REVIEW: THE ALPINIST SEARCHES LONELY PLACES – KYLE VAUGHN (BELLE POINT PRESS)
April 25, 2023
Kyle Vaughn opens us to how desire and hunger can be both holy and unholy. – Michael Imossan
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REVIEW: DOOM SCROLL – MATTHEW GUENETTE (UNIVERSITY OF AKRON PRESS)
March 28, 2023
Matthew Guenette navigates through past and present tragedies in a way that envisages the future. – Michael Imossan
REVIEW: SWEET, YOUNG, AND WORRIED – BLYTHE BAIRD (BUTTON POETRY)
December 29, 2022
Baird truly pours her heart onto each page, and it can be felt beating in every single word. – Isabella Ciraco
REVIEW: LOTUS & THE APOCALYPSE – AUSTIN DAVIS (OUTCAST PRESS)
August 18, 2022
It’s a testament to all of us holding depression and joy in both hands, to everyone that has ever felt their world could end before the sun goes down. – Caitie L. Young
REVIEW: I’LL FLY AWAY – RUDY FRANCISCO (BUTTON POETRY)
January 28, 2021
REVIEW: I’LL FLY AWAY – RUDY FRANCISCO (BUTTON POETRY)
What Rudy Francisco has done in I’ll Fly Away (Button Poetry) is to build a language where one did not exist. Place letters in front of letters to create new emotions, new meanings. It’s guterall. These are new words needed in these new times to help somehow coalesce these ancient feelings.
REVIEW: FORGIVENESS – CHELSEA BUNN (FINISHING LINE PRESS)
August 16, 2019
From those we love, to those we’ve loved in mirrors, we are left to sift through and decide between thoughts, facades, and realities. This is our path to survival, to strength, to moving on regardless of those who’ve hurt us.
REVIEW: GOLD THAT FRAMES THE MIRROR – BRANDON MELENDEZ (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING)
July 7, 2019
When language and bodies and heritage and history don’t make sense, it’s not easy to find yourself within the world. When the words your family speak turn to those once spoken. When your parents silence your voice, and all you want to do is remember the sound of theirs.
REVIEW: THE SEA THAT BECKONED – ANGELA GABRIELLE FABUNAN (PLATYPUS PRESS)
April 29, 2019
It’s the push-and-pull of one language and culture erasing the other; it’s the beauty and decay of both. It’s the changes that feel like too much change. The Sea that Beckoned is the tightrope walk between being ourselves and the self we may yet become.
The Power of Poetry #4: “The Transformative Power of Poetry” – Ethan Smith
June 3, 2015
The Transformative Power of Poetry – Ethan Smith On language When I first started writing intentionally for poetry performance, I thought my word choice was easily understandable, and was often frustrated when people were confused about the language I was using. Over time, I improved at actually saying what I