Book Review: The Lost Spells, Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris Poetry Collection: The Lost Spells, Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris We reviewed the first collaboration of these artists a while ago. The Lost Words was a breathtaking set of poems and illustrations highlighting words that had been deliberately omitted from a recent dictionary. […]
Book Review: Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, Terrance Hayes Poetry: Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, Terrance Hayes I won’t pretend this is an easy read. Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin is not gentle, nature poetry. It is raw and caustic, written to shine a spotlight on violence and […]
Jupiter Banded, ringed, covered by storms, It’s size alone beyond belief, The giant planet and its 92 consorts (As of this day in 2023) Clears a swath of space debris, And gravitationally creates the chaos Called the Asteroid Belt. Does Jupiter preen, flexing its place In the solar system? No. True greatness Speaks for […]
Spring Green, I’m told, is the color of spring. That seems incomplete. Forsythia bursts into yellow Seeking perhaps to imitate The sun’s growing power In these lengthening days. Crocus burst out with gentle pastels While cherries drape themselves In a blanket of pink. And kids in vivid Easter dress Hunt painted eggs, evoking flowers […]
Book Review: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias Poetry: Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For, poetry by Marjorie Maddox, photographs by Karen Elias The first night of the blizzard that stranger inched into Ohio. Halfway through he skidded into our snow-spackled lives. His heart is buried In my […]
Early Rain City streets shimmer Headlights, street lights, building lights Refract off rivulets. Rattles and booms declare the business Of delivery trucks bringing wares. Strings wrapped around barren branches Twinkle through the drops Which beat their uneven rhythm On my umbrella. Car engines purr As their tires stage whisper cues, “Watch out. We splash.” […]
Book Review: Madwoman, Shara McCallum Poetry Collection: Madwoman, Shara McCallum Shara McCallum is a professor at Penn State University. Named as the university’s 2021-2022 school year “Laureate,” she has been working diligently to raise awareness and appreciation for poetry in our community and our state. Her weekly feature on WPSU radio, Poetry Moment, […]
Book Review: Gorilla, Christine Hamm Poetry Collection: Gorilla, Christine Hamm Blog Tour August 18, 2021 Gorilla is a collection of poems that may deserve some kind of warning label. I am thinking of the kind that get posted at swimming pools. “Do not run.” “Deep end.” “No diving.” Author Christine Hamm presents a challenging […]
