Shadowful Light

Why do shadows and pain so often come to us side-by-side with goodness and light?

In a world that seems to be equal parts love and despair, the relatable moments and memories shared in this poetry collection give voice to our complex emotions.

Through everyday experiences and language, with profound insights, poet Loretta Fox invites readers to explore the relationship between light and shadow, both metaphorically and (sometimes) literally. The poetry offers a unique perspective and representation while being unafraid to tackle topics that strike at what it means to be human. Descriptive imagery mirrors the intensity of feelings.

You will be inspired to notice beauty in your own life, especially as you work through pain and disappointment, and to consider your connection to other people, to the spiritual realm, and to something greater in the universe.  

Shadowful Light will help readers embrace life’s questions and remember that no one is alone.

Where the Body Becomes Sea

In Where the Body Becomes Sea, Lia Valenne composes a poetics of dissolution, where the body is no longer fixed, language no longer stable, and identity no longer secure. These poems move through absence, memory, and rupture, tracing the fragile boundary between what can be held and what inevitably escapes. Here, the self is not a unified voice but a shifting field of echoes: fractured, searching, and persistently unfinished.

Valenne’s work resists consolation. Instead, it lingers in the tension between presence and loss, where meaning flickers but never settles. Images emerge like tides, returning, receding, and transforming, carrying with them the weight of longing, estrangement, and quiet resilience. The sea becomes not just a metaphor but a condition: vast, unstable, and generative, dissolving the limits of the body even as it gives form to its depths.

With lyrical intensity and philosophical depth, this collection invites the reader into a space where poetry does not explain but enacts, where language breaks, reforms, and opens onto something both intimate and ungraspable. Where the Body Becomes Sea is a meditation on what remains when certainty dissolves and on the strange, enduring impulse to speak from within that dissolution.

Lost in Love

Lost in Love is a full-length poetry collection born from the quiet breaking of the heart—and the slow, uncertain journey of putting it back together again.

Within these works, pain is not hidden. It lingers in every line, in every memory of love that once felt like home and loss that lingered in the shadows. These poems trace the scars left behind—softly, honestly—without turning away from the weight they carry. This collection sheds light on the darkest parts of what it means to heal from years of emotional abuse.

But even within this heartache, something begins to shift.

Through grief, longing, and reflection, Lost in Love reaches for healing. It reminds readers that growth often comes from the deepest wounds and that even when we feel lost, we are still becoming something stronger, something whole.

For anyone who has ever loved, lost, and wondered how to keep going—this book is for you. Your pain is real and deserves to be felt.

Just in Passing

Just In Passing by Joseph Roccasalvo showcases a striking talent for the formal style in poetry. The collection is masterful for employing rhyme, meter, and the wordplay of puns and paradox.

In the celebration of the highs and lows of romance and abiding friendship, the poems are subtle and emotional, complex but always comprehensible. They share the gift for point and counterpoint in their musical precision. The playful wit, conspicuous in the poems about friendship, captivates the astute reader.

Just In Passing will inspire those who have a zest for the poetic craftsmanship of rhyme and meter.

More Than Adequate

Nature is the true goddess of life,

She is the mother who brings the sun and moon,

The one who decides if the wind blows or stands,

Who brings the hurricanes to shore,

The ground to a freeze,

And the living to an end.

It is by her mercy that we get to feel today, whether we’d wish to or not.

The rainbow doesn’t just come; its colors are created by the destruction of the storm.

Call Me Karma

There are threads that keep us tethered to this world; there are rules and beliefs that play us all for fools. Call Me Karma follows the journey of learning that fate pulls strings for no one. That Lady Justice sees every rise and fall, and that perhaps we were selfish for assuming she ever served us at all.

Grief, love, denial, reflection—there is balance to nature; for every sin on the scale there sits a virtue on the other side. The roadmap of life rarely follows a steady path; not every success is permanent, and not every failure is damning. There is a strength in accepting these simple human truths and in understanding that some stories call for a bittersweet ending. These poems are yours to embrace or despise, to comfort those they reach, or to patiently wait on the bottom shelf until the right time.

Cliff Dwellers and Careless Divers

THE FEATHERED EDGE

Inner fence

was beyond mending

every animal in the barnyard

went a different way.

Completely connected

but mostly confused

he put the cutters in reverse;

his soul a restless farmer

condemned to farming,

farmed no more.

Weatherman’s poetry is about a poet finding himself. It moves from a romanticization of a past life in Montana, trips to Alaska, and finally to Canada, where he would start a family. His poetry moves toward a mystical detachment from a troubled society and marriage, where his poetry becomes a personal refuge. Finally, he realizes the power of authenticity in our own voice, that we have always had each other, and that the only power we lose is the power we give away.

Mirrored Images

Deep resonance of a shared experience often defines the human condition. Recognizing reflections of ourselves in others is a common trait that unites humanity. The phrase ‘I can relate’ is often uttered when we encounter others going through similar events, helping us to better understand and empathize with our fellow human beings.

Mirrored Images: Reflections of the Human Tribe explores this very concept of resonance. This book is a collection of poetry and prose that encapsulates the essence of the 21st century era. The perplexity, love, and nature experienced by individuals are woven throughout these pages. The spirit is expressed in each piece, offering a reflection of oneself and a reflection of others worldwide, emphasizing the commonalities that bind all humans together.

The chapters delve into topics such as nature, life, fear, humanity, spirit, love, and cultural verse and essays. These chapters will leave the reader craving more. The collection, written over a decade, draws inspiration from various experiences to create its captivating content. It reflects the human tribe – the challenges we face, the lives we lead, and the forces that shape our daily existence.

Mirrored Images takes you on a journey, seamlessly integrating poetry and prose into a compelling narrative from cover to cover. This collection is sure to enlighten and inspire, offering an enjoyable and thought-provoking reading experience that will resonate with readers from all walks of life.

Our Lives

This book is not written for today’s poets, pundits and professors. It is written for the mature people who have known, understood and experienced the love as only two passionate humans together can. If Lady Luck has smiled upon you, you have hit the jackpot. The right person makes all the difference. These poems are the expression of such fortune.

This one is written, as simply as I can, for those who have tenaciously clung to each other through all their ups and downs and are still smiling, laughing, hugging, bantering, and, most importantly, still cooing. Those who have made their lives a love song, through all the unsavory political, social, and emotional upheavals that eternally surround us.

This book covers a gamut of everyday interactions between mates, touching on sarcasm, banter, laughter, and even her experience of a simple trip to Home Depot. It is like an ice cream flavor you haven’t yet tasted.

Love Evermore

Love Evermore is a heartfelt journey through feelings, dreams, and the many layers of life. This book invites you to a special place within, where words speak to the soul and awaken a new outlook on the world. Dear reader, open your heart and let these pages move you. Love Evermore is more than a story. It is a statement of joy, a collection of prayers, and a celebration of love itself.

Vanished Beauty

Trials and Tribulations.

These are the things life is flooded with: disappointments, heartbreaks, and setbacks. These things can be quite annoying and bewildering.

However, it is not necessary to pick up arms and fight against the current. A shift in perspective with a calm mental attitude can be a more promising guidance.

Endeavor to stop and think. Re-evaluate what and where things spun out of control. Life is always in perpetual motion, just like the rise and fall of the ocean waves. To be steadfast is to view circumstances, both pleasant and otherwise, with revered detachment.

Reflections of My Soul

Experience life through my eyes and my perspective of the way things are or might be.

Through my poems I challenge the reader to live my reality as I see it. Step into the twists and turns of my mind. Imagine stepping into my dreams, experiences, and nightmares. The trick is to find your way out again.