<p>Poetry. Juan Sequeira was born in Granada, Nicaragua and came to the United States as a small child. Growing up in the barrio, he worked his way through college and became a physician with a general practice in Contra Costa County, California. JAGUAR FOOTPRINTS, recently published by Beatitude Press, is his second book of poetry. In his poems, Juan explores the sometimes cheerful, sometimes difficult, but always fascinating synthesis of Nicaraguan and United States culture. Juan's previous book, Marimba Dreams, was published in 1999 by Mother's Hen Press. Juan dedicates JAGUAR FOOTPRINTS to his small son, Juan Carlos. But it could as easily be dedicated to the small child in each of us. Filled with wonder at the natural world, Juan Sequeira's poetry is an affirmation of the power of the human spirit to triumph over adversity, disappointment, and human indifference and retain a hopeful optimism for the future.</p>

Jaguar Footprints

Literature & Fiction

Sequeira, Juan R.

Poetry

Beatitude Press

<p>Poetry. Asian American Studies. When she was a little girl, Clara Hsu wanted to be a hermit and martial artist living in the mountains of China. Life's mysterious path took her to the United States. In this reality, she practices the art of multi-dimensional being: mother, musician, philanthropist, activist, purveyor of exotic musical instruments, traveler, and ultimately, poet. MYSTIQUE is her first book of poems. "Clara Hsu is an observer of the world most people don't see: the world inside a stranger's thoughts, the world of secret intentions in all dark corners of the universe" -- Gerald Nicosia.</p>

Mystique

Hsu, Clara

Poetry. In his second book of poetry, FRIENDS WELL MET AND MORE, Tom Odegard reflects on the many friends who have enriched his life and shaped his unique identity. Odegard combines technical skill, self-awareness, and keen insight into the human condition. He offers reflections on life, on love, on politics, and nearly everything in between. Somehow it seems to add up to more than "mere" poetry. "We are not lost to ourselves / rather known in a myriad of scripts / yours to mine / mine to yours / ours to ourselves / happy we plumb / each other's strengths / and let our weaknesses / gather courage from our play."

Streets of Visionary Crowds

Hayes, Andrew Phillips

A deeply-felt collection by Bay Area poet Morton Felix.

Gathering the Grace of Others

Morton Felix

Poetry. "In an age of information's uprooting of everything, John Curl's SCORCHED BIRTH creates, through a fusion of data and metaphor, a magical poetry that resonates with classical American (Mayan) simultaneity. This is a book of wonders"-Jack Hirschman. "The tensile lines of these poems are a strong loom holding the strength of an interwoven theme of Social Justice making deliberate design through the poet's understanding of actions and attitudes. John Curl show us the undersides of clouds and cultures but also shows immutable order in chaos. He can, in a single poem, give at least 15 ways of changing personal, social, political darkness, including purification by fire. Though some are seemingly surreal, strange and new, your intellect tells you each line is someone's reality at the core"-Mary Rudge, author of Water Planet, from the Foreword.

Scorched Birth

Curl, John

Poetry. "An unflinching poet of rare courage, Marsha Campbell does with language what most of us can only hope to do with love"--Yedda Morrison. "Bright statements emerge from smoky industrial sites or a countryside underwater. These ideas roam in the mind, as if sounds from the military flights, and hover over forbidden feeding areas. You won't mistake Campbell's work for anyone else's. A rare flowering of superb poems"--Edward Mycue.

Revolutions Per Minute

Campbell, Marsha

Poetry. "...one has to read this work with a new mind-set. Instead of looking for the neat moral conclusion, one has to allow oneself to be 'drowned' in the ocean of this stunning and protean work and be receptive to all the ambiguities and contradictions it contains. One should not look for an 'end' to it, for it is endless. You can never 'finish' reading it, but now you must 'start'!"--Dr. John M. Bennett.

Inferno

Argüelles, Iván

Poetry. "Like Lamantia, Wainio has given us a precious gift, something to travel with, a California supermarket of Greece and Egypts"--Roderick Iverson. "I was afraid of my cave at first, perhaps inhabited by demons Jesus encounters and drives out. But no this is a place for gypsy sprits, serene, gutsy with wild wine and honey. My lone wasp mage comes by everyday, seems to feed off the occasional ant. A lone taverna dog goes back and forth. Strange birds, like black and white doves, appear furtively at morning when they can't see me looking at them through my mesh tent opening"--from The Apocalypse Rave: A Coda. Be sure to check out Wainio's other titles, including CROSSROADS OF THE OTHER and AUTOMATIC ANTIQUITY, both available from SPD.

Slab Window

Wainio, Ken

In this comprehensive collection of her poetry, artist and writer Sharon Skolnick-Bagnoli leads us on a journey through lyrical landscapes and topical dreamscapes to a place of sea change: the universe of our own making. It is a past, present and future sparkling with Shiny Objects all scattered around and free for the taking, familiar and strange. Profusely illustrated with original art in color.

Shiny Objects

Sharon Skolnick-Bagnoli

Poetry. Randy Fingland's new Book, METAMORPHOSIS BLUES, manages the difficult feat of being both poignant and satirical, often in the same sentence. It is full of wit, compassion, beautiful writing, and perspicacity. Put simply, METAMORPHOSIS BLUES is right on target. "...Your honesty is Johnny Appleseed!!!! Is the Dalai Lama!!!! Is the truth that dares not speak but does!!!! ...the longest time poetry emcee in history and the original Johnny Appleseed..."--Jesse Beagle.

Metamorphosis Blues

Fingland, Randy

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