poetry

I don't remember which tortured soul said this, but someone told the world that artists create their best when they're in pain. This past week, I lost a dear pet water turtle who had been with me since she was a mere quarter-size hatchling in 1988. She went to college with me, stayed with me...

This collection will take you through a poet’s life in the city she has most loved. Written in an accessible style, her poems offer her reflections on this one-of-a-kind Texas town—from its local cemeteries, junkyard, Chopin Festival, to its desert flora and fauna, complete with local artwork.

Travel along with the poet through New England, Mexico, Miami, Hawaii, Venezuela, Paraguay, New Mexico, and Texas as her poems take you on an emotional journey through her special moments and to those places that have most influenced her. Plus experience the artwork of local artist Erika Martinez.

From an abusive home in the Minneapolis projects, Joy was labeled "unadoptable" - doomed to the foster care system. But luck or something else landed Joy in a middle-class family that was willing to survive the system with her. In her memoir, Joy shares her early nightmares and the frustrations...

Homeless Joy: An exposé in poetry was conceived as a follow up to J.L. Wright’s first book, Unadoptable Joy: A memoir in poetry and prose. As she wrote the honest journey of growing up in foster-care, Miss Wright looked deeper at her story - not knowing if her family and her home was permanent...

I'm new to this group. Joined because I am seeking a poetry critique partner. I have published one book and have appeared in several anthologies and am a regular on the net. I write short poetry usually free verse and use my poetry to tell stories and convey specific messages. I am am a...