Poetry Books

A collection of poetry. Some have called these love poems, others have called them erotic. Yet others have labelled these as militant writings. All in all, this is a collection where some of the poems evoke emotions in bright colors of fire, sunsets, rage, and desire. Other poems in the...

Robert Bixby, March Street Press says: I was impressed first of all by the humanity of Justin Spring's work, his common touch and his involvement with the world of his poetry. His work not only tells the remarkable stories of unremarkable people, but it also tells the story of a poetic...

These poems are attempts at a poetry somewhat equivalent to a Polaroid snapshot. In this sense, the poems have some of the qualities of Pop art in its breezy incorporation of many of the visual and verbal idioms of our popular culture. Indeed, how could it do otherwise, given the medium? But the...

Some fifteen years ago, my friend Cliff Huxford was married for the third time, at age 60 no less. I was astounded. If anything else, it seemed to merit a poem, but I was somewhat dubious about my ability to write a poem of occasion, as my poetry is quite unconscious and usually unresponsive to my...

This small collection of poems allowed me the rare privilege of being poetically anchored in a particular time and place, namely, Sarasota Florida and environs in the last quarter of the twentieth century. My love of Sarasota and Florida is a deeply rooted one, more unconscious than conscious if...

This is a prize-winning collection of poems with a special taste. That I think you'll like. I say it has "a special taste" because I hate poems with meaning, with causes, with ideas. I am one of those poets who believe poetry should communicate as directly as an unexpected kiss. If someone were...

Two short stories, forty-eight poems and lyrics from Steve Dustcircle's earlier years (1995-2004). This is a decade of writings, both previously unpublished, and previously published by now-defunct publications. Some of the poetry came straight from scraps of paper and restaurant napkins to be...

This homage to the Great Mother began to take shape when some very peculiar drawings of the nursery characters were given to me by a local artist. Let’s just say they were peculiar enough to set off a whole new parade of characters bouncing around inside my head like they couldn’t wait to get...

Perhaps the best description of my work is by Robert Bixby, publisher of March Street Press, who published one of my collections, Other Dancers: "I was impressed first of all by the humanity of Justin Spring's work, his common touch and his involvement with the world of his poetry. His work...

A poem from an owl who makes a general observation on the life of the people he meets. It employs all the literary devices.