Poetry Project

It ain't easy being saved, sanctified, and single. Try being a once divorced, now widowed single mother of two on top of that. Thank God, the Lord built Paige Vanderdale to be able to bear all of those titles without becoming weary to the point of giving up. From the outside looking in, that life looks good on her. On the inside, though, Paige is coveting what so many others around her seem to have, which is true love.

"101 Great American Poems" is a thoughtfully curated anthology that brings together a diverse collection of classic American poetry. Spanning over two centuries, the book features works from some of the nation's most celebrated poets, including Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes.

Three stories from master storyteller Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven", "The Masque of Red Death", and "The Cask of Amontillado".

In memory of lives spent and lives cut short during the plague years of the 90’s, words come to the edge of ground broken and spill like tears to both mourn and comfort. When age takes its toll, we embrace it. But when the young are taken with no apology or succor, verses seem hollow and depleted. Still, the vibrancy of a cautious line, scrawled as an epitaph for all to see, can stir long past the fall and last beyond a spade full of loam. In the time of AIDS, I served with the new army of caring hearts who embraced those fallen — angels thought to be abandoned by neighbor, community ...

“The Valley is enveloped in deep weaves of arbor which rise to echoing cobalt peaks before cascading and fading into the horizon. The Shenandoah twists erratically through the interior, glittering rapidly in the sun and lingering murky in its shadows”... “It is from this Valley my poems are birthed. They speak with the voices deeply rooted in my soul.” In Valley Voices, Melissa DeDomenico-Payne shares her collection of poetry which reflects eclectic and unique styles and forms, university award winners, and new public releases. A reader can expect speakers and themes which ...

This is a short collection of mental-health-themed poetry by ANR made to help people suffering from mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, etc. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Butterfly Project, and learn about poetry.

the sunflower project is a poetic memoir that tells of the author's genesis; growing from the seed of innocence and naivety, almost withering into nothingness with the loss of self-love and self-worth, then being revitalized by rediscovery and restoration. after surviving emotional abuse and sexual assault, the author finally takes steps back to herself by telling her story through poems, and ultimately unfolds new petals kissed by the sunshine of freedom, healing, and the reclaiming of her identity.

Everythang Ain't Funny: Project Slang for a Hurtin' Thang, Life in the 'Jects is book two of the Unknown Kingdom Trilogy, which is a collection of poems, essays, and short stories that takes the listener into the cruel and unusual circumstances of project life. (i.e., ghetto life, the "hood", the 'jects....)

In the Land of the Free is where my father Leon Watson worked as a sharecropper, picking cotton in the hot, blistering cotton fields in South Carolina on his knees, on every day except Sunday. And let us not forget my grandmother, whose married name was James and my mother Jessie Watson, who worked in the homes scrubbing floors on their knees and helping raise your children until they were teens.