Poetry can be tricky to write because it depicts one’s own experiences and voice. Author Wayne Luthi did an excellent job drawing me in and allowing me to relate to many of his pieces in Water for the Rose. I had so many favorite poems...

Journey into the Shadow and the Sunshine by Annabel Harz is a collection of emotion-steeped poetry and artistic creations formed by the artist herself. The assemblage is psychologically imprinted with Harz’s own soul and mind. Reading through the pages is as though you are seeing...

L.O.V.E.: Lessons On Virtually Everything by Amber Whitted is the fourth volume of the poet's A Collection of Words and Thoughts series. The titular acronym is the perfect descriptor of both the size, strength, and theme of the work itself. Whitted has organized her original...

Fierce Tempo, by Kristi Ivey, is a compact collection of poetry about time and how we humans live with it, by it, and for it, in some cases. This poet places special emphasis on time and its impact on women. Fierce Tempo is more than...

Convalesce by Enne Zale is not for the faint of heart. Her words strike deep as she bares her soul to the reader. You are inside her mind, you feel her depth, her pain, her heartbreak and you relish it. She doesn’t hold back as...

Sometimes, I Have a Heart, by K.G. Ginley, is a moving collection of poetry about human nature in all its forms. The poems you'll find in this volume are insightful, inspiring, and relatable. Ginley touches on the emotional, common aspects of life that most people...

Isabel Scheck’s Astrophile: A Poetry Collection is a pleasing collection of poems that expresses pure and sincere feelings of love. A girl’s love is so bright and beautiful like the stars in the night sky. However, just like many other things, there comes a time...

Can’t Think Straight is a sapphic poetry collection by Isabel Scheck. It focuses on the longing and immediate reactions to being close to a woman that you want to be with. There is a sweet simplicity to the writing that reflects a kind of youth...

An Inconvenient Attachment: A Love Story or Something by Vincent Magnani is not your conventional book of poetry. There is fluidity in his poems as they seamlessly bleed into one another. No titles, no page numbers, black background, this is not your average book of...

Embrace the Passion in a Lover’s Dream is a book of poems by Paul Turay. The high note of the collection is found in his poem “When You Know It’s Real.” This book is a collection of Paul’s love poems. The poetry will take time...