THEDINNER JACKET POEMS the CHANTILCLEER POET JEFF WAYNE-PATRICK RUSSELL Jeff Wayne-Patrick Russell aka the Chantilcleer poet starts hisDinner Jacket Poemswith a boyhood visit to his grandmothers apartment in Glendale, CA where hes fascinated by the Knockittttty, knock knocks of woodpeckers pecking on telephone poles in her neighborhood. With yells of silence he takes us on a quest to the streets of Gold where he dreams of a Coliseum in Eternity. The pilgrim does not travel alone. There are...

In an elegant, two-color format, punctuated with intriguing drawings, If . . . poses hundreds of questions ranging from practical to maddening, moral to hilarious.If you could spend one whole night alone with anyone in history, whom would you choose? If you could suddenly possess an extraordinary talent in one of the arts, which would you like it to be? If you could commit one crime without being caught, what crime would you commit? If your plane were abou...

For thirty years now the Phoenix Poets series has been publishing the best poets working in English, from young poets publishing their first books to renowned masters at the peak of storied careers. This sample presents some of the best poets and poems from those three decades—it’s sure to whet your appetite and get you coming back for more!

Chase Valentine reluctantly inherits her father's detective agency and her late father's partner. Now they are faced with a deadly criminal wanting to escape the country and she doesn't know if she can count on the partner.She wonders if she can live up to her father's reputation as the best PI in the business.

A 'sonnet' is a structure of poetry that originated in Italy. The term sonnet is actually derives from the Italian word sonetto, which means 'little song' or 'little sound'. A Sicilian poet named Giacomo da Lentini is endorsed by many as its inventor. Sonnets are commonly 14 lines long and carry a distinct model of rhymes that varies from one culture to another.While I have concocted many different forms of poetry over the last twenty plus years I've been writing, for some reason I...

I often feel as though I've entereda standoff between whathappens around me & what'sgoing on inside--& this lifethat goes on & on inside my headgoes on & on & on it seemsalmost without me, asit has since childhood . . .--from "Standoff"For three decades, David Rivard has written from deep within the skin of our times. With Standoff, he asks an ess...

Footnote I loved to write and I do it everyday. Hope I will write many more books.

A short story inspired by David Bowie's song "Space Oddity"

Family, friendship, and the spirit of giving are at the heart of this inspiring picture book. Opening in Depression-era New York, The Carpenter's Gift tells the story of eight-year-old Henry and his out-of-work father selling Christmas trees in Manhattan. They give one of their leftover trees to construction workers building Rockefeller Center. That tree becomes the first Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, the finest Henry has seen when adorned with homemade decorations. Henry wis...

A collection of humorous, inspirational, romantic, and patriotic poems that reflect the times we live in. Grab a cup of coffee, or hot tea, whichever your preference may be, kick back and enjoy!

Flight is the third volume in the quartet of spring poetry by Debra Milligan. Each of these 16 poems is an invitation to a voyage in flight for anyone who dares to dream, for anyone who dares to let a reverie soar. Flight then is timeless for anyone who yields to the desires of the heart to take fly, to take wing and to reach new heights, to aspire to a firmament of one's own making.Themes include the yearning within the separation from a beloved; the potent language of silence; th...

Jeff Poggi's Modern Sonnets breathes new life into an old form.