Happy National Poetry Month (in April, that is)! Keep reading for spring events and what Circling Rivers writers are up to! And don’t forget – signed copies of (most of) CR books are available at our online bookstore, free shipping to US addresses. CR Bookstore Upcoming Poetry Events Bryan R. Monte reads in Columbus (with Rebecca … Read more
Read in the new year with poetry! Signed collections available at the Circling Rivers bookstore. Free shipping, easy pay. Travelers, by David Michael Belczyk: Places, love and loss Alcestis in the Underworld, by Nina Murray: A Ukrainian in Moscow Blue, by Erin Wilson: A mother’s love and a child moving through depression Love’s Fingerprints, by Bernard … Read more
WHAT TO GIVE? Carl Sandburg: Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly the air.Rita Dove: Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.James K. Baxter: The poem is a plank laid over the lion’s den. Read poetry, give poetry. Our books, signed by the poets, are … Read more
Free books! Reviews are so very important (and hard to get) for small presses! Whether you’re a blogger or a journalist (or both) – we have a limited number of print review copies available for TRAVELERS: POEMS, by David Michael Belczyk and LOVE’S FINGERPRINTS: POEMS, by Bernard Horn. We have digital (PDF) copies available for all our titles. Contact … Read more
This May I went to check the Circling Rivers Post Office box. In it was a letter from Bill Henderson… I am pleased to announce that work from your press has been selected to be included in Pushcart Prize XLVIII (2024 edition)…. The work in question is “Blue,” the title poem from Erin Wilson’s … Read more
NEWS Congratulations to David Michael Belczyk, whose collection TRAVELERS: POEMS was published June 20! And thanks to all who pre-ordered! (You should have your copies in hand by now.) We have a limited number of TRAVELERS review copies available. If you’re interested in reviewing the book – whether on your blog, at an online bookseller, … Read more
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket. – John Adams author-signed | free shipping | easy pay via PayPal or credit card Circling Rivers welcomes David Michael Belczyk, whose poetry collection Travelers will be published by CR in June 2023. “These are poignant songs of longing and desire that evoke the complexities of … Read more
Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone. – Adrienne Rich author-signed | free shipping | easy pay via PayPal or credit card– limited quantities of signed books – You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket. – John Adams CIRCLING RIVERS WRITERS Jean Huets | Review of Before All the … Read more
What to give? A gift card for a couple of cups of mediocre coffee? You glug it down in the car, you get heartburn and/or the jitters, and you’re left with a throwaway cup. Or there’s poetry. You read a poem, and your mind and imagination ignite each other. Another poem, or even another read … Read more
Signed copies of BLUE: POEMS, by Erin Wilson, and ON THE LEVEL: POEMS ON LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, by Bryan R. Monte, are available for pre-order! Visit our bookstore to order these and other CR books. EVENTS October 27, 7-8:30 pm Eastern US | At the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD | Bryan R. Monte and Claudia Gary … Read more