Poetry

Poems about the joys and struggles of complex, contemporary life—and heartbreak.

Poems that underscore how we commune with those long loved and long gone.

Poems that seek stability in family and community while coping with a country full of conflict and change.

A collection of tightly crafted poems of intense imagery, sharp cadence, and poignant emotional resonance, representing the African American experience of enslavement in the United States.

A collection that focuses on the natural world, these are poems of wilderness and of wildness.

Contemporary Native American poetry and prose that celebrate the successes, while acknowledging ongoing challenges.

Exploring the will to survive the existential disorientation and emotional loss resulting from fractured relationships with lovers and kin.

An imagined personal exchange with Marvin Gaye, in verse, on life in Michigan.

Reflections on grief, family, and faith set against the seasonal changes and landscapes of Michigan.