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Tag: Anthology

A painting of the words " dream of the river ".

Dream of the River

October 25, 2021 Jacar Press

Ed. Natalie Eleanor Patterson

Available on Kindle.

These poems are about the people we love and the sometimes cruel, sometimes joyful world we live in. We celebrate the joy and acknowledge, and mourn, the suffering. When we write we reclaim …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2021 Publications, Anthology, LGBTQ+ Poets, Natalie Eleanor Patterson
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Wishbone Moon

July 30, 2018 Jacar Press

Ed. Beary, Compton, Ramesh

Only available on Kindle.

“Wishbone Moon is a groundbreaking anthology of haiku by women in the international haiku community. As editors we consulted women journal editors and haiku leaders around the globe. We asked them for …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2018 Publications, Anthology, Ellen Compton, Haiku, Kala Ramesh, Roberta Beary, Women Poets
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Resisting Arrest

March 23, 2016 Jacar Press

Ed. Tony Medina

“One of the Ten Best Poetry Books of 2016”

Beltway Poetry Journal         

Proceeds go to a scholarship fund for African American youth, administered by the Urban League in Washington, D.C.

“Police killings of …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2016 Publications, Anthology, Black Poets, Latinx Poets, Tony Medina, Women Poets
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Intimacy

October 28, 2015 Jacar Press

Ed. Kaufman, Krawiec, Levin, Parker

Intimacy is a state of closeness that transcends explanation. It is a feeling of being at home emotionally and physically, a biological need so severe that when we don’t have intimacy with those who are …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2015 Publications, Alan Michael Parker, Anthology, Debra Kaufman, Richard Krawiec, Stephanie Levin, Women Poets
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What Matters

October 17, 2013 Jacar Press

Ed. Kaufman, Krawiec, Levin

Available on Kindle.

Questions, answers, meditations, and explorations on the why and how of living.

Poems by Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, MacArthur Foundation Genius grantee Thylias Moss, National Book Award finalist Alan Shapiro, Yale Series …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2013 Publications, Anthology, Debra Kaufman, Richard Krawiec, Stephanie Levin, Women Poets
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7

Jacar Press

Ed. Beary, Moore

OUT OF STOCK.Available on Kindle.

Edited by Roberta Beary and Lenard D. Moore, this collection highlights fourteen haiku writers who chose their “best poems,” those they believed would last over time.  The writers were selected in a …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2013 Publications, Anthology, Haiku, Lenard D. Moore, Roberta Beary, Women Poets
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…and love…

October 2, 2012 Jacar Press

Ed. Elrod, Kaufman, Krawiec

Poems by Marge Piercy, Sam Hamill, Dorianne Laux, Ron Rash, Lola Haskins, Stuart Dischell, doris davenport, Fred Chappell, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Alan Michael Parker, Michael Chitwood, Betty Adcock, Joe Millar, Nancy Simpson, David Huddle, Holly Iglesias, …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2013 Publications, Allison Elrod, Anthology, Debra Kaufman, Richard Krawiec, Women Poets
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The Sound of Poets Cooking

Jacar Press

Ed. Richard Krawiec

OUT OF STOCK.Available on Kindle.

“This is the most delicious book on my bookshelf. The poems will make you laugh, cry and wax nostalgic. (Be sure to savor Gail Peck’s elegant poem ‘How Considerate of Pears.’) And …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2011 Publications, Anthology, Richard Krawiec, Women Poets
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