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Words of Alchemy by Camilla Downs

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 by Bill Arnott

In Words of Alchemy, Camilla Downs invites you to walk with her to share her love of Nature and Life through a free-verse poetry memoir. During her daily strolls she is mindfully present as she delves into life in the … Continue reading

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Waiting for the Small Ship of Desire by Allan Cooper

March 13, 2021June 2, 2020 by James M. Fisher

I don’t often read poetry, but when I do, I like it to be moderately straightforward and logical, able to reach my heart and stir emotions, buried deep as they are. The poems in Allan Cooper’s latest collection, Waiting for … Continue reading

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Skin House by Michael Blouin

May 21, 2020 by Patricia Sandberg

Skin House got me with this line on its back cover: “Skin House is a story about two guys who end up in the same bar they started out in.” I thought, sweet, a kind of modern Waiting for … Continue reading

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Signs of Life: Images Formed from Words and Clay by Gerri Frager

May 4, 2020March 2, 2020 by Bill Arnott

Poet-potter Gerri Frager has created a unique, engaging collection of work – literal alchemy, shaping words and hunks of this land into refined beauty – something hopeful, and remarkably reassuring.