Poesía

?Roots and Wings? awakens readers to wisdom revealed in the woods. A collection of poems, each inspired by a tree, proclaims that there are messages all around us. Drawing on experiences with nature and with life itself, the author connects with Spirit, unveiling timeless truths about love and the Divine. Nature is forever offering the opportunity to become conscious of our surroundings, serving as a lens for transformation. We need only to open our hearts to see . . . to be among the trees is to be in the presence of God, on a path to seeking, discovering, and living the truth.

In this, his seventh book, poet Dave Malone gives readers glimpses of life-shaping moments. In a chapter titled "School Days and Light," we watch a bully, and a too-young bride; in the "Aux Arcs" (Ozarks) section, we meditate on family values. "Love Language" reads sky, lake, and tree. The book ends with elegies, sharp and subtle, for (extra) ordinary people. Dave Malone is a poet and filmmaker who lives in West Plains, Missouri. His ancestors moved to Howell County in 1842 and were one of ten families of European descent living in the area. Though itinerant at times, Malone has long found a home and refuge in the Ozarks, where most of his work is set. You Know the Ones is his seventh volume of poetry.

















Where does time hide? How can we nudge it aside, yet, confront its murky presence? Can we ever really "find" time? Without a doubt. Probing experience and knowledge through the hypnotic lens of time, Hickman's first book of poetry penetrates the haziness of existence. Within this web like dimension, humanity is a story of inevitable sameness, yet, as careworn individuals, we yearn to transcend the confines of time: to peer beyond linear thinking, to glimpse inner peace, and to see more than the finite lines of mortality. Ancients of the Earth literally sings with clarity and conviction. Written in six parts, Hickman's collection probes the tensions and complexities of the human condition via poems that capture a persistent wondering, and that invite readers to explore the powerful dictates of time anew. Illuminating, memorable, discerning.

A cry of heartbreak from writer Matt Wingett at the disaster that was the Brexit referendum and the unbelievable horror that is a Trump presidency, this set of 50 Shakespearean sonnets was written over a period of 6 weeks in the approach to the triggering of Article 50, and the first few weeks of the Trump presidency.

Cada recuerdo que visita tu corazón te acerca a esa voz que te dice quién eres. Cuando tu voz es más fuerte que tu miedo, su única misión es ser escuchada. El ruido de fondo altera tus sentidos. No escuchas nada. Son mil voces las que hablan en tu cabeza. Muchas se quedan allí por largo tiempo. Solo una le habla a tu corazón . Si has aprendido a escuchar con él, sientes tu verdadera voz. Esa voz esboza lo más secreto de tu ser y publica aquello que es exclusivo de tu intimidad. La voz en mi cabeza tiene cuarenta y dos años. Es una conversación consciente entre el conocimiento interior y el mundo exterior. Es un diálogo sobre el día a día, el miedo, los sueños, la intuición, el amor, sus caprichos y tú. La voz en mi cabeza reconoce mi vida y mis silencios. No es una historia y tampoco soy yo. Es una voz. Es mía y es tuya.

Sandy Coomer?s, "Rivers Within Us", is a collection of poems that allows readers to reevaluate and question the way in which they move through life on a daily basis. What does it mean to live and die? What should we expect in life? How can dreams come true and, still, we are faced with disappointment? This movement is portrayed in settings that are saturated with images of nature and, in particular, the river; symbolic of the life force that carries us all.?Coomer further creates movement and illustrates mastery over her craft through purposeful stanza breaks and rhythmic lines that plunges readers into each poem. Experiences and notions, such as love and synesthesia, become tangible through concrete images derived from nature and abstraction; ants are no longer just ants but are a device to belittle and inspire awe, praise and religion are brought together to create something almost physical, and dreams showcase vulnerabilities we would rather hide but cannot.?Notions about life are torn apart and rearranged again through similes and metaphors that become more real than the very thing itself. All of these e

In her splendid fourth collection, poet Ellen Rachlin explores what she calls the ?Permeable Divide??the breach between the living and a loved one lost to death, the gap between confidence and hesitation, the gulf between banking and art, and perhaps most devastatingly, the chasm between freedom and habit.? Rachlin combines her deliciously unique talents and background to speak about the differences between money and value.? She crafts aphoristic and well-aimed poems that explode when we least expect them to?into a tender understanding of the rifts in our world.? You will be catapulted from line to line, moved and inspired.There is no fooling grief, Ellen Rachlin wisely writes, in her elegant, clear-eyed book, Permeable Divide.? These are incorruptible poems of life?s inevitable losses that always harbor emotional barter. Bad weather is useless as sorrow, the poet insists; but sorrow, without self-pity, is what Rachlin recognizes?? honestly, calmly, and compassionately ?? as part and parcel of our sentient human design.In her stunning new book, Ellen Rachlin explores, as if from a philosopher?s point of view