Aflame is the first book written by the author (1998) during an intense and splendid reverie of eclosion which set mind, body and spirit aflame with visions and inspiration in order “to arrive at the unknown through the disordering of all the senses.” Aflame is a glorious and boldly playful work of imaginative bonfire as well as a warm transpersonal celebration of fellow artists, nature, life and wonder. This third book by poet Casey Carter is the counterpoint to Falling Leaves Observation...

Joy music with a backdrop of honey bees and heart meditation. Raw Heart Honey was written 2012-2013 in dedication to Love with Love.

On an oasis of secluded beach consisting of tunneled sea grape and breezy Australian Pine, Currents was composed in 2001 during calming retreats of sunshine and blue green salt water in the keys of vigor and youth. The style and nature of the book per-mutate sporadically or swirl together from poem to poem as the ebb and flow of Currents and all the title implies. Furthering the dualistic themes of Aflame (1998) and Falling Leaves Observation (1999)- Currents fluctuates between confessiona...

Composed in the aspen flooded alpines of Colorado (2008) and on the shores of Lake Sydney Lanier (2010) Woods By Day Bars By Night is part lyric poetry, part hymnal in the spirit of the hunt for revelations and habitual reminders- past and present. This song book is an ode to troubadours and free-wheelers of all cast and stripe, while interweaving narrative arcs set to the comprehensive themes of joyous woodland strolls and wistful blues. Woods By Day Bars By Night is also the lyric compan...

"This book reminds us that there is more to education than preparing students for high-stakes tests. It is our responsibility to intentionally develop the whole child."—Irwin Kurz, Former Director of School QualityHeritage Academies, Grand Rapids, MI"Samuel Casey Carter shows how great cultures—not big bucks, smaller class sizes, different curriculums, or better buildings—are what we need to save our education system."—Jay Mathews, Columnist a...

The House of Incest, Anais Nin's famous prose poem, was first published in Paris in 1936 and immediately drew attention from the era's prominent writers, including Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell. While written in English, it is considered a landmark work in the French surrealist tradition and one of the most unique books in 20th century literature.

However grand or short our tale, it is the moment we set sail, when all the former pale away, a fresh new wind come into play, that lets us see in grand array: it was the entire journey, that made our perfect day! Hurry, scurry, there now in summer's flurry come and walk with me, and on a mountain see, the view eclipse magically, the ardour of our century.

Exciting music, delicious ironies, radiant self-awareness. With imagination, wit and scrupulous candour, Chris Hutchinson’s poems negotiate and renegotiate the shifting no-man’s-land between self and others, introspection and public life. Here are poems carrying unflinching perceptions on their own innovative, edgy music, refusing inflations of rhetoric and complacent notions of the inner life, bringing skeptical intelligence and radical imagination-those supposedly incompatible room-mates...

Paranoia is a profound exploration of the human psyche, delving into themes of existential dread, societal alienation, and the struggle for self-identity. Through a blend of philosophical musings, dark introspection, and sharp social critique, Plamen Chetelyazov crafts a narrative that is as haunting as it is thought-provoking.Set against the backdrop of everyday life, the protagonist's journey is a constant battle with internal and external realities—realities that are fragmented,...

Winner of the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress, chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Best Books of 2001, and as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award.In this groundbreaking collection, Alice Fulton weds her celebrated linguistic freshness to a fierce emotional depth. Felt—a fabric made of tangled fibers—becomes a metaphor for the interweavings of humans, animals, and planet. But Felt is also the pas...

A collection of poems from Tierra Templada, the realm of in-between. Slice-of-life commentary on modern reality, love, family, childhood, politics, sexuality, taboos and more.

Classic poetry. According to Wikipedia: "David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 2 March 1930) was an English author, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct. Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecuti...