Poetry & Essay

I wrote Brightwood Street Chronicles as a means of giving myself permission to speak the truth about my traumatic childhood. I’d come to a place in my healing where I knew it was time to rediscover the voice I’d been robbed of as a child. I’ve been a writer since the age of seven and … Read more

An inspiring and calming short collection of poetry that describes the Authors’ favorite seasons of the year spring and summer. At the beginning of the book, the author depicts her mother seeing the first rain of spring by looking out the house window. Throughout the book, the author brings to life Japanese blossoms, birds, Easter … Read more

105 sonnets divided into four categories: Roses and prickles, Spirits and souls, Places and Contemplations. “Roses and prickles poems” portray different types of romance and all the blissful and sad emotions that love brings with it. “Spirits and souls poems” describes personalities such as the greatest man alive, the altruistic, orphans, mothers, fathers, abusers, dreamers, … Read more

With over 100 poems about everything from flapping ears to dancing pizzas, J.R. LaMar’s, I Saw a Starburst to Flames will take you on an out-of-this-world reading adventure. With instant classics like “My Father Is the President,” “I Am a Young Ventriloquist,” and “My Eyes Popped out of My Head” to funny re-imaginings such as “The … Read more

Once Upon a Girl is a collection of poetry and prose about reinventing myself when the life I thought I wanted ultimately fell apart. It’s about realizing that I could put the broken pieces of myself back together any way I wanted. And so can you. Once Upon a Girl is a poetry book I … Read more