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An eclectic mix of poems in various forms, inspired by a love of Nature and reactions to many significant events or themes of recent times . They cover a fairly wide range of topics, thoughtfully, with an occasional touch of humour or satire. Thought provoking, many indicate a definite point of view, some personal, others, possibly, widely shared, relating to the effects of Brexit, the pandemic, climate change, war, modern politics and the internet.

From a poet and celebrated spoken-word performer comes a debut poetry collection that takes listeners on an empowering, lyrical journey exploring truth, silence, wounds, healing, and the resilience we all share.

The definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark. Here is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the midafternoon. Here is Bukowski knowing that the secret is beyond him, that people who never go crazy live truly horrible lives, that there's a bluebird in his heart that wants to get out.

To fully experience the ecstatic poetry of the Middle and Near East, you must hear it as originally intended: stirred ablaze by inspired music and rhythms before a live audience. In I Want Burning, Coleman Barks fuses his passionate scholarship with a deep feeling for the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz (a 14th-century Sufi mystic, called "one of the jewels in the necklace of Persian poetry"), and Lalla (an exquisite Kashmiri female poet of the 14th century).

A 2009 Nautilus Gold Award Winner, Pure Water is Coleman Barks’ inspired live performance of the poetry of Jellaludin Rumi (1207-1273) - with Sufi stories and jokes, accompanied with music by Bach, O’Carolan, Friesen and others. The performance captured in this recording recalls the essence of the communal celebrations of poetry, stories, jokes, prayer, and music in which Rumi’s work was first uttered, but presents it in a distinctive contemporary setting. Coleman’s words combine with the cello of Grammy Award-winner Eugene Friesen.

Of Love and Desire is a rich collection of love poems written over a lifetime, capturing its many forms: from rapture, infatuation and urgency to sorrow, heartache and disillusion. Poetry was de Bernières' first and greatest literary love, a passion evident in the musicality and emotion of his poems, which are full of stories and the truth of lived experience.

The story of Belvie Rooks and Dedan Gills, their journey and their transformation, is “as old as eternity and as new as now.” As individuals, Dedan and Belvie were already activists, mentors, and voices for justice, but in their union, they became an even greater force for compassion and love.

The mystics who coined the phrase "the way of affirmation" understood the apocalyptic nature of the word yes, the way it can lead out of one life and into another. Moving among the languages of Christian conversion, Classical metamorphosis, seasonal transformation, and gender transition, Luke Hathaway tells the story of the love that rewired his being, asking each of us to experience the transfiguration that can follow upon saying yes—with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul, with all one’s mind, with all one’s strength ... and with all one’s body, too.

One of the great icons of mysticism, by the Persian poet who has captured today’s spiritual audience - now in a first-ever English translation by his premier interpreter. In an intriguing and deeply personal introduction to the exquisitely packaged The Glance, Coleman Barks interprets this love that transcends time, gender, sex, and age. This program features 12 sensational poems enhanced with music to intensify the mystical Rumi experience.

Through rendering of Rumi’s poems and stories, Coleman Barks has established himself as perhaps the leading voice for Rumi’s work. His warm and sensitive reading combines with the world-renowned musicianship of Hamza El Din and Steve Coughlin to create an enthralling listening experience.

We are delighted to offer this excerpt from The Poems of Rumi as read by Coleman Barks, leading scholar and translator of Rumi poetry, and Robert Bly, poet, author, and leader of the men's movement. Jalaluddin Rumi is a beloved as a spiritual master and one of the greatest poets of all time.

No one book or work of art can ever depict all of reality. Each individual artist brings their own interpretation to the truth, but there are facts of life that cannot be denied. In this book of poetry, common issues we all must face are brought to the attention of the listener, such as life and death, good and evil, and many other issues.

Onna in Bloom is a deeply personal and powerful reflection of the many experiences that have shaped me, strengthened me, and allowed me to blossom into the most authentic and empowered version of myself. Through these verses, I share moments of love, heartbreak, growth, and spiritual awakening, each one playing a role in helping me bloom into the person I was always meant to be.

How Hot It Be in Hell contains 39 poems written by the 5-star reviewed author Aubrey E. Drummond. The author goes from questioning Life and his work to celebrating life, love, and happiness and finally to confronting Death, Horror, and perhaps the end of us all.

Podría regar de lágrimas

la tierra de tus pechos

en que la noche duerme

y mueren las penas del sufrir.

Que el amanecer siga tus pasos

seguros como el agua de los ríos,

que pasa y corre, a veces,

por el caudal eterno que eres tú.

Omar Khayyám (1048–1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular.

This poetry collection unfolds like a transformation, me, the narrator, being the figurative Old Monarch. Documenting this journey, the book is separated into three sections, “Sonoran Milkweed,” “Longing In Flight,” and “Eucalyptus Tree (My Arrival to Rest)." In the first stage of my journey, I explore my childhood in Arizona, and the naive assumptions of youth. In the second stage, I have left home. I am falling in love for the first time, as I become a young woman. Finally, the last stage is the old monarch’s arrival to the garden.

Devout exploration of the farthest lyrical reaches of sensuality best describe Tyrone Love's profound poetic conjurings, as the Milwaukee, WI-based poet and performer continues his own breakthrough in artistic freedom. His debut work, Love’s Language, aims to liberate, inspire and push every boundary within the art of 'talking dirty. '

Immerse yourself in the soul-stirring verses of Aubrey E. Drummond’s second poetry collection, Eating ‘Round the Toilet Stool. Following the success of Boy, Kant You Read, Drummond continues to captivate with his poignant reflections on love, life, grief, and death. Experience the world through the eyes of a black man, as he weaves tales of reality and fantasy into a tapestry of emotions. Don’t miss this journey into the heart of life’s complexities.

Gathering Broken Light confronts pasts we cannot understand, largely following the October 2017 mass shooting. Anchored in the severity and the beauty of the Mojave Desert landscape, fractured narratives, surrealist repetition, and imagistic lyricism work to contemplate grief, including both overwhelming sorrow and deep love. To those lost by gun violence, a voice yearns, “I wish I could sing the sky to you.”