Lamar Neal’s Youthful Voice Hisses and Wails Lamar Neal’s We All Need Therapy, published in 2019, is a passionate collection dripping with sarcasm, rage and an immense sadness. It is also intensely ambitious at 174 pages long. There are so … Continue reading A Sharp, Young New Voice in Poetry
Martin’s collection of Christian faith-inspired poetry provides a certain sweetness The review was originally published May 2019 on Vocal.Media. It may have been subject to editing changes. Virginia Martin‘s collection Love Without Borders (published in 2017) is the third volume … Continue reading Optimism and Happiness Abound
Vegetable Preparation Has Never Been So Blood Thirsty This review was publish May 4th, 2018 on Vocal.Media. It may have been subject to editing changes. Lauren Scharhag’s 2013 publication, West Side Girl & Other Poems, is her first and only … Continue reading Praise for Lauren Scharhag’s First Collection of Poems [FULL REVIEW]
Bowen’s Romantic Poetry Seduces and Enchants the Reader Seas, gardens, stars and brilliant explosions of pain swirl about on a world constructed of paper. Ollie Bowen’s On the Occasion of a Wedding entices not only the mind and heart but … Continue reading Love Poems for the Modern Ear
Dye Takes Risks With Her Poetry Squint past the cover of voyeuristic trees and then trip into the deep green pages of Aleah Dye’s 2019 publication If I Just Look Hard Enough. Her cover of near camouflage and dark green … Continue reading Bold Poetry For The 21st Century
