New from the Porch: No and Maybe, Maybe and No

No and Maybe, Maybe and No by Jim Meirose $20 US 286 pp ISBN-10 : 1948920220 ISBN-13 : 978-1948920223 Maybe and No are a pair of extradimensional creatures driven by violent storms from their plane of existence to ours, where they assume the form of a pair of large birds of indeterminate species. Super-intelligent and intensely curious,

New From the Porch: I Was in the Vicinity

I Was in the Vicinity by Guinotte Wise $13 US 133 pp ISBN-10 : 1948920212 ISBN-13 : 978-1948920216 Poet, Novelist, Sculptor, and raconteur Guinotte Wise returns with a gaggle of poems about choppers and barns and the archaeology of the American experience, covid-19 edition. The chaff blowing over from the pyramids of silage must lend

Another review for Kind Chemist Wife

More fine attention given Sarah Bigham’s book, published here March 5, 2020: Pski’s Porch Publishes Sarah Bigham’s “Kind Chemist Wife: Musings at 3 AM” And here is Sarah discussing her Tips for Resilience & Well Being.

Review for Kind Chemist Wife

Here is an excellent review of our most recent title, Kind Chemist Wife: Musings at 3 am: Book Review – Kind Chemist Wife: Musings at 3 a.m. Stay safe, read books, wait for the sun.

New from the Porch: Kind Chemist Wife

Kind Chemist Wife: Musings at 3 a.m by Sarah Bigham $12 US 193 pp ISBN-13:978-1-948920-18-6 ISBN-10: 1-948920-18-2 Plagued with spiraling pain, and wandering the house in the middle of the night unable to sleep, Sarah Bigham began writing in a desperate attempt to distract herself. This collection of her essays and poems ranges from lyrical

New from the Porch: Transversal

Transversal by Fin Sorrel $13 US 175 pp ISBN-13: 978-1-948920-16-2 ISBN-10: 1-948920-16-6 Transversal is a tidal pool of dream imagery, a mad dunk in a pool full of genome, a full helping of swine flu with a side of sexy times. Wonder what would happen if every character in The Magnificent Seven was played by Horst

New Year, New Poems: Ryan Quinn Flanagan

Jumpers from the Belfry Tower poems by Ryan Quinn Flanagan $15 US 283 pp ISBN-13: 978-1-948920-17-9 ISBN-10: 1-948920-17-4 This collection of poems from Ryan Quinn Flanagan settles itself down in front of the fire with a bottle of fortified wine and some thick socks, ready for the snow to keep on coming. Crass and subtle,

Spirits for Review

Spirits For Sale, creepy tanka paired with unsettling images and recently published by the Porch, has gotten a slew of favorable reviews: Just in time for Halloween, ‘Spirits for Sale,’ a book of Tanka poems by Jordan Trethewey with artwork by Marcel Herms, is a dead giveaway inspired by the supernatural and paranormal artefacts found on sale

From the Porch: Spirits for Sale

Spirits for Sale poems and images by Jordan Tretheway and Marcel Herms ISBN-13: 978-1-948920-13-1 ISBN-10: 1-948920-13-1 $13 US Spirits for Sale is a series of tanka written about haunted items folks are selling in eBay, in collaboration with a visual artist who illustrated each poem. And yes, they are as unsettling, and as funny, as

From the Porch: Nova Lumina, by John Doyle

Nova Lumina poems by John Doyle August 2019 $10 John Doyle writes prickly poems, nostalgic poems, poems that butt against the reader’s face, and poems that snuggle under the chin of everyone in the pub. Which does not mean Nova Lumina  contains something for everyone, but it does contain plenty for anyone with a shred