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These forty-four new poems by Eric Greinke evoke and illuminate the metaphors and symbols of out lives through portraits, observed moments and personal memories. These peoms rely on descriptive imagery and an expansive persona often expressed in third person to stimulate the reader's associative imagination. Each peom explores our relationship with time and the monuments we leave behind. At the age of seventy, Eric Greinke continues to expand his range, tonal repertoire and petic vision, inviting his readers to join in the creative process in recognition of common myths and experiences.

Boom! Widely published poets Alison Stone and Eric Greinke wrote these inventive poems together from February 2014 to April 2017. Although they each wrote an equal number of lines in each poem, they used a variety of patterns, ranging from simple, every-other-line patterns to more complex forms wherein they alternated beginnings, middles, endings and titles. The tone of these poems is varied too, ranging from ironic and humorous to philosophical and elegiac, from narrative to lyric. The voices of Alison and Eric blend seamlessly into a bold third persona, a gender-neutral and ageless punk poet who can both whisper and shout.

In his twelfth full-length poetry collection, popular elder poet David Chorlton presents us with thirty-one new poems that reflect the natural and human aspects of the world in a birds eye. His keen observational sensitivities are everywhere apparent in these poems. In imagery gleaned primarily from the Southwestern region, Chorlton presents us with a naturalistic morality. Although his diction leans to the lean-side, his sense of musicality is sonorous and melodic. Chorlton was born in England and traveled extensively throughout Northern Europe in his youth. Marriage brought him to Arizona, where he has embraced the wildlife, geography and people of that region. A subtle level of social criticism winds its way through these poems. Chorlton often juxtapositions natural images with cultural images. The symbol of a bird on a wire aptly represents his poetic persona, which is in the vein of a Gary Snyder or W S Merwin.

This selection of interviews with the author of "The Potential of Poetry" represents the poet''s poetic philosophy over a thirty-five year period, from 1977 to the present. The five interviews were first published in a variety of literary journals, in both printed and electronic formats. They were chosen to help readers understand the factors that have contributed to Greinke''s poetic style and philosophy. The written-conversational format is entertaining yet informative, and the incisive questions of the interviewers elicit perceptive replies, showing how Eric Greinke''s ideas have grown from early basic seeds into a forest of poetic and social insights. These conversations are rich with reminiscences and references to many well-known post--modern poets with whom the author has interacted at workshops and poetry readings or through correspondence or personal friendships. (i.e. Ted Berrigan, Robert Bly, Donald Hall, Allen Ginsberg) This collection adds another dimension to the ideas of one of America''s most influential poets.

This selection of short plays is a companion to Kirby Congdon''s one-act collection of plays, "God is Dead (Again)". At age eighty-seven, Congdon continues in his persistent quest for human understanding. He explores the meaning of life through a variety of existential questions and scenarios played out within the fourteen plays that comprise this collection. Kirby Congdon is one of those rare talents who is able to use a variety of mediums to express his artistic vision. This book represents the dramatic level in his search for enlightenment. Indeed, he blurs the lines between drama and poetry -- lines that have never been that clear anyway -- by using dialogue in his poems and lyrical values in his plays. The reader is taken on a thoughtful and entertaining trip from the personal world of self exploration to more universal commonalities of man''s existence. "Here We Are" sparkles with Parkersonian wit.

In his new collection of playful short poems, poet Kerry Keys presents us with the ultimate bestiary. Surrealistic imagery combines with keen word-play in Keys'' poems, to tickle, tantalise and tease us beyond rationality into the cartoon world of his wild imagination. Nothing is as it appears in the Keys universe, yet it parallels and satirises reality. These poems are witty and lyrically intense poem-toys, worth repeated readings for their entertainment value.