Poetry

Dive into the soul-stirring world of 'Poetry for the Soul, ' an enchanting anthology that transcends the ordinary and captures the very essence of our shared human experience. This mesmerizing collection unveils the raw and unfiltered tapestry of...

Marina Murray in her second book, Scars, takes readers on a journey into the past. A past where she endured the pain and suffering that an abusive marriage can produce. The scars are real, but Marina is a survivor. She wants to encourage her readers that...

American Scapegoat is a book of painstakingly honest and chilling poems about America's neglectful relationship with its own history. At the core of this reluctance to frame the past in its proper context is the fraudulent and fraught mythology that...

Iskra Books is honored to present the latest in our Red Poetry Series, the brilliant and poignant Letters of Gratitude: I Am Because We Are, by Leon Benson. Benson, who spent twenty-five years wrongfully incarcerated by the state of Indiana, only...

From J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and author of Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, comes a sensuous new collection in his signature mix of poetry and prose.In gorgeous and timely pieces, Joy Is the Justice We...

"Soulful Verses: Chronicles of Life, Struggle, and Redemption" is a poignant collection of poetry that delves into the depths of human experience. Through introspective reflections and powerful imagery, the book explores themes of suffering, identity,...

In a world where words can wound or heal, inspire or destroy, what we say and how we say it matters. "The Unyielding Weight of Words" is a captivating collection of poems that delves deep into the power of language and its impact on our lives. Each poem...

Poetry collection by Dasan Ahanu. Ahanu is an award-winning poet and performance artist, public speaker, community organizer, educator, scholar and emcee born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is an Alumni Nasir Jones Fellow at Harvard's Hip Hop...

In eel on reef, Uche Nduka challenges every expectation of an African poet. His unique voice is a heady amalgam of Christopher Okigbo, A.R. Ammons, John Ashbery, Kamau Brathwaite, and that which only Nduka can bring. Uche Nduka was born and raised in...

Ephemeral yet tangible, bridging the delicate border between understanding and awe, Rodney Terich Leonard's poems live in the world even as they leave it, clinging like "a ribbon in the sand / Captivated by your ankle," that "Bojangles next to your chair...

What I Should've Texted is a collection of words that have been buried. A spill of hidden thoughts that never made their way out. This collection from poet Pierre Alex Jeanty is a beautiful expression of the unspoken things that needed to be said and...

Everybody has a story to tell, and this story is told in a most unique way-through the beauty, rhythm, and honesty of poetry.The author's story is one that has yet to be completed or even reach its peak, but he has experienced many things in his...

In Every Hard Sweetness, Carter-Jones chronicles Civil Rights' era atrocities through the story of her family's experience with an all-too-common practice in which Black men were wrongfully incarcerated in institutions for the criminally insane. The...