Poetry Style

Assets of Inspiration is a collection of poems I started writing back in 2020 during the pandemic to encourage and inspire others during a tough time for so many. I call them poems but they are really pure inspiration and motivation disguised as poetry. Little did I know it would send me on a path to write 3 books. This is my original work that started it all. I am re-working the original writing and expanding it to be more than just poems but also diving into the assets we discover through adversity, challenge, and struggle.

Beginning with several dozen new poems that have appeared in The New Yorker, among other publications, this volume is a tour through Cynthia Zarin’s five exquisitely made collections, beginning with The Swordfish Tooth, published in 1989. Zarin, a poet in the line of Elizabeth Bishop, allows the listener to experience human truths through a poem's shape and music, bodied forth through intimate images—the turn in the stair, a snow globe, naked birch branches, a vase of flowers—and a propulsive syntax.

A world-bending, lyrically rich poetry collection that reimagines the U.S.-Mexico border as both a real place and a living simulation—and tells the story of a pair of siblings trapped between the two.

The poet Apollonius is best remembered for the epic myth of Jason and the Argonaut’s quest for the Golden Fleece. The Argonautica is considered one of the finest epics of antiquity, and consists of four books.

The dramatic romance was a poetic form particularly favored by Robert Browning. This collection of 25 poems includes many of the poet's most celebrated efforts in this genre. Each of these poems is essentially a monologue or imagined conversation by a character recalling a life-changing event. The particular occurrence may be related to war (Incident of the French Camp), love (The Last Ride Together), murder (Porphyria's Lover), or even a humorous fable (The Pied Piper of Hamelin.)

"A Gift From My Heart" is a captivating collection of poetry that speaks directly to the soul. Through evocative verses that traverse the landscape of human emotion, this book offers listeners a journey of self-discovery and reflection. With themes ranging from love and longing to resilience and renewal, each poem is a heartfelt offering from the depths of the author's heart.

The poems written in this book were composed in over 20 different countries & different cities including Australia, Bali, Brooklyn, Budapest, Colombia, Cyprus, Greece, India, Israel, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Madagascar, Miami, New Zealand, Oklahoma, Portugal, Romania, Sydney, Tbilisi, Thailand, & The Hamptons & Ukraine. I left a piece of my heart in each one of these places that I visited along with leaving a piece of my heart, with every one of those amazing souls that I met & connected with along the way, a lot of who I still know to this day.

In this volume, the lives of three sibling dreamers play out in verse, threading enchantment into the challenges of growing up. As they find humor in tiny ordeals, meaning in disappointment, and beauty even in tragedy, their poems will open your heart, offering vulnerability and transparency throughout. In Sunshine or in Shadow is a treasure of laughter and tears that will stay with you forever.

From one coast to the other, to the far side of the globe, three diverse characters follow paths that will mysteriously connect: Tina Lopez, endowed with a special gift from God; Ethan Kelly, a young Irish-American priest-in-training; and K.C. Littleton, who will prove that old adage, "Be careful what you wish for." All will discover a new appreciation for faith, forgiveness, and family.

Teddy is living college life with his newfound faith and girlfriend Janet. He used to be an active clubber and always looked forward to the annual Jam Fest, but his priorities have changed. However, as the Jam Fest weekend is approaching, his four best friends have no idea that Teddy is a Christian. Ajani is a drug dealer trying to leave the lifestyle. Eros is a proud player looking to expand his sexual horizons. Q is looking for a new identity and a solution to save his marriage. And K. J. is on a quest to become hip-hop's next star. They are about to have a crazy weekend.

Widely known as the master of horror, Edgar Allan Poe has held the world enraptured for more than 150 years with his dark and powerful works. This collection will sweep you away into a world of literary brilliance.

Foy is a minister who can no longer make sense of the religious world into which he was born. A strange bus journey to the heart of New Orleans marks his exit from a familiar life and a rebirth into a new reality. But the secular world is a strange and lonely place for Foy. His identity as a clergyman is more deeply embedded in his soul than he thought. Foy is determined to chart his own course rather than allowing others to define who he is.

The author’s personal journey of transformation following her son Blaise’s suicide. The book traces her path from grief to understanding and healing, shown through a collection of 21 fables and poems she wrote to Blaise in the year after his untimely death. This audiobook explores Laura’s message that it is in your power to overcome personal difficulties, no matter what, by creating something beautiful in the wake of whatever has befallen you. The terrible times you suffer are not the end of life, but can become a new beginning.

Take a journey across country, explore the love, the hurt, the pain. In this poetic trip down shady lanes and beachside promenades, stay in identical hotel rooms, feel the tug of the sea, and witness shards of history and the jagged fangs of mystery.

Cuando se habla de corazón a corazón no se juzga, sólo se empatiza. Cuando se lee de corazón a corazón no se critica, sólo se siente. Así es esta obra escrita en poesía y prosa. Así son estos poemas. Escritos con el alma al descubierto... con más sinceridad y menos maquillaje. Entonces a través de este libro descubrimos, poéticamente, lo bello que es el amor, que nos alienta a ir más lejos, a dar más. También nos da pistas para descubrir el amor propio, el amor a la familia, a los hijos, aquel que no espera, el que no proyecta, el que no se apega.

Lloyd Jones was seven years old the first time he climbed high into a grandstand to watch rugby with his father. The experience was baptismal. From his new elevated perspective Jones believed he could see everything that mattered – a field of play that rolled out, green with promise, from suburban New Zealand to the wider world. The grandstand is a guiding metaphor for these questing narrative poems that reach back into childhood and forward into the life of a writer constantly experimenting with form and voice.

In this evocative five-part series, explore themes of cosmic cycles, hope, and spiritual liberation. Journey from the primordial chaos to the enlightened wisdom that pierces the veil of ignorance. The poems inspire the human spirit to seek truth and reality.

يهدف هذا الكتاب إلى تحليل التجربة الشعرية الخاصة بالشاعر التونسي ابي القاسم الشابي، وينطلق من الموضوع الاساس في معظم أشعاره وهو رؤيته للحياة والموت، فركز الكاتب على تكوين وعيٍ لغويٍ بمعجم الشاعر للكشف عن العلاقات الدلالية وخاصة المتقابلات منها، وتكرار الصور وطريقة تكونها ووعي الكاتب لتجربة هذا الشاعر.

A collection of 52 poems, one for every week of the year.

L'opera originale nella versione del grande grecista Ettore Romagnoli.