Modern-Day Psalms

Modern-Day Psalms
Praise Songs and Love Messages
By Richard. Vincent. Rose

Published: 11/22/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 270
ISBN: 978-1-49171-205-4
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Modern-Day Psalms: Praise Songs and Love Messages presents an inspiring collection of poems and heartfelt messages from author Richard. Vincent. Rose. Be prepared to read and feel living words that penetrate your deepest emotions, reaching into your heart and soul. The words leap from the pages, bringing hope, joy, encouragement, comfort, and inspiration into every area of your life!

From President to Pastor, Mayor to Minister, the writing of Richard. Vincent. Rose. has touched the hearts of the most powerful and the most humble individuals on earth. Men and women from all walks of life have been touched in a remarkable way by his ability to reach the depths of human emotion through his writing.

Now, for the first time, all of his previous works are gathered in one collection, along with his new, inspired writings, designed to impact a whole new audience of hearts, minds, and souls.

Airborne

All the faces look the same

As I hurriedly board the plane

I wonder, as we get ready to split the clouds above

I can’t help but think, “Is anyone else so much in love?”

The feeling in my stomach

As we lift off the ground

Still not as thrilling

As this love that I’ve found …

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A Life Song Between Two Worlds

A Life Song Between Two Worlds
Revised and Expanded
By Francis Boni

Published: 8/22/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 148
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47599-566-4
Print Type: B/W

Overview:In this revised edition of A Life Song Between Two Worlds, Dr. Francis Boni expands his original book of poetry, updating his thoughts on society, government, and philosophy. He seeks to enlighten others on points of views that would be otherwise unconsidered and encourages them to think beyond the words on the page and their own personal experiences.

His verses reflect the emotional rhythm of the meaning of life and its baffling paradoxes, which are hard to resolve or to accept. He considers the violence in our society currently—still crying for a real tentative or effective solution—in an effort to reclaim the calm of years long past. Boni’s work is poetry of ideas, purpose-poetry with a message—a dynamic blend of ideas expressed in a dialectical relationship in a symbolically and intensely passionate way.

A Hero’s Life

There are no great men

But only great challenges

That “authentic” spirits must meet

To overcome

Not only personal fears

But also the dreads

Of that unknown and unconscious reality

Which manifests those challenges

Through which they become villains or heroes.

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Exposed

Exposed
A Collection of Poems
By John McCarthy

Published: 11/22/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 110
ISBN: 978-1-49170-726-5
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Who are we? Where do we come from? What is our purpose? These questions have been asked throughout our existence. Ever since the first campfire was lit, we have asked ourselves if we could do better. And we have wondered what lies in the future.

Exposed is a collection of poetry written by John McCarthy, first as therapy and then as an outlet for a vast expanse of emotions. His perspective has been shaped by thirty years of police and investigation experience and by being an avid hunter and nature enthusiast. This collection is the culmination of a four-year journey that begins with despair over a broken marriage and ends in redemption. It’s an honest reflection of life’s experiences and of a search for a higher calling.

This poetic journey begins with “Something’s Wrong,” in which two strangers in a long marriage pass each other as life goes by. They know everything about each other, but they do not really know the things that matter—particularly how to say the things that need to be said. The author’s melancholy path takes us through periods of reflection and self-pity, but it closes on a note of hopefulness.

Exposed reveals the poet’s enlightenment and purpose—his love of the mountains and the sea, and inspiration passing through old, lonely country towns that time has forgotten. Experience the world through McCarthy’s eyes and words: the tragic, the sadness, the lonely, the joy, the redemption, and the beauty.

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Flights of Fancy

Flights of Fancy
A Book of Poetry, Prose, and Imaginative Short Stories
By Bernadette Bland

Published: 2/24/2011
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 64
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-45028-452-3
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Life is filled with emotional highs and lows. Riding the wave of this experience is part of living, but for poet Bernadette Bland, dreaming was even more important. No matter the attitude, mood, or circumstance, Ms. Bland has always believed in the beauty of life. Never to be deterred from her heart’s desire, she has ridden her own life wave with an eye to her dreams and an eye to the beauty of nature.

In her new poetry collection, Flights of Fancy, Ms. Bland shares her imagery with the outside world. She delves into the lavish splendor of nature in “Drifting Grace: God’s Art Show.” She peers behind the protective mask of a weeping clown in “Behind the Mask.” She recalls watching her mother slowly grow old in the poignant “Mama.” In all her words, she reveals her deepest yearnings and fears with selfless honesty.

Flights of Fancy is an example of an imagination set free. Ms. Bland fills her poetry with wonder and will leave you longing to step out into the sun. She is not afraid to depict the sometimes traumatic rollercoaster of life; yet she encourages us to move on, move up, and not look back. Within every word, she calls to the reader, challenging each one of us to never stop dreaming!

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The Truth Is...

The Truth Is...
By Monique Antoinette

Published: 6/9/2011
Format: E-Book (available as ePub and Mobi files) What's This
Pages: 116
ISBN: 978-1-46201-644-0
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

This book is a collection of poem that really sincerely express how I view my life, this world, and the people in it.

I dedicate this book to the future. The future of America. The future of the world. The future of every boys and every girl. I also dedicate this in loving memory of falling soldiers do to the war in Iraq, the tsunami and the hurricanes. As well as, my guarding angels Aunt Jessie Mae, Aunt Henrietta Aunt Lucile Mrs. Mildred, Dean Goldsby, Cousin Dorothy Mae, Mome, Daddy Hoesa and, Ronnie. I miss ya’ll so much but I thankful for everything you ever taught me. And to their family and friends reading this book, I pray that supernatural blessings rain down on your lives for years to come. Amen

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Knowing Horses by Heart

Knowing Horses by Heart
A Collection of Poems Written with Appreciation for the Horses in My World
By Barbara J. Hutson

Published: 8/14/2012
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 96
ISBN: 978-1-47593-920-0
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

For as long as Barbara Hutson could remember, she dreamed of having a horse farm and of surrounding herself daily with these magical, mystical, and majestic creatures. Suddenly, she found herself living her lifelong dream. In Knowing Horses by Heart, she talks about the joys and challenges of owning horses. Her poems consider the life lessons she has learned—such as the value of patience and respect—while considering how worthwhile owning horses has been for her.

Like most fantasies, the reality of our fondest wishes can be a bit more than we bargained for. Owning a horse farm is not all serene days gazing at horses playing in the field or peaceful rides into the sunsets. Horses are bigger than life. With that comes events that are also tremendous in size and impact which lends richness and color to the fabric of our life story. Fully illustrated, Knowing Horses by Heart shares through poetry some of the knowledge Barbara has accumulated through her equine encounters.

Little Girl Giggles

The gift is sweeter than that very first kiss

Seeing those looks of sheer wonder and bliss

There is nothing quite like watching the eyes

Of a child as she squeals with excited cries

As the magic of real horses fills up the space

The look of pure amazement covers her face …


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A Happy Dreamer

A Happy Dreamer
Short Poems from the Blueberry Fields
By Elissaveta Iordanova

Published: 6/28/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub and Mobi files)
Pages: 104
ISBN: 978-1-47598-848-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

A Happy Dreamer grasps the beauty of the different places and events author Elissaveta Iordanova has experienced in the past fi fteen years. Her collection of poetry presents a very personal response—a palette of reactions, feelings, and thoughts—to her journey. She has long been fascinated by short poems and the brevity with which her innermost thoughts can be expressed. They fulfill her desire to share a small part of these places, to encourage others to see things differently, and to understand that sharing is connection.

Her poems, inspired by haiku but not confined to the form, reflect her personal experiences with nature, dances of the heart, and happy dreams for the future. She views this as a way to choreograph images that are poetic canvases of places and people striving for meaningful lives. From poems that speak of the beauty of the sea crashing against the rocks to poems that speak of love found by the light of the moon and stars, A Happy Dreamer evokes the emotion and expectation of a journey to cherish for a lifetime.

“Elissaveta Iordanova’s poems capture small, fleeting moments with haiku-like compression and delicacy.” —Elizabeth Frank, PhD, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author

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Life Stories of a Hero

Life Stories of a Hero
Selections from the poetry of Howard Palmer, native Oregonian, 1907-1988
By BC McGregor

Published: 4/28/2009
Format: E-Book (available as PDF, ePub, and Mobi files)
Pages: 152
ISBN: 978-1-44012-217-0
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

At a time when things may seem a bit out of control, here's a chance to enjoy some enchanting stories about a time the world almost forgot. Stories like, "Ode to the Pioneers", Grandpa's view of what life was like for the early settlers. Or "Just a Fisherman's Dream", a humorous look at the classic fish tale.

All together he churned out some 150 works. Not all are award winners, but some are guananteed to give you a smile for a moment or two.

Grandpa never imagined his poems would make it beyond his family and friends. He also did all he could to help any and all children. His charity of choice was the Shriners Hospital, and with that as my inspiration, I have plans for a portion of the proceeds from the sale of "Life Stories of a Hero" to be pledged to that wonderful organization that does so much for the kids.

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Windows and Holidays

Windows and Holidays
By Ejike Igboanugo

Published: 2/7/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 82
ISBN: 978-1-47596-644-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Windows and Holidays is a collection of poetry that resonates with a young person’s expectations of a world which unfolds disquietingly. This is a collection of dreams—the dreams of a young man about his immediate surroundings. Conflicts here and there are poet Ejike Igboanugo’s major concerns, and his poetry gives him the voice to express those concerns. He considers the future, contemplates the religious, addresses nature, and raises questions regarding society in his poetry.

At the very heart of Windows and Holidays lies a message of selflessness, and this collection conveys that it’s important for us to get along and strive for understanding, hope, and peace. Our hearts and our society need this desperately; we must be reminded from time to time that work is love and love gathers all.

Of all the things I believe in, I believe in tomorrow the most.
I believe in the things to come because today will soon be gone,
and yesterday is not coming back.
Although rich memories gladden the heart,
I believe tomorrow holds more.

Tomorrow being what it is, a whole lot to comprehend,
is far greater than can be put down in ink, even by the poet.
Tomorrow is like a recurring beginning of creation:
a chance to grow up every time;
to make amends; to repay debt;
to take on a challenge; and to overcome.
Though memory keeps experiences like forever,
I believe tomorrow holds so much more ...

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Who We Are

Who We Are
Our Lives and the Human Condition
By Herbert Spohn

Published: 2/28/2013
Format: E-Book (available as ePub, Mobi, and PDF files)
Pages: 76
ISBN: 978-1-47597-056-2
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Herbert Spohn’s poetry is rooted in his life experiences. In his collection of free verse, Spohn illuminates elements of the human condition, such as romantic love, identity, aging, death, and childhood in post–World War I Germany.

Spohn, an émigré from Nazi Germany and decorated World War II veteran, relies on both his personal and professional backgrounds to share his unique reflections on life. With a style that is at times warm and lyrical, analytical and searing, and sensual and thought-provoking, Spohn encourages others to look inward and rediscover emotions about such relatable subjects as falling in love, the betrayal of an aging body, and the pain of loss.

Who We Are is a poignant and sophisticated collection of poetry that shares one man’s reflections as he looks back on an imperfect, yet fulfilling, life.

Words float at random

arrayed in patterns on the surface.

Meanings they seem to yield

seduce us readily into belief.

When they disaggregate

we do not know we are betrayed.

Misled by ineluctable formations,

we walk in truth until we fall.

Words can lead us into regions

where our pain resides.

Yet they can lift us into ecstasy,

and bring us healing love.

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Blue Period in Seattle

Blue Period in Seattle
Selected Poems ( 1991 - 2011 )
By John W. Gorski

Published: 10/3/2011
Format: E-Book (available as PDF, ePub, and Mobi files)
Pages: 92
ISBN: 978-1-46205-417-6
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

John Gorski’s Blue Period in Seattle traffics in a play of atmosphere, both meteorological and psychological. These atmospheres evoke a kind of emotional synesthesia: “I get off the bus/ at 64th and Linden/ because the dark organ chords of alcohol laughter/ are playing out of tune.” Blue Period in Seattle dares us to partake of a fretted, penumbral world, haunted by muses who are alternately flushed from “the rose pink immanence /of the morning horizon” and morbidly pale: “her pre-Raphaelite face—a lunar masque /advancing out of the night.” It is not surprising that Gorski is drawn to the lives of the artists, and to their “progenitor” muses. These artists record their findings and, in the process, see what others tend to overlook. Fascinated by artists in their old age and even decrepitude, Gorski seems to be asking himself what the upshot of such a vocation, finally, turns out to be—what, in short, are the wages of art? Yet in other poems, such as the “The Five-Year-Old Sheriff,” Gorski’s droll side reigns, as the mood strikes. All in all, Blue Period in Seattle represents a particularly fertile moment in Gorski’s oeuvre. For those as yet unfamiliar with his work, it’s a great place to start.

-Deborah Woodard,
author of Plato’s Bad Horse

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Lyrics in Search of Music

Lyrics in Search of Music
Volume III—Welcome to Another Day above the Ground
By Aaron C. Jones

Published: 5/29/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 220
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47598-810-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Aaron Jones began writing poetry in the late 1980s. He was inspired by his brother Eddie’s band, Southern Acoustic, to compose his poems in the form of songs so they could be easily adapted to music. Aaron’s series of poetry collections is entitled Lyrics in Search of Music due the fact that Eddie could not write music to words already written.

Aaron’s poetry covers a wide range of topics, from the ups and downs of love to taking one step at a time to get one’s life back on track. He has created his poetry collection with the hope that at least one poem may have life breathed into it through the pairing of his lyrics with the right music. Each poem a lyrical feast waiting to be launched by the perfect melody.

“A unique journey towards mankind’s constant search for hope. It closely mirrors emotions that everyone experiences and can easily relate to …. The elements of great music lie within these pages waiting to be discovered!”

—Maleah Bagwell, LMSW

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Requiem for a Snappy Dresser

Requiem for a Snappy Dresser
Poems of Expiation and Conceit
By Nicholas Nicholas

Published: 5/9/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 266
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 978-1-47598-446-0
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

In his new collection of poetry, Requiem for a Snappy Dresser: Poems of Expiation and Conceit, author Nicholas Nicholas shares his attempt to reconcile his own life in terms of family, sex, love, loneliness, illness, death, and aging. This compilation of his work offers autobiographical, adult-themed poems, many of them explicit and on the subject of being gay. He presented some of these verses during his ongoing psychotherapy sessions in a Los Angeles, California Veteran’s Administration medical center, writing them as he fought paranoia, fear, disease, depression, and enormous self-doubt.

Nicholas considers these and other issues with often brutal candor, shocking irreverence, sensitivity, defiance, and surprising humor. He writes with honesty about the danger, loneliness, and pain of self-isolation. With this collection of poems, he hopes to provide others with insight, understanding, and maybe some compassion for all people—male or female, gay or straight—as they approach and experience their own inevitable final years of life.

One More Poem

One more poem to write
About the old man and the little boy
But the poem will write and right itself
My hand the aging instrument joining the two
It isn’t time quite yet
But soon the two must meet
Embrace
Merge
And move to life’s next place
A young boy’s resolution
On an old man’s wrinkled face

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The Spring Rain

The Spring Rain
A Seasonal Collection of Poems
By Quinn Graw

Published: 5/9/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 98
Size: 5.5x8.5
ISBN: 978-1-47598-865-9
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Writing poetry for nearly twenty years, Quinn Graw has had a number of poems published in various anthologies. Covering a wide selection of topics including friendship, faith in God, nature and depression come a unique Christian view of human nature. This first book of poetry chronicle the beginning of his writings in the 1990’s.

Starting with the winter season then going into The Spring Rain, many of these works deal with the majestic creations within the four seasons that God has created.. From current events to personal struggles there are a variety of works here to reflect upon the ups and downs of our day to day lives.

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Cairns

Cairns
poems by Chris Hoffman
By Chris Hoffman

Published: 5/1/2013
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover(B/W)
Pages: 144
Size: 5.5x8.5
ISBN: 978-1-47598-675-4
Print Type: B/W

Overview:

Every page of Cairns conveys the sacral, as revealed by the indwelling spirit of deserts, glacial fjords, kitti wakes, bald eagles, bears, and pine forests. Chris Hoffman’s vision is prayerful but not preachy. His voice, reverential but never pretentious. If Cairns is anything to go by, one would be pleased to meet him.
— Reg Saner, poet and essayist, author of So This is the Map, The Four-Cornered Falcon, etc. and winner of the Colorado Book Award

How did he ever get that much light into this small book? Cairns is the kind of joy bears would want if they were human.
— Evan Hodkins, Director of the School of Alchemy

Chris Hoff man’s thoughts and imagery evoke a myriad of life’s experiences in a few rich, moving lines. This book is a journey you will be delighted to share.
— Francesca Ciancimino Howell, author of Making Magic with Gaia: Practices to Heal Ourselves and Our Planet

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