SEARCH RESULTS Sort by : Review Name Oldest Review Newest Review Votes Rating  9 Lively Cat Tales 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet PoemsBy: Jeffry GloverPublisher: Poems for Pleasure PressPublication Date: September 2019ISBN: 978-1948854009Reviewed by: Anita LockPoet Jeffry Glover provides middle-school-grade to adult ailurophiles with entertaining quadruped anecdotes in 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems.Jeffry Glover has a hankering for catchy rhymes and all things whimsical in 9 Lively Cat Tales and Other Pet Poems. The one-time school librarian and English teacher now... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  A Dime is a Sign A Dime is a Sign: Poems of Love and LossBy: Sherrill S. CannonPublisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLCPublication Date: September 2018ISBN: 978-1949483208Reviewed by: Anita LockAward-winning author Sherrill Cannon provides plenty to ponder in her next installment of poems of love and loss, A Dime is a Sign.Before Cannon's poetry turned into book form, they were first used for other purposes. While some poems focused on personal reflection, the majority were designed to... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Before the Foundation of the World Before the Foundation of the WorldBy: Susan WeinerPublisher: Belle Isle BooksPublication Date: February 2020ISBN: 978-1947860452Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger ScottDate: May 29, 2020Classical, natural and heartfelt imagery combine in this collection of poems by scholar and dedicated Christian Susan Weiner.Weiner’s book examines our world before, during and after the advent of Jesus, from a multitude of perspectives. The opening piece, “Cinnamon and Myrrh,” celebrates the effect of love in... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Copywrite God and Me Copywrite God and Me: Lyrics from a Collection of Inspired SongsBy: Christina NordstromPublication Date: 2018ISBN: 978-1-38-831490-3Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger ScottChristina Nordstrom is a singer/songwriter who often finds inspiration in mystical circumstances, described here in charming narrative.Lyrics to ninety songs with accompanying narrative are presented in this fascinating look inside the thinking processes of a performer, much of whose musical endeavors have a charitable purpose.... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Gathering the Self: Poems of the Heart Gathering the Self: Poems of the HeartBy: David BayardPublisher: Skyboy PressPublication Date: October 2018ISBN: 978-0996738037Reviewed by: Anita LockWordsmith David Bayard provides an enlightening window into nature and self in his baker-dozen collection of poems, Gathering the Self.Some people are weirded out by the number 13 for a variety of reasons that go beyond its prime classification; others could care less. To David Bayard, the odd number is nothing less than "spiritually irreducible... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Haiku, Schmaiku For Headin' Out to Sea Haiku, Schmaiku For Headin’ Out to Sea: Poetry as Looking Glass, Poetry as MirrorBy: David BayardPublisher: Skyboy PressPublication Date: April 2019ISBN: 978-0996738088Reviewed by: Anita LockPoet David Bayard writes with boldness in his second book, Haiku, Schmaiku For Headin’ Out to Sea.Wordsmithing appears to go hand-in-hand for poet David Bayard. If his debut book, Gathering the Self: Poems of the Heart, provided readers with a hint to his prowess with the written word, that is nothing... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Labyrinth LabyrinthBy: Eenam VangPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: July 2021ISBN: 978-1637528372Reviewed by: Anita LockDate: August 17, 2021Unrequited love, regret, and emotional pain are a few themes that center on the concept of death in Eenam Vang’s poetically dystopian debut, Labyrinth.In every life, there is human trauma, which comes in different forms but consistently focuses on one thing: one’s defilement. Voicing one’s pain in poetic form is as old as Shakespeare. Yet, some... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Once Upon A Girl Once Upon A GirlBy: Katie KeridanPublisher: CreateSpacePublication Date: November 2018ISBN: 978-1727705386Reviewed by: Anita LockRising storytelling-poet Katie Keridan reaches out to her audience as she bares her soul in her unique work, Once Upon a Girl.Keridan opens with a nameless poem that reads:I crumble under the weight of this painexcept...I don'tI just wish I couldAnd then closes with an eye-popping commentary:(what is the proper response for when the spouseyou were in the process of... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  Perfectly Imperfect Perfectly Imperfect: A Collection of Words and Thoughts, Volume 3By: Amber WhittedPublisher: Day Blue Green Night PublishingPublication Date: June 2018ISBN: 978-0692107045Reviewed by: Anita LockRising spoken-word artist Amber Whitted cuts to the chase in the third volume of her collection of words and thoughts, Perfectly Imperfect.Originally a play on the author's birthday, the title, Perfectly Imperfect, is aptly suited to Whitted's newest collection of poems that reflects on "what it truly... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)  The Heroin Addict's Mother The Heroin Addict’s Mother: A Memoir in PoetryBy: Miriam GreenspanPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: January 2021ISBN: 978-1636495354Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger ScottDate: March 1, 2021Miriam Greenspan, noted psychotherapist and author, here uses the medium of poetry to express the many deep feelings evoked as she learns about and comes to grips with her daughter’s addiction.Greenspan’s saga begins with a phone call: a stranger has discovered her daughter in New York City... Category Poetry Visitor Rating (0)