By Shannon Yarbrough on March 31, 2012
Spargo Postle’s collection of poetry, Alone Among Many, appealed to me because there’s a lot of movement in his poems. Spargo’s style is to keep his verses extremely short. Reading several of the poems back to back may even give you the sense of falling as your mind races down the page along with your eyes.
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By Shannon Yarbrough on January 1, 2012
The New Death and Others by James Hutchings ASIN: B005Q8Q8DY Copyright © September 2011 264 KB (119 Pages) Kindle .99 cents Having read and reviewed James Hutchings’s Two Fisted Tweets I have to say that Mr. Hutchings is a master at microfiction. Able to tell a story in 172 characters or less in order to meet [...]
Posted in Anthology, Humor, Poetry, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged james hutchings, microfiction, the new death and others |
By Shannon Yarbrough on August 19, 2011
Poetry is hard to review. It’s very personal, and sometimes a poet likes to hide secrets or special meanings in their verse. They play on words and patterns and rhyming schemes. In the end, interpretation is often left up to the reader although the poet has often exposed a soft inner piece of themselves through their expression. That is certainly the case with Mr. Monroe’s collection of songs and poems called Slow Turning.
Posted in Poetry, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged child abuse poem, healing poetry, sexual abuse poem, slow turning, william d. monroe jr. |
By Shannon Yarbrough on December 15, 2010
Your mind probably conjures up all sorts of central ideas when you think of a collection of poetry called I Wandered From New Orleans: Cajun food, the French Quarter, the Garden District, Mardi Gras, balconies, beads, ghosts, Hurricane Katrina, Bourbon Street, jazz, shrimp, Creoles… Is there any other place in this country (New York, perhaps?) that could be a cliche within itself because of all of these wonderful (and predictable) things that give New Orleans its ambiance and flavor?
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By Shannon Yarbrough on November 15, 2010
Poems are useless
Though some people read them
They’re either trying to be romantic
Or pseudo-intellectual
Or they just like it
When words
Are formatted
Like
This
Posted in Poetry, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged Assorted Poems and Purple Prose, brandon halsey, iuniverse poetry, poetry book |
By Shannon Yarbrough on October 16, 2010
April Chartrand has a long list of credits to be proud of, besides being both the author and illustrator of her book entitled Angel’s Destiny:
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By Shannon Yarbrough on December 23, 2009
With a title like that, I just had to take a look at Chazda Albright’s book. Being a fellow poet and artist, the title alone definitely captured my attention. Chazda introduces the book with an explanation about her medium:
Posted in Art/Photo, Poetry, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged art poems, chazda albright, lulu art, lulu poetry, poetry art, poetry handle with care |
By Shannon Yarbrough on November 8, 2009
At only 76 pages, Dervish by James Mirarchi was a quick read but is a prime example – I’ve pointed out many here at LLBR – of an author embracing self publishing to truly capture his creativity. The book sells itself as a collection of poetry, but actually opens with a brief one act play and ends with a short story, reminding me of the editions of the “Concise Book of Literature” from college English courses, still adorning my bookshelf today because they contain some of my favorite short stories and poetry.
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By Shannon Yarbrough on October 15, 2009
After reading this short collection of poetry by Judy Ann and Christina Eichstedt, I immediately thought the title of the collection, Whispers of Truth, was a bit ironic. None of the poems convey a message that you think would be whispered, but instead are passages that sound like the poets would want to scream at the top of their lungs. They even say so in the book description:
Posted in Poetry, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged christina eichstedt, judy ann eichstedt, negative poems, poems about society, positive poems, religious poems, whispers of truth |
