“Falling Forward” is the first full length collection of poetry by Rebecca Schumejda and it does not disappoint. This beautifully crafted book, by Sunnyoutside from Buffalo, features the artwork of Ed Herrera. The stark imagery of a tree above ground and its roots below say a lot about what you will find inside in Rebecca’s [...]
Amor de Lonh by Gabriel Olearnik, Guest Reviewed by Grace Andreacchi Andromache Books, London, 2009 The composer Robert Schumann once described the music of the man who is still arguably the Pole par excellence to the non-Polish world, Frédéric Chopin, as ‘a cannon buried in flowers’, and this isn’t a bad description of what the [...]
As with all the chaps to be born at Blackheath Books, Geraint Hughes hand-crafted collection “this is it….,” has a warmth both inside and out. This 20 poem collection speaks to personal journeys in times of change that can really only be traversed alone. It recounts touching moments prior to and after the death of [...]
I received in the mail a package from Roger Aplon, who is a participant in this year’s OW Chap Swap, and was pleasantly surprised. He is a well educated writer from many places around the world, but makes his home now in San Diego, CA. I was drawn to the brilliantly red cover of Escapades [...]
Neocom(muter) is the newest book of poetry by Paul Corman-Roberts, published by Tainted Coffee Press. (2009) The cover art by Andrew Lander is really the first thing that will grab you about this book: the figure on the front is confronting you, stopping you dead in your tracks. You’re being urged to take pause: Just [...]