Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss

A product of pencil-and-paper night writing, Dream Deep is a collection of poems based on recollected dreams.
In some cases, the images dreamt are expanded, and the dream serves as a seed from which the poem develops. But, in other cases, the entirety of the poem is wrought directly, so there's no need to expand or contract the imagery. Multiple themes emerge throughout this collection--themes such as fantasy, romance, horror, as well as threads of personal and philosophical ideology cropping up now and again.

A number of the works presented here were printed in an...

Late in the day, when the light falls across the hills that fold down to a river valley, you can see each layer of the landscape outlined all the way out to the horizon. The poems in this book are stories of the play of light and shadow across such a landscape, seen in retrospect, as though from a higher elevation. Like my grandmother, I have kept these stories close to me for decades, have puzzled and wrestled and prayed my way through the living of them, and sometimes have written them down.

"Laura Mazza-Dixon's Forged by Joy is a test of light against time, from...

Unexpressed Feelings is a book which begins with the unbearable melancholy that creeps under one's skin, into the bones, when an unexpected heartbreak takes place. Priceless lessons, that only mistakes and sorrow can teach, leap out from the middle part of the book with the forethought to heal an inner wound that is still raw, still painful. This book of yearning, heartache and realisations gradually comes to a beautiful end in part three by unveiling how love is supposed to look like when it truly enters one's life. By expressing some of the sweet feelings of falling in love and being...

Through the close-up lens of his heart, Herb Bryce takes us on a journey into the hazy world of the Alzheimer's afflicted. He paints a loving and tender picture with words of his life and love, gently unravelling the pages from the spool of his soul. Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC

Through the close-up lens of his heart, Herb Bryce takes us on a journey into the hazy world of the Alzheimer's afflicted. He paints a loving and tender picture with words of his life and love, gently unravelling the pages from the spool of his soul. Candice James, Poet Laureate Emerita, New Westminster, BC

As readers of poetry, we all have our favorite ancient poets like Milton, Blake, Homer, and Rimbaud to name a few. Are you ready to break the mold and read some new, crisp poetry from a new American poet? If so, then you have the right book in hand. My poetry approaches life from many angles. I had a twenty-year career in the military with three combat tours under my belt. Also we'll explore life, death, afterlife, beauty, eroticism, and evil. All human emotions will run the gambit. My poems play a bit to the darker side of life. But if you want to challenge your mind, my symbolic and...