and in print by Twist in Time magazine, Blink Ink Print, Lecker Zine and Mythic Picnic, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@esseegee
POWER OF POETRY #116: LUBOMIRA KOURTEVA
We were never meant to know it all anyway – and learning to feel comfortable in the unknowingness is a humility to be treasured. This is something that poetry teaches us very well….
#TPQ5: DIANA RADOVAN
What will Diana Radovan, founder of the multicultural writing group Creative Writing in Munich, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@midoridia
#TPQ5: MARK DANOWSKY
What will Mark Danowsky, Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@markdanowsky
REVIEW: DAWN’S FOOL – KYLA HOUBOLT (ICE FLOE PRESS)
If this is poetry of place, it is the pastoral idyll rendered uninhabitable by a human species.
@luaz_poet @IcefloeP
Review by @aliner
POWER OF POETRY #115: SHULY XÓCHITL CAWOOD
The best poems ask us to think twice about something. They ask us to see a moment in a different light. The poem, for me, is about how difficult it can be to figure out who we are and what we want…. – @shulycawood
#TPQ5: IAN RICHARDSON
What will Ian Richardson, whose been reading for a long time, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
@IanRich10562022
#TPQ5: AMANDA ANASTASI
What will Amanda Anastasi, a poet from Melbourne, Australia, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
POWER OF POETRY #114: SAMANTHA MOYA
In short, the power of poetry in my life has been many things – a literary exercise, an expression of empathy, an exorcism.
REVIEW: INDIGENOUS – JENNIFER REESER (ABLE MUSE PRESS)
In this work full of masterful lyricism, you will find a history once hidden, a story passed from one generation to the next, and traditions held in the hearts of Indigenous peoples.
#TPQ5: SAMANTHA JONES
What will Samantha Jones, whose poetry appears in Blanket Sea, blue skies poetry, Eunoia Review, Grain Magazine, and Room Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
POWER OF POETRY #113: DIANA RADOVAN
Our world is fractured, but it was already fractured before the pandemic. Free-form poetry and hybrid forms are simply reflective of our times.
REVIEW: THE RITUALS OF MUMMIFICATION – JOSEPH D. REICH (SAGGING MENISCUS PRESS)
Each piece almost feels a ritual, setting you firm in the notion that you are not alone in your experience, or your discontent.
POWER OF POETRY #112: MARK MAYES
“[Poetry] came via a late-teens desire to be an actor. And in the speech and drama classes I had with a nice lady called Vivienne….”
#TPQ5: ANGELA GREGORY DRIBBEN
What will Angela Gregory Dribben, who loves living and writing down in a bottom in Southside Virginia, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE
In an age marked by global quarantines and pandemic, what forms of art and creative expression are possible? How can creative communities survive…?
#TPQ5: JASON B. CRAWFORD
What will Jason B. Crawford, Chief Editor for The Knight’s Library, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
POWER OF POETRY #105: PAUL ROBERT MULLEN
“Poetry has always gripped me because it is an unquantifiable mystery that holds no more answers than it does questions.”
POWER OF POETRY #110: HALI CROSS
Many a poem attempts to say—and she loved him. However, whatever the poet could write about love, it also isn’t. This is why there will never be enough love poems.
#TPQ5: TOM BLAND
what will Tom Bland, author of The Death of a Clown (Bad Betty Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
Power of Poetry #109: CLIFFORD BROOKS
“Poetry captures sparrows, children playing, elderly couples holding hands, the reflection in shop windows….”
#TPQ5: JEAN ÒRE
What will Jean Òre (Gianfranco Orecchioni), Italian songwriter and poet, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
POWER OF POETRY #108: ERIK FUHRER
Love tulips differently in a time of precarity, and love often leaves some something behind.
#TPQ5: KIMBERLY RAY
What will Kimberly Ray, poet, spoken word performer, and songwriter, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
#TPQ5: SERENA PICCOLI
What will Serena Piccoli, co-founder and director of the well acclaimed Poetry and Sister Arts International Festival, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
#TPQ5: CHELSEA BUNN
What will Chelsea Bunn, author of the chapbook Forgiveness (Finishing Line Press, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
#TPQ5: RACHEL KASS
What will Rachel Kass, weirdo living in New England with her two minions – I mean cats – include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
#TPQ5: BRYAN LOWE
What will Bryon Lowe, an actor and poet born and bred in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
