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Poets and Poems: Sandra Marchetti and “Diorama”

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Azaleas Marchetti Diorama

In “Diorama,” poet Sandra Marchetti moves through a series of almost -photograph-like scenes , each poem like a scene in a ViewMaster (TM).

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Ben Palpant Talks with 17 Poets About, Well, Poetry

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Seascape Palpant

In “An Axe for the Frozen Sea,” poet and writer Ben Palpant interviews 17 poets about poetry and why and how they write.

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Poets and Poems: Forrest Gander and “Mojave Ghost”

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Death Valley Gander

“Mojave Ghost,” a novel poem by Forrest Gander, combines the physical landscape of the desert with the interior landscape of the mind.

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Poets and Poems: Donna Hilbert and “Gravity”

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Dripping leaves Hilbert Gravity

“Gravity: New & Selected Poems” by Donna Hilbert allow the reader to see the poet’s development of her theme of home, family, and life.

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Poets and Poems: Marjorie Maddox and “Seeing Things”

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Baby Seeing Things Hafer

This Collection is a story of three generations of women, a story of depression, abuse, and dementia. If I gave the story a title, it might be “Broken Things, Mending.”

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Poets and Poems: Jessica Cohn and “Gratitude Diary”

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Tea glass Cohn

In “Gratitude Journal: Poems,” Jessica Cohn expresses gratitude for the unusual and unexpected, but always with something larger in mind.

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Poets and Poems: Donna Hilbert and “Enormous Blue Umbrella”

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Bird on beach Hilbert

“Enormous Blue Umbrella,” the new poetry collection by Donna Hilbert, fuses, memory, childhood, and life into simple and satisfying poems.

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Poets and Poems: Louis MacNeice and “Autumn Journal”

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Mountain lake in autumn MacNeice

Published in the spring of 1939, “Autumn Journal” by poet Louis MacNeice captured the spirit of the era – and the change coming.

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Poets and Poems: Luke Harvey and “Let’s Call It Home”

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Lemurs Harvey

In “Let’s Call It Home,” poet Luke Harvey explores and demonstrates the tenderness of a father towards his young children.

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Epigrams and Epitaphs: Martin Armstrong and “Fifty-Four Conceits”

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Elephant Armstrong

“Fifty-Four Conceits,” published by Martin Armstrong in 1933, is a collection of epitaphs and epigrams that still have meaning.

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Poets and Poems: Gillian Allnutt and “wake”

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forest hillside Allnut

Gillian Alllnutt’s most recent poetry collection “wake” focuses upon English scenes, English history, and spiritual concerns.

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Poets and Poems: Claude Wilkinson and “Soon Done with the Crosses”

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Stylized tree Wilkinson

In “Soon Done with the Crosses,” poet Claude Wilkinson explores the burdens we humans carry, as he looks to the natural world for meaning.

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Poets and Poems: Megan Willome and “Love and other Mysteries”

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Lions Willome

The poems of “Love & other Mysteries” by Megan Willome look for the sacredness and mystery in life – and find it.

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Poets and Poems: Karla Van Vliet and Asemic Writing, Poetry

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Coyote Van Vliet

In “Bone Scribed” and “Wildwood Devotions,” Karla Van Vliet combines asemic art, writing, and poetry into a cohesive whole.

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Poets and Poems: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and “The Unfolding”

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Snowy trail Trommer

In “The Unfolding: Poems,” Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer explores grief associated with death and finds hope and praise.

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Poets and Poems: Catherine Abbey Hodges and “Empty Me Full”

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Idaho landscape Hodges

The poems of “Empty Me Full” by Catherine Abbey Hodges move you, almost dreamlike, to considering the big questions of life.

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Poets and Poems: Joseph Bottum and “Spending the Winter”

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Winter Landscape Bottum

“Spending the Winter” by Joseph Bottum contains both free verse and New Formalist poems that are all strikingly beautiful.

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Poets and Poems: Ellen Kombiyil and “Love as Invasive Species”

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Foxes EllenKombiyil

In “Love as an Invasive Species,” poet Ellen Kombiyil takes us out of comfort zones to tells stories of women who face and survive adversity.

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An Anthology of Contemporary Catholic Poetry

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Sunset Catholic Poetry

The anthology “Contemporary Catholic Poetry” showcases 23 poets, including some of the best writing poetry today.

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Poets and Poems: Claire Coenen and “The Beautiful Keeps Breathing”

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Hydrangea Coenen

In “The Beautiful Keeps Breathing.” poet Claire Coenen finds the beautiful in things and events of the everyday.

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