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Celebrate National Poetry Month

Special Grab Bags of Books

Special Grab Bags of Books

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Available thru April 30, 2021 (while supplies last) Available to Ship to U.S. Addresses
The Gift of Poetry

The Gift of Poetry

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New Releases & Pre-Orders

Front Book Cover of Protection by Michelle Lerner (Cover Image by Robert R. Sanders)

Protection

by Michelle Lerner
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CoverFront-WhatIsNotaMiracle

What Is Not a Miracle

by Don Badgley
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Front Cover of World Gone Zoom

World Gone Zoom: Notes from the American Epicenter

by David Belmont
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Front Book Cover of Bayna Bayna: In-Between

Bayna Bayna: In-Between

by Zeina Azzam
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Front Cover of Bye Bye Blackbird, designed by Robert R. Sanders

Bye Bye Blackbird

by Doreen Stock
Italian Lesson

Italian Lesson

by Dianalee Velie
CoverFront-SophiaWhitman

Sophia and Mister Walter Whitman

by Penelope Scambly Schott
CoverFront Synapse Flies into Startle

Synapse Flies into Startle

by Sally Naylor
CoverFront-SylvanGrove

Sylvan Grove

by Barbara A. Meier
CoverFront-BuildlingAWoman

Building a Woman

by Deborah Meltvedt
Front Book Cover of Shoebox by Donovan Hufnagle, cover design by Robert Sanders

Shoebox

by Donovan Hufnagle
CoverFront-StrongerThantheCurrent

Stronger Than the Current

by Mark Thalman

Full-Length Poetry Collections

Front Cover of World Gone Zoom

World Gone Zoom: Notes from the American Epicenter

by David Belmont
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Italian Lesson

Italian Lesson

by Dianalee Velie
Front cover of A Shape of Sky

A Shape of Sky

by Cathy Cain
Excoriation-CoverFront

Excoriation

by Rebecca Smolen
Front Cover of My Mind's Eye

My Mind’s Eye

by Marshall Witten
CoverFront-The Kingdom of Birds

The Kingdom of Birds

by Joan Colby
Front Book Cover:Songs of an Indomitable Spirit

Songs of an Indomitable Spirit

by Michael B. Carroll Jr.
Front Cover of Sitting in Powell's Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain, cover art by Robert R. Sanders

Sitting at Powell’s Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain

by Doug Stone
CoverFront-CatchingNarcissus-web

Catching Narcissus

by Rheanna Haaland
CoverFront-TheEaterOfDreams

The Eater of Dreams

by Christopher Bogart
Cover Front-My Miscellaneous Muse

My Miscellaneous Muse: Poem Pastiches & Whimsical Words

by Ralph La Rosa
CoverFront-TheScreamingSilence

The Screaming Silence

by Lanser Howard 25% DISCOUNT
CoverFront-BetweenStatesOfMatter

Between States of Matter

by Sherry Rind
FrontCover_The Very Rich Hours

The Very Rich Hours

by Gregory Loselle
Cover-Front-LikeOHope-web

Like the O in Hope

by Jeanne Julian
Book Cover, Bee Dance by Cathy Cain (front cover image)

Bee Dance

by Cathy Cain
cover-front-SmallBlueHarbor

Small Blue Harbor

by Ahrend Torrey
Front Cover The Poet's Curse by Michael Estabrook

The Poet’s Curse

by Michael Estabrook
Book Cover Epicurean Ecstasy by Cynthia Gallaher

Epicurean Ecstasy

by Cynthia Gallaher
Cover-Front-ManySparrows by donnarkevic

Many Sparrows

by donnarkevic
Front Book Cover Psyche's Scroll by Karla Linn Merrifield, The Poetry Box Select

Psyche’s Scroll

by Karla Linn Merrifield
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Broadfork Farm

Broadfork Farm

Poems by Tricia Knoll
Giving Ground

Giving Ground

Poems by Lynn M. Knapp
The Way a Woman Knows

The Way a Woman Knows

Poems by Carolyn Martin

 

Chapbooks

Front Book Cover of Protection by Michelle Lerner (Cover Image by Robert R. Sanders)

Protection

by Michelle Lerner
Sale
CoverFront-WhatIsNotaMiracle

What Is Not a Miracle

by Don Badgley
Sale
Front Book Cover of Bayna Bayna: In-Between

Bayna Bayna: In-Between

by Zeina Azzam
Sale
Front Cover of Bye Bye Blackbird, designed by Robert R. Sanders

Bye Bye Blackbird

by Doreen Stock
CoverFront-SophiaWhitman

Sophia and Mister Walter Whitman

by Penelope Scambly Schott
CoverFront Synapse Flies into Startle

Synapse Flies into Startle

by Sally Naylor
CoverFront-SylvanGrove

Sylvan Grove

by Barbara A. Meier
CoverFront-BuildlingAWoman

Building a Woman

by Deborah Meltvedt
Front Book Cover of Shoebox by Donovan Hufnagle, cover design by Robert Sanders

Shoebox

by Donovan Hufnagle
CoverFront-StrongerThantheCurrent

Stronger Than the Current

by Mark Thalman
The Day of My First Driving Lesson

The Day of My First Driving Lesson

by Tiel Aisha Ansari 1st Place, Chapbook Prize
Cover(front)MyMotherNeverDied

My Mother Never Died Before

by Marcia B. Loughran 2nd Place, Chapbook Prize
Book Cover (front) of Off Coldwater Canyon by CW Emerson (The Poetry Box, 2020)

Off Coldwater Canyon

by C.W. Emerson 3rd Place, Chapbook Prize
CoverFront-NothingMoretoLose

Nothing More to Lose

by Carolyn Martin
CoverFront-BeforetheDistance

Before the Distance

by Pasquale Trozzolo
CoverFront-MouthQuill

Mouth Quill

by Kaja Weeks
CoverFrontChap-JustTheGirls

Just the Girls

by Pamela R. Anderson-Bartholet
Front Cover of Picking Scabs from the Body History

Picking Scabs from the Body History

by Joanne Godley
Cover (front)-The Winter of J

The Winter of J

by Gary Percesepe
Breakpoint Front Cover

Breakpoint

by Christopher Bogart
CoverFront-GoodCapeWeather(web)

(good cape weather)

by Wes Jordans
CoverFront-StaringDownTheTracks

Staring Down the Tracks

by Julia Paul
Cover-Front-The Widow at the Piano

The Widow at the Piano

by Sue Fagalde Lick
Book Cover (front) Matrimony

Matrimony

by Laurel Feigenbaum
Front Cover of Notes from a Caregiver

Notes from a Caregiver

by Meg Lindsay
Front Book Cover, "Moroccan Holiday" poetry by Lauren Tivey

Moroccan Holiday

by Lauren Tivey 1st Place,  Chapbook Prize
Front Book Cover of Hello, Darling

Hello, Darling

by Christine Higgins 2nd Place, Chapbook Prize
Front Cover of Falling into the River

Falling into the River

by Debbie Hall 3rd Place, Chapbook Prize
Cover-Front-Shadow Man-web

Shadow Man

by Margaret Chula
Cover-WhatSheWasWearing

What She Was Wearing

by Shawn Aveningo Sanders
CoverFront-A Long Wide Stretch of Calm

A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm

by Melanie Green
CoverFront-MostBeautiful

Most Beautiful

by Elizabeth S.E. McBride and Connie Cronenwett
Front Cover: Mary Dyer's Hymn & Other Quaker Poems

Mary Dyer’s Hymn and Other Quaker Poems

by Stanford Searl
Cover Front-The Dichotomy Between Light & Dark by Michael B. Carroll Jr.

The Dichotomy Between Light & Dark

by Michael B. Carroll Jr.
Book Cover (front) Abruptio by Melissa Fournier

Abruptio

by Melissa Fournier
Book Cover (Front) Gospel Gone Blues by Jimmie Ware

Gospel Gone Blues

by Jimmie Ware
Book Cover (front) Call My Name by Heather Wyatt

Call My Name

by Heather Wyatt
Book Cover Front - Cardboard Wings by Piper Bringman

Cardboard Wings

by Piper M.L. Bringman Young Artist Series
FrontCover -ImpossibleLedges

Impossible Ledges

by Dianne Avey
Cover-Surreal Expulsion by D.R James

Surreal Expulsion

by D.R. James
Cover-The Unknowable Mystery of Other People by Sally Zakariya

The Unknowable Mystery of Other People

by Sally Zakariya
The Secret Land

The Secret Land

by Patrick Sheils
Cover-(front)-Shrinking Bones

Shrinking Bones

by Judy K. Mosher
1st Place, Chapbook Prize
Book Cover (Front) of November Quilt

November Quilt

by Penelope Scambly Schott
2nd Place, Chapbook Prize
Book Cover (front) A Democracy Divided

A Democracy Divided

by Ralph J. Long Jr.
Fireweed by Gudrun Bortman, Front Cover

Fireweed

by Gudrun Bortman
3rd Place, Chapbook Prize
Front Cover, 14: Antologia del Sonoran

14: Antología del Sonoran

by Christopher Bogart 3rd Place, Chapbook Prize
Front Cover of My Life in Cars by Linda Strever

My Life in Cars

by Linda Strever
Book Cover: Painting the Heart Open by Liz Nakazawa

Painting the Heart Open

by Liz Nakazawa
Book Cover: Womanhood & Other Scars by Rebecca Smolen

Womanhood & Other Scars

by Rebecca Smolen
Cover-An Eyeful Hennepin of Neon by Rheanna Haaland

An Eyeful of Hennepin Neon

by Rheanna Haaland
Front Book Cover, In These Voices

In These Voices

by Sherri Levine
All That She Can book cover

All That She Can

by Kali Rose Schmidt
Impressions

Impressions

by Dr. Paul T.M. Jackson

 

The Poeming Pigeon—Literary Journal of Poetry

 

Poetry Anthologies

 

Specialty Books (Designed by The Poetry Box)

 

 

Books by our Staff

Cover-WhatSheWasWearing

What She Was Wearing

by Shawn Aveningo Sanders
Front Cover of Beauty of Cannabis by Spurs Broken (Amherst Media)

Beauty of Cannabis: Spurs Broken

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by Robert R. Sanders The
Because Red Is Your Favorite Color

Because Red Is Your Favorite Color

by Shawn Aveningo (SOLD OUT)
Stripped

Stripped

by Shawn Aveningo (SOLD OUT)
She Has Something to Say

She Has Something to Say

 by Shawn Aveningo (SOLD OUT)