"Slow Motion: The Log of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack" by M. Kei is a break-through collection of waterman poetry from the Chesapeake Bay by a poet who actually knows what he is talking about. M. Kei crews on the title boat, the Skipjack Martha Lewis. Kirsty Karkow, prize-winning poet and author of "water poems" and "shorelines," says: "A Skipjack is a historic vessel where form follows function with a rough beauty. These characteristics are apparent in the sensitive, poetic voyages of an aging boat and the men who work her sails. This history and trip log is sure to delight any sailor or lover of the Chesapeake Bay . . . and of poetry."

Slow Motion: The Log of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack

Literature & Fiction

Kei, M.

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"Pirates of the Narrow Seas was a dashing good tale full of adventure and mayhem"—Sage Whistler, author of 'Broken' Lt. Peter Thorton of the 18th century British navy must struggle to come out gay while surviving storms at sea, ship to ship battles, duels, kidnapping, and more in his quest for true love and honor. Pirates of the Narrow Seas is an expertly crafted swashbuckler brimming with authentic detail and fully realized portraits of life at sea, written by a tall ship sailor and internationally acclaimed poet. Winner of a Sweet Revolution Award for 'best full cast' and 'Judge's Pick' and Winner of 4th Place/Honorable Mention Rainbow Award for 'best gay historical fiction.'

Pirates of the Narrow Seas 1 : The Sallee Rovers

Genre Fiction

<p>Contemporary tanka in English is an exciting literature that continues to grow and develop in the hands of increasing diverse poets around the world. Originating in Japan over fourteen hundred years ago, it remains a strong and flexible form evoking profound responses in the reader. Although a tanka may be as small as a pebble, it creates expanding ripples in the mind of a receptive reader, ripples that touch far shores, with the polished perfection of the poem as the still center of meaning and experience. This year's team consisting of M. Kei (USA), Editor-in-chief, Patricia Prime (NZ), Magdalena Dale (RO), Amelia Fielden (AU/JP), Claire Everett (UK), Owen Bullock (NZ), David Terelinck (AU), Janick Belleau (CAN), David Rice (USA), read over eighteen thousand poems to select the best for inclusion in this, the final volume in the must-read series.</p>

Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, Volume 4

History & Criticism

Man in the Crescent Moon is the latest adventure in the swashbuckling Pirates of the Narrow Seas series. Isam Tangueli is a gangly youth of nineteen, longing to leave home and become a famous corsair, and trying to understand his attraction to men. He joins the crew of the Grey Wolf and fights the Spanish on land, at sea, and under water. Under the command of the short but feisty Rajet Rais, young Isam learns the skills of navigation and leadership necessary to become "Captain Tangle," the most notorious corsair of the age. The hallmarks of the Pirates of the Narrow Seas series are all present—diverse and engaging characters, storms at sea, desperate ship fights, hand-to-hand combat, captures, rescues, and escapes, all told with authentic detail. "Isam Agha Hamet saw his father killed and vowed to become a great corsair. But working with his uncle on their galley will not lead to fame and fortune. When Rajet Rais and the Grey Wolf seek refuge and the Spanish attack he must seize the opportunity to fulfil his dream. But will love for a slave stop him."--Astrodene's Historic Naval Fiction

Man in the Crescent Moon: A Pirates of the Narrow Seas Adventure

The subject of religion is not much discussed in tanka, but it has been an integral part of tanka for as long as tanka has existed. In its native Japan, Buddhism and its awareness of the transient beauty of the world infused tanka with a sense of spirituality that was, as is usual in tanka, more implied than directly stated. When the world draws a sharp line between things of the spirit and things of the material world, when overt expressions of religion are suspect, when the empty consumerism of Western society rings hollow, tanka’s ability to imply more than it states provides a method to unite the disparate halves of our human existence.

Atlas Poetica 21: A Journal of World Tanka

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Atlas Poetica 22: A Journal of World Tanka

This issue of Atlas Poetica focusses on tanka prose, especially short tanka prose, but there are also longer pieces in the issue, as well as pieces that challenge the definition of what it means to be ‘tanka prose.’ From very short fragmentary pieces to full-bodied tanka prose novels, a wide range of over 100 tanka prose pieces by scores of different authors provide a rich palette of possibilities.

Atlas Poetica 23: A Journal of World Tanka

Nearly a hundred poets from eighteen countries contributed more than 700 tanka to the anthology. The resulting mixture shows us the human condition is the same everywhere in the world. We work, we fall in love, we go to school, we shop, we travel, we worry, we worship, we fear, we aspire. We make homes and live dreams. Sometimes we are thwarted by illness, death, or crime. We have compassion for those less fortunate than ourselves, and when we are at our wit’s end, we find spiritual sustenance where we least expect it: in the tattered beauty of a troubled world. In the end, we leave behind our poems as an anthology of the soul.

Neon Graffiti: Tanka Poetry of Urban Life

<p>Tanka have been compiled into sequences ever since they were first invented more than a thousand years ago. It is only natural to continue this tradition today. In the pages of this anthology you will find the first comprehensive treatment of short tanka sequences composed in English. Over 100 contributors, working as solo poets or collaborating in teams, have produced short sequences (2-13 tanka) and tanka prose covering a wide range of human experience and emotion. Some of the finest tanka poets working in English have joined together to create an anthology that is a 'sequence of sequences,' serving as an exemplar of the synergy of using tanka as building blocks in larger, more complex works.</p>

Stacking Stones: An Anthology of Short Tanka Sequences

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Slow Motion: The Log of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack

Slow Motion: The Log of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack

Pirates of the Narrow Seas 1 : The Sallee Rovers

Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, Volume 4

Man in the Crescent Moon: A Pirates of the Narrow Seas Adventure

Atlas Poetica 21: A Journal of World Tanka

Atlas Poetica 22: A Journal of World Tanka

Atlas Poetica 23: A Journal of World Tanka

Neon Graffiti: Tanka Poetry of Urban Life

Stacking Stones: An Anthology of Short Tanka Sequences