Poetry. In CHANGE (WILL DO YOU GOOD) Gail Entrekin lays out the boundries of what's really at stake in the affairs of the heart. In these poems, with an economy of words and the clarity of a practiced poet, she takes on life's transitions and, like Mary Oliver and Sharon Olds, bravely reveals the expectations beneath the choices we all must face. Gail Entrekin does what our best poets have always done; she makes the value of our emotional journeys available and visible...and real.

Change (will do you good)

Literature & Fiction

Entrekin, Gail Rudd

Poetry

Poetic Matrix Press

Nature Journal With John Muir

A writing and sketching journal for poets, artists, and others. "Selections from the two hundred articles written and published by John Muir are offered here to provide stepping-stones for inspiration and thoughtfulness for your sauntering, writing, and sketching journey.  Considered to be one of the great mountaineers and one of the earliest plant ecologists, Muir saw with clarity, the world in which he lived and which he sought to preserve for all time.  He was one of Nature's visionaries.  As you walk your own pathless journey of discovery in Nature and wilderness may you find that the gentleness of Muir's spirit and the keenness of his sight provide a guiding light as you seek to find ways to draw yourself nearer to the goodness and greatness that abounds upon mountain tops, in warm sunny meadows, and near cool streams." Bonnie Johanna Gisel, editor

Nature Journal with John Muir

Self-Help

Poetry and prose of the peripatetic poet

Winds of Change/Vientos De Cambio (Spanish Edition)

Tomàs Gayton

United States

Poetry. Native American Studies. "Sandy Stillwell invites us to take a seat on that boulder by the river and listen to the water roll awhile. In her poems the natural world becomes a mirror for the complexities of our lives, an endless source of wisdom that guides us. Stillwell reminds us that 'something knocking against the heart...is not to be ignored.' She encourages us to open the door and let ourselves in"--Cheryl Dumesnil. "Sandra tells wonderful stories in her poems, adding herself to a long line of storytellers. Like griots of old, she distills the truth through a fine water of words. And that is the key to her work--a deep love and sharing of truth"--James Downs.

In a Dress Made of Butterflies

Stillwell, Sandra Lee

Poetry. Nominated for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2007. "Art Campbell provides us with brilliant flashes of insight into the mysterious workingsof the legal system. His prose poems are heart-wrenching, powerful, compelling. As an insider, Campbell is in a unique position to provide vivid glimpses at the colorful characters on both sides of the law. His prose poems are full of compassion and a generosity of spirit. In sharing with us his `tales from the trenches,' he reveals the heart and soul of a young trial lawyer"--Nancy Kim, lawyer and author of the critically acclaimed novel Chinhominey's Secret.

TRIAL & ERROR The Education of a Freedom Lawyer

Campbell, Arthur W

Poetry. Molly Weller gives us these moments, almost in passing, that we can go on with on our own, they don't stop at the end of the poem but continue on in our reading. It's like you are walking down a path and each poem tells of a moment on that path. Sometimes she gives us a startling image as in "mountains its way to the sea." This work includes her time in Australia as well as her time in Colorado and Oregon. This is a work that celebrates her closeness to nature; it is a journey both physical and spiritual and it is written with a sure and beautiful command of the language.

Finding Passage

Weller, Molly

Poetry. Curl up by a fire with a glass of port to truly enjoy THE GATHERING. Ms. Festa opens up very difficult life experiences where she struggles to bring some kind of understanding. We don't see this in poetry all that often and it can make a difficult read to the uninitiated. But the beauty of her language and the depth of her understanding make her subject palatable and carry the reader to that place of truth and beauty to which poetry aspires. Curl up by a fire with a glass of port to truly enjoy THE GATHERING. Ms. Festa opens up very difficult life experiences where she struggles to bring some kind of understanding. We don't see this in poetry all that often and it can make a difficult read to the uninitiated. But the beauty of her language and the depth of her understanding make her subject palatable and carry the reader to that place of truth and beauty to which poetry aspires. "This whole book is an offering"--Rosanna Warren, from the Preface.

The Gathering

Festa, Diana

Poetry. RENDER by Joseph Zaccardi is a collection of poetry that covers territory both painful and sublime. Joseph is a fine poet who has clearly mastered the craft of writing. He makes no mistakes as he guides us through the pain and then lifts us gently. In "From Baker Beach to the Golden Gate" he opens a difficult moment, provides a daring question and then lets us stay in the question and gather deep, personal answers. "Pulling / the disparate together: those who leapt, those / who walked away, and the man who wrote / in his suicide letter that he wouldn't jump / if only one person smiled at him." RENDER is like this throughout. It is satisfying to be in the throes of a poet of such quality who has such respect for his reader.

Render

Zaccardi, Joseph

Poetry. In DINGLE DAY poet Joe O'Connell flies with the best of the Irish literary tradition: reverence for the Irish countryside; for the Irish people; taking on big themes, life and the nature of living. He lets his language go, invents words, delights at times in the pure sound of words, in the pure sound of sound. He is not afraid to break the norms hence the subtitle: "Poems about music, women, drink, Kerry, cars and spirituality." All of the time he celebrates, over and over he celebrates, but never leaves his art: "I suppose art creates something new / Itself nonetheless part of reality."

Dingle Day

O'Connell, Joe

Poetry. Moving between poems that reveal the curses of one's life and the blessings that are of equal and mostly of greater value, BLESSINGS AND CURSES does not shy away from either. With language that is studied and fluid Anne Whitehouse clearly knows the craft and what to do to make a poem feel right. This work is satisfying in both content and the poets craft. "BLESSINGS AND CURSES Is a candid and powerful work of beautifully observed moments that shed her visionary light on art, on friendship, on social history, on nature, on Buddhism, on writers and writing, on memory, on the fleeting and the eternal, and on God. This is a deeply satisfying journey through a poet's life and soul, shared with an intimacy that is both simple and profound"--Gina Browning, author of Roses of the Heart.

Blessings and Curses

Whitehouse, Anne

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