Poetry

With the collection divided up into 9 laws (mantras), "Long Live Phoenixes" is a heavy reminder to never cease growing on the road of self discovery.   "Ashes of pain, trauma and fear aren't burial grounds for phoenixes-they are birthplaces." - NJ...

Urbanshee is Siaara Freeman's retelling of fairy tales and mythological stories through a modern and urban lens. This collection discusses the weight of being Black in America, Freeman's relationships to lovers and family, and how the physical place you...

Love, Pain, Happiness: The Elements Of LifeBy: Jaiquis ShannonLove... pain... happiness... three things experienced by everyone at one point in their lives. This compelling collection of poetry explores this universal experience, with a special emphasis...

From bestselling poet Samantha King Holmes and New York Times bestselling author r.h. Sin comes a collection of poetry, prose, and photography that proves love is infinite and ever changing. This is a seven-year tapestry of love, adventure,...

Pitch Dark Anarchy investigates the danger of one single narrative with multilayered poems that challenge concepts of beauty and image, race and identity, as well as the construction of skin color. Through African American memory and moments in...

Finalist, 2018 Paterson Poetry Prize ARRIVAL is a poetic love story between mother and daughter. The poems are road maps, intertwining generations with a narrative beginning in 1950 with a woman who is pregnant with twins. In her seventh month she...

Obaluaye is a poetry collection for the things that plague us. Obaluaye is a Yoruba god of infirmities and healing. The poems in this book talk of cradles and graves and every experience in-between, employing the duality attribute of the Orisha of...

Reflections: A book of Poems, growing up in Africa, building a life in America, and traveling around the world. Reflections is an extraordinary tale of resilience, perseverance, and unexpected success in a poetic memoir. Itai David takes the reader on a...

The reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims. Selected by Tyehimba Jess as a National Poetry Series winner. In this provocative collection by award-winning poet and artist Dominique...

Reflections is one man's collection of poems detailing his thoughts and the lessons learned while living his life serving a natural life sentence inside of the Texas prison system. Reflections allows its readers a detailed emotional introspect of what so...

"To describe this book, I wrote from the perspective of the black experience. My experience particularly. It's a book about grief, death, rebirth, ancestors, and spirit. I talk about the matrix and wanting out of it."--Reyna Biddy A collection of poetry...

This Is How We Disappear is at once an exploration of the physical and emotional disappearance of women and a celebration of the magic of shapeshifting as an act of survival too. The poems sit in conversation with each other in a way that highlights how...

Embark on a gentle journey back to self with this wistful and inspiring collection of poetry from beloved poet and writer Billy Chapata. Cushioned with love and tenderness, breakout poet Billy Chapata escorts readers through the oftentimes coarse path...

Black Abacus explores the equations that make us human, the mathematics behind hate, love and the hidden moments digging for truth. With one foot in North America and the other firmly in his African upbringing, Ian Keteku gives readers a unique and...

From C.L. Brown, the author of Loud Whispers of Silent Souls, comes his long-awaited fourth collection of poetry.An intimate and transcendent journey of loving and being loved. Self-realization and acceptance. Growth and its inseparable consort, healing...

Gripping and poignant, this new collection of poetry from bestselling author Renaada Williams offers a raw view of the world from her unique perspective. Renaada Williams beckons readers into her deepest thoughts and most intimate experiences as a queer...