Showing posts with label poetry books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry books. Show all posts

Thursday, May 1, 2025

No Apparent Bruises Book Blitz #rabtbooktours

 


Poetry Collection

Date Published: 02-14-2025

Publisher: Rotting Peach Press


 

A poetry collection exploring the messy and confusing feelings of missing someone you're better off without.



About the Author

Robyn Hope McMahan is a Chicago author. She holds a BA and MFA in Creative Writing and this is her debut poetry collection.

 

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Monday, April 28, 2025

Diving Into the Beloved #rabtbooktours




Poetry, Art

Date Published: 10-14-2024

Publisher: Infinite Heart Publications


 

The Timeless Dance of Love and Devotion

These poetic verses explore the timeless and transcendent nature of love, where beauty and devotion surpass the boundaries of time and space. The writer evokes a cosmic connection between two souls, celebrating love as an eternal, infinite force that binds them together in a dance of passion and unity. 



 Excerpt

Hands of the Clock


Beloved, when I'm with you

the hands of the clock tremble.

Your beauty stuns them

and their raison d'etre disappears through a crack in time


like the intoxicated bee whose ecstatic nectar-drinking

made him forget to fly before the lotus blossom closed for the evening.


I too am in No Man’s Land after tasting you.


Like the hands of the clock, your beauty has stopped a thing within me.


I only seem fit to write rogue love poems

and sing tavern songs of intoxication and wonder.


Please give me another job

because, like the clock hands, my own raison d'etre


seems lost in the crack between waking and dream,

that majestic ocean of silence

stretching past infinity—


holding a silly bubble afloat

until it is no more.


About the Author

Lark enjoys being a hermit and staying out of the limelight.

He has been know to accidentally bodysurf with turtles at play.

He leaves them alone and they leave him alone.

Everyone’s happy.

 

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Monday, April 21, 2025

Diving Into the Beloved Book Blitz #rabtbooktours

 

Poetry, Art

Date Published: 10-14-2024

Publisher: Infinite Heart Publications


 

The Timeless Dance of Love and Devotion

These poetic verses explore the timeless and transcendent nature of love, where beauty and devotion surpass the boundaries of time and space. The writer evokes a cosmic connection between two souls, celebrating love as an eternal, infinite force that binds them together in a dance of passion and unity.


About the Author

Lark enjoys being a hermit and staying out of the limelight.

He has been know to accidentally bodysurf with turtles at play.

He leaves them alone and they leave him alone.

Everyone’s happy.

 

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Life F*cks Me Everyday Book Blitz #rabtbooktours

 

A Poetry Book


Poetry

Date Published: January 26, 2024

 

 

Get ready to navigate life's most challenging moments through the art of poetry.

Embark on an introspective journey through the pages of Life F*cks Me Everyday, an authentic collection of poems that delves deep into the complexities of the human experience. Divided into five chapters, this anthology takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the highs and lows of existence, shedding light on emotions that often remain unspoken.

With raw honesty and unfiltered thoughts, the author fearlessly navigates profound themes such as mental health struggles, trauma, love, grief, and loss. Enriched by a gallery of custom art, the captivating visual images enhance the reader's connection to the written words.

More than a collection of poems, Life F*cks Me Everyday is a lifeline for those seeking solace and comfort in the understanding that they are not alone in their struggles. The book unveils a powerful and vulnerable narrative, gently reminding readers that, in the ups and downs of life, there is renewed strength in solidarity.

Order your copy now and take the first step on this emotional journey. Let these verses be your companion, offering solace along the difficult path we all tread.


About the Author

Jasmine J. is a talented author whose passion for writing has been a lifelong journey. Since early childhood, Jasmine has harnessed the power of words to educate, empower, and uplift others. Her writing serves as a medium to navigate and articulate the complexities of the human experience.

In her debut poetry book, Life F*cks Me Everyday, Jasmine delves into profound and heavy topics, offering readers a raw and authentic exploration of mental health struggles, trauma, grief, and loss. Her work resonates with those seeking solace and understanding in the face of life's challenges. Armed with a Master of Science in Psychology, Jasmine brings a nuanced perspective to her writing, blending artistic expression with psychological insights.

Beyond her writing, Jasmine enjoys spending quality time with her loved ones, including her beloved dog and two cats. An avid nature enthusiast, Jasmine finds joy in hiking, cooking, capturing life's moments through photography, immersing herself in the world of literature, and watching movies and TV shows. With each stroke of her pen, Jasmine J. continues to weave narratives that inspire, connect, and illuminate the human spirit, leaving a lasting impact on readers.

 

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

After the Ashes Release Blitz #rabtbooktours

 

Poetry

Date Published: June 13th, 2023

Publisher: Harbor Lane Books


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After The Ashes is perfect for fans of Kate Baer and Courtney Peppernell!

After The Ashes is a collection of poems depicting the emotional journey through the darkness of grief, heartbreak, and betrayal into the first glimpse of hope and light that comes with healing. These words are for anyone who has ever loved and lost, been betrayed and broken, or seen the other side of goodbye. This collection is proof that the brokenness is not the end of the story, and that sometimes the ashes of our pain are the strongest foundation on which to rebuild and revive ourselves.

About the Author

E.V. Nova is a Canadian author and poet with a love for raw, devastatingly beautiful words. She believes in the power of turning pain into poetry, just as much as she believes everything happens for a reason. After The Ashes is her first published poetry collection.Connect with E.V. Nova on Instagram and Facebook @evnovaofficial.


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Monday, November 14, 2022

Infinite Sea of Stars Release Blitz #rabtbooktours



Poetry

Release Date: November 14, 2022

Publisher: Naked Armadillo Press


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EVERY POEM IS A LOVE LETTER. AND THESE LETTERS ARE FOR YOU.


For all the times a piece of you was missing, for all the days you didn’t know where you belonged, for each tiny moment when you transformed—and still transform.

Infinite Sea of Stars is an ode to love and human resilience. A map of deep scars and faint laugh lines. Instilling an unwavering sense of hope into those who decide to dive soul-first into this mystical journey in book form.

It is a memoir someone else wrote about you. A diary you didn’t know you kept. The manual you needed but refused to open.

Crafted by decades of introspection and meditation practice, Shannon Crossman’s poetry is familiar yet enlightening.

Infinite Sea of Stars will pave the reader’s way to self-love, acceptance, and inner growth, moving through the caverns of discontent and the soul’s oldest wounds to arrive at the trailhead of a life filled with deep joy and wonder.

Great for fans of Hafiz, Rumi, Chelan Harkin, and Adyashanti.

Early Reviews

"...adds a fresh perspective to the age-old topic of divinity." -Manik Chaturmutha for Readers' Favorite, ★★★★★
 
"Deeply powerful words and thoughts." -Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite, ★★★★★

"...beautiful poems that delve into the wants, needs, and desires of the human heart." -Pikasho Deka for Readers' Favorite, ★★★★★

"...probes into the powers of praise and the infinite beauties that surround us every moment we're alive." -Self-Publishing Review

About the Author

Published in two anthologies, Goddess When She Rules and Hidden Lights, as well as online at The Urban Howl and Wildheart Writers, Shannon's work centers on themes of belonging, resilience, wonder, and the ecstatic.

Nothing excites her more than a blank page or an unexplored path through a solitary forest. Words and the natural world are and have always been, her way back home.

In her heart of hearts, she still believes in magic, craves the ocean like a landlocked mermaid, and dreams of a life without shoes.

 

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Another Autumn is Free April 14 thru April 18 #MFRWAuthor #MFRWHooks #8Sunday #SnipSun

   


Blurb
A mixed bag of poetry from the deranged brain behind Naughty Netherworld Press.

Excerpt
This is the second poem from Another Autumn.

Blotted Out

For Gem

beautiful sad eyes

you always seemed so aware

beneath the surface

darkness loomed inside your brain

overtook and erased you

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This book will be free to own from April 14 thru April 18. 

The usual price is 99 cents.

It is always free to borrow from Kindle Unlimited.

This month I gave the subscribers to my newsletter a free and exclusive poetry collection. If you enjoy receiving free literary goodies and mindless blather in your inbox, be sure to sign up now. 

What will be in the May newsletter? Even I don't know that yet, but I promise it won't be anything from the Whizzo Quality Assortment. Unless you're one of those odious people with a perfectly organized newsletter and a metric crap-ton of subscribers. In that case, prepare yourself, and when you're least expecting Crunchy Frog, expect it!

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Friday, January 17, 2020

Sly Speaks + Fat Friday + Friday Flashback: Diet Culture Rhetoric Is Not Poetry



This poignant gem was originally published on 17 January 2010 on my now-retired poetry blog.

life It would be far easier to diet if I didn't like food.

This, apparently, was the entire-ass poem.

A year later, I would finally take the long-needed step of ditching diet culture for good.

That is a terrible statement, let alone being a terrible poem. 

It isn't even a poem, it's a blurb. A very stupid and brainwashed blurb. It's a tweet that shouldn't have been tweeted. It is a lot of things, none of them good. A poem it is not. 

The Chili Bean Tanka is a better poem, and it is not a good poem. In fact, it is close to Vogon poetry in its poetic injustice.

It goes a little bit something like this.

I ate the chili
between the beans and the spice
digestive horror
beneath the cover of night
noxious eruptions take place

As I mentioned previously, I struggled over the holidays. My abusive partner ED (Eating Disorder) reared his ugly head and I relapsed into my old restrictive eating and self-loathing patterns. Which, by the way, never made me thin, they just fucked my metabolism over and made me hate myself even more. 

However, reading this micro-poem that should not be, I could see where I'd been myopic in my criticism of a poet whose book I reviewed recently. I gave the book overall high praise, but I stated that her "poem" which read as follows, and I quote:

love ends but calories are forever

was not so much a poem as unfortunate diet culture rhetoric, and I wouldn't want to read it as a tweet, let alone in a book of poetry.

Given the unseemly evidence above, that critique was hypocritical of me.

However, there is a lesson to be learned.

Next time you think publishing a pithy pearl of poignant perspicacity such as this...

Go to the kitchen and grab yourself a snack. Or at least have something to drink. Your blood sugar may be low because if you think that's worth publishing, you obviously haven't been thinking clearly. Step out for a breath of air and clear your head of the Diet Culture nonsense. You've obviously bitten off more of it than you can chew.

That being said, Words Written in the Dark is, overall, a thoughtful and thought-provoking volume of modern poetry, and I recommend it highly.


Fat and Ornery
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Sly and Snarky
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