A collection of lesbian love poetry in honor of Sappho, the Greek poetess of the isle of Lesbos, by contemporary female poets from around the world. Also includes original artwork images in black and white from contemporary artists.

Bryana Hays and her long-time partner, Michelle Dawson, were in their early sixties. They had dreamed of a comfortable retirement in Denver, Colorado. They could never have envisioned being penniless and living on a Kansas farm. The farm was located near Buffalo Plains, Kansas, a town controlled by the wealthy, powerful, and bigoted Roland family. The Rolands had a special disdain for the two new residents of their community. Tank Roland's land bordered the Hays farm. He would like nothing better than to expand his wild game hunting reserve by getting title to Bryana and Michelle's property....

The Brent family might very well be called out of control. Some might ascribe the word madcap to them. What a cast What a story they weave. From giggles to tears - they provide it all. The mother, Willa Brent, is sometimes befuddled and often staunch. At times she's wiser than any sagacious parent has a right to be. Three sisters, approaching forty, are usually at odds. But their disharmony becomes intensified after the announcement of sudden wealth. Eldest daughter Isabel is the housewife. Middle daughter is Vicky - a lesbian copywriter. Youngest is Leandra - the stunning ex-convict. The...

For artist Danielle O'Hara, even though romance is nonexistent and her art career has nearly stagnated, she is reasonably content with her circumstances. Then, when she is nearly sixty years old, the greatest adventure of her life begins. Danielle leaves her Colorado home to attend her first major solo art exhibit in London. While roaming through a street market, Danielle catches sight of her first and only true love, Molly, who had left Colorado and their relationship thirty years earlier. Danielle never accepted Molly's explanation that the reason their relationship had dissolved was...

Fleur Hamilton is a botanist with an important project and pending grant. She is also in a relationship that has taken a critical turn. Life isn't turning out to be as simple as she had hoped. Then, she enters her fourth decade and loses her Aunt Golda. Suddenly, Fleur discovers that nothing is as she believed it to be. Ever the scientist, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about her aunt, and about her own roots. As she slowly uncovers her parents' Hippie era lives and her Aunt Golda's past as a Holocaust survivor, their stories become her own. Fleur is thrust into a crossroads,...

A billy club came down hard on the woman's brow. The moment Olivia Kirby noticed the outraged policeman's hand lift, she had whirled around. Facing him directly, she reacted. Her camera was fully loaded, and she shot a sequence of the police officer hurling a barrage of blows. stunned women surrounded the scene. Every filament of thought became mystical and far away. Several screams lifted and ricocheted around the barroom, as if coming from a different planet. Things were different in the gay and lesbian world of the mid-sixties. It was a precarious era, as photographer Olivia Kirby would...

Kelly Benjamin is turning twenty when a skiing accident accelerates her life's plan. Most importantly, her desire to write poetry is enhanced and rushed. She hungers for adventure that might become her poem. Touring Kelly's Poem takes place in 1963. Kelly is a student in a small Kansas town. After her dangerous close call, she relocates to spend her junior year in college out of the country - where she believes she can inhale, covet, and explore poetry. In the early Sixties, women's roles were cast for them. Be a 'nice' girl, and find a good man, and settle down. That was never on Kelly's...

Realm of Belonging is Kieran York's second volume of Sapphic Poetry. As with her other poetry and fiction, York explores Sapphic love and life. Blushing Aspen, was released in 2014. It was the 2014 Sappho's Corner Solo Poets Series selection. It was also the recipient for the Poetry category of the Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention for 2014, and a nominee for the 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society Award. Excerpts from Realm of Belonging: In the world's immense vastness - we belong. In the immeasurable universe - we monopolize one another's dreams. I was her sidekick - but I'd impacted her. Now...