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Several New Poetry Reviews Just Posted

Several new poetry reviews have just been posted. You can read them here: https://thepoetrymarket.wordpress.com/poetry-reviews/

These latest reviews are of books by the following authors: Vincent Berquez, Joe Bisicchia, Rais Neza Boneza, Jesse Tsinajinnie Maloney, Joseph Hart, Nina Nencheva, Seth Brown, DE Ritterbusch, Steven Translateur, Carlos Reyes, CL Bledsoe, John Grey, Ethan Goffman, and j. lewis.

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New poetry reviews, now posted

Four new reviews are now posted. The reviews are of the following books: “Footsteps in the Garden” by Bob Mackenzie, “Sipping Tea & Bullfrog Songs …” by Baidha Dominique Fercog, “Call Me Snake” by William Heyen and “Images” by Michael Escoubas. You can read them here: https://thepoetrymarket.wordpress.com/poetry-reviews/

6 New Poetry Reviews Up

New – just posted 6 new poetry reviews. Titles are: “Generous Peril,” “Misplaced Vegetables,” “A Sense of Place,” “Space Place Time,” “The Slow Knot of Time,” “The Five and Dime Store of Eternity,” and “The Book of Questions.” You can read the reviews here: https://thepoetrymarket.wordpress.com/poetry-reviews/

New Poetry Book Reviews just added

Check out new poetry reviews of books by Maho Zimmo, David Watts, Chad Norman, Roger Aplon and James Grabill. You can read the new reviews of their books plus other reviews of other poetry books by checking out our Poetry Reviews page right here: https://thepoetrymarket.wordpress.com/poetry-reviews/ or by visiting us on FB: @thepoetrymarketezine

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 05/05/21

Cajun Mutt Press

Butterfly Confidential

I
saw it
coming
at me
and I
could have

swerved

but I didn’t.
My tires
are new
enough, the
paint
isn’t peeling

so, I

kept going
at full
speed
and didn’t
slow down
even when

we collided

… this butterfly
and me
or
rather
my windshield
now
splattered
with green
bug blood

if it’s blood

at all. It
lingered – wings
whipping in the
wind
and maybe

glared

at me
for a
moment
(can it do
that?) before
the sheer

velocity

ripped it
from my
sight
into the
path of
someone
moving slower

than me.

L.B. Sedlacek has had poetry and fiction appear in different journals and zines. Her first short story collection came out on Leap Day 2020 entitled Four Thieves of Vinegar published by Alien Buddha Press. Her latest poetry books are The Poet Next Door (Cyberwit), The Adventures…

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