In a short period, Karen Mobley lost her family through death, was hit by a car, broke her leg, and experienced a number of calamities. This sequence of poems, Trial By Ordeal, explores her role as a daughter, sister, and lover as her faith is challenged. A visual artist, Mobley's poems are rich with her artist vision and observed experience. The poems chronicle loss as she seeks awe and astonishment in nature and survives the loss of family, disability,...

Discovering the rewards of diligence can certainly be fun, but see how one lazy caterpillar learns what happens when you don't finish what you start.

Always Freeing Beauty explores the possibility and hope of making art. Barbara Foster takes the reader on a deeply personal journey as she shares the struggles and triumphs of becoming Freeing Beauty, the name for her spiritual identity. Writing is Barbara's guide for discovering inner confidence and creating positive relationships with others. Her story will resonate with anyone who is also figuring out how to make a place for themselves in the world....

May I Only Leave Rose Petals is a composition of poetry about rediscovering the truth about one's innate divinity in the face of great pain, darkness, fear, and separation. It is about coming Home. It is a journey to wholeness through nine main chapters-from "The Forgetting" to the "The Homecoming". It is a catalyst to inspire, ignite, and lift people out of the darkness and into the light. It is about choosing love, again and again, to leave only...

Precise, taut, minimalist poems are Toliver's Yellow Wallpaper, using the thud and drone of language to evoke the suffocation of a marriage gone sour, sound bouncing back, and creating patterns that are an inhibiting force in themselves. There's a pulse to her work, one that harnesses the energy on the page to transcend binaries and boundaries of the self.

I don't know how we got here, where the beginning / of the end started, when we drifted so / far apart we were no longer us. Under Clouds and City Lights is a collection of 131 poems dedicated to the universal experiences that tie people together. Inspired by the small moments that empower each of us to be whom we truly are, respected poet Caitlin Ju hopes to inspire readers to slow down and appreciate the little things. In her debut book, Caitlin...

Sean Thomas Dougherty celebrates the struggles, the dignity, and the joys of working-class life in the Rust Belt. Finding delight in everyday moments-a night at a packed karaoke bar, a father and daughter planting a garden, a biography of LeBron James as a metaphor for Ohio-these poems take pride in the people who survive despite all odds, who keep going without any concern for glory, fighting with wit and grace for justice, for joy, every god damned...

How would you cope with losing not one, but two young children within three months of each other? This author did, and her inspiring story is weaved throughout the poems and quotes she has written. Based around grief and loss, this collection features breath taking images and honest, powerful, yet poignant verse. This mothers love and devotion for her sons and her family, will leave you appreciating life.

Are you struggling in life and feel stuck? Do you want to move forward but too afraid or do not know how? Do you have issues of the heart and lack faith? Well friend, "It's Raining Wisdom: The Golden Nuggets of God," has found itself in your hands. Look no further. You have found the solution. This book is a compilation of God's wisdom downloaded from heaven. Sandra L. Ross shares personal stories during various seasons in her life as a Christian...

"In a world where rarely anything is original anymore, strive to stand for your true self, seek change and peace. Let's love one another, learn from one another, but let go of others bringing us down. I never said be like me, so be you, be different, and make a difference. Forgive yourself and others, face your fears with a middle finger, and live not by hate, for only love must guide your life." Excerpt from "No Pasa Nada Lesson #40" I...