Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> American - General

An "X-ray" of Berry's two flings with Multiple Myeloma condensed into haikus. Except where he fudges-out of the haiku syllable-count strait jacket, then calls them cell phone texts, or telegrams, or poemettes if in a poodle mood. Or finger sandwiches in which the baloney is bigger than the bread. Sometimes he raps. Beowulf: Oft Scyld Scefing sceabena preatum. Jump to William Langland (Piers Plowman): A fair field full of folk. On to Shakespeare: Beated and chopp'd with tann'd antiquity. And James Jibber Joyce: Seaspawn and seawrack, the nearing tide, the rusty boot....

How Many Faces Do You Have? is a poem sequence that interrogates intimacy, each poem a face the poet discovers, a reflection revealed in response to inner questioning. In a voice of quiet sonority, these lyrics journey from a high-school gym dance to a moonlit beach polka. They linger over sushi in Montreal and an airline meal at 40,000 feet on a flight. They touch joy and pain and celebrate the vicissitudes of love that goes "into the tangled heartland / where there is no trail," as a gift of being.

A face

is such a strange thing. Obsessed

with distortion,...

Chasing Shadows is a collection of poems that touch on the small, poignant moments in life. Haunting and profound, Brandon's words tenderly broach themes of life, love, and loss, with each poem possessing a story unto itself.

In Shattered Dreams in Light, Brandon Flesher attempts to make sense of the fears we keep hidden, bringing them into the light to examine how they influence us in subtle, imperceptible ways. His poems teach us that even if we think we have emerged unscathed and unchanged from an experience, every event leaves a reminder behind that we may not be aware of.

Now, more than ever, our collective voices (and actions) must stand united in opposition to Donald J. Trump, who--by following the demagogue's playbook--seeks to divide and conquer by turning Christians against Muslims, white folks against people of color, men against women, and straights against LGBTQIAs, thereby creating fear and hate amongst the populace.

While We the People quarrel and vilify each other, Trump, without opposition, slyly invokes his true agenda: the marginalization of the masses and the continued facilitation of the advancement and concentration of...