Books published by Poetic Justice Books & Arts

Award winning writer Amirah Al Wassif's long awaited collection of children's tales and poems, The Cocoa Boy and Other Stories, is finally available!Stories to delight and mystify, full of colorful characters and lessons imparted in Amirah Al Wassif's unique voice and wonderfully illustrated by Sarah Hussein.

Go home, go home, go home.A land rescued from othersA people spared by brotherhoodA young, delivered from slavery.See them inviting bondageSee them killing loveLook, they bury unityBecause when all go homeThey would turn their arrows against themselves.The celebrated Nigerian poet turns her eye on the growing global crisis of xenophobia.

Ahmad Al-Khatat, a poet whose writing is influenced by the tragedies of war, passionately searches for normalcy amid the chaos in a country riddled with the atrocities born from the conflicts of warfare. Ahmad desperately holds on to his faith in humanity and the hope found in love as when he writes in One Woman "Her touches relieve my aches for the moments." It is here, in his belief in love, where the shattered shreds of the soul can be reborn to life that Ahmad's poetry takes us from the darkness of death to the light of life. -- Patricia Ann Mayorga, Editor-in-Chief, Poets' Espresso Review

In his latest collection of poetry, Dominic Albanese - dubbed the colloquial, spartan poet of a generation - unleashes his wit and wisdom on the world around us. Everything from politics to political correctness, late nights to fire ants, gets caught in his visionary cross-hairs. These are poems that make you smile, make you scream, make you weep, then make you smile yet again.

"Have I introduced you to my pain?" An unflinching, astute observer of relationships, Dawn Taggblom will make your heart skip a beat and your mind skip a lifetime. Princes & Tides gathers twenty years of observations and experiences.

Raindrops is a book of micropoems by award-winning Nigerian poet Ngozi Olivia Osuoha.

Oppong Clifford Benjamin is an award winning poet from Ghana. His work explores the world from many unexpected angles and with a wonderful, fresh voice. Poetic Justice Books is proud to present Collecting Stars from a Night's Sky, Clifford's debut collection.no one is watching you but dance anyway

Ngozi Olivia Osuoha, the award winning Nigerian author of Whispers of the Biafran Skeleton, is back with a new collection of poems celebrating freedom and what it means. I am not a butterfly but I can fly

Ngozi Olivia Osuoha is a Nigerian poet/writer/thinker. Poetic Grenade is a compilation of Ngozi Olivia's contributions to various online and Facebook poetry groups and entries in poetry contests. As such, it reflects a wide variety of subjects and themes that have touched upon Ngozi's creative spirit and caused her to put pen to paper. This collection is an explosion of wonderful work by a talented wordsmith.

Words are a curious lot. Dog, scarf, sister, pint - all dead, static things. But put them in the service of a conjurer and they dance. Christina Quinn's magic is her ability to choreograph simple everyday observation, to have us experience these things as more than a museum. Exploring the dirt and the light of family, relationships, life as lived, and spinning it all into a revelatory universal tango. The joy of a dog rocketing between conspiring sisters; the ability of a scarf to act as a time capsule or a pint as an anchor… Quinn's deft weaving of memoir with poetry is a celebration of making up some steps on the way home.

Ages of judgment Decades of injustice Years of trouble Centuries of pain, Tales of humans Stories of humanity Fruits from the Poetry Planet is a compilation of poems from the daily and weekly poetry enhancement challenges, photo, day, word, and theme inspirations in both the POETRY PLANET and PLANET FOR THE BUDDING POETS internet groups, excluding the poems featured in the Group's Quarterly Anthology. Ngozi Olivia Osuoha's poetry is a reflection of a sharp observer of life, an affirmation of the humanity of us all.

Go "in-country" with Corpsman Tienter. Dave's insightful observations and indelible wit bring Ten Tiny Tales out of the shadows of typical soldier poetry and into your living room. The mud, the blood, the overpowering green of Vietnam...Ten Tiny Tales combines poetry and short story to immerse the reader in the corpsman experience - not your typical Vietnam tale. The corpsman had to rush to the frontline to help the fellow soldiers in harm's way, and with little to no feedback on how they were doing. Harrowing and uplifting simultaneously..

Jonel Abellanosa's poetry pulls no punches. Previously published through a variety of ephemeral outlets, In The Donald's Time gathers at last Abellonosa's potent poetical observations in one place. This collection of "politically progressive poetry" is an eye-opening introduction to a major talent.

He would say that he could be many things. But he could not be a God. Lord Su explores an unsettlingly familiar world, teaching and talking through a mix of myth-making and fairytale, folk and spiritual tales. Life's journey leads to many a meeting and many a welcome surprise. These are stories that completely transcend genre. The reader is an essential part of the writing, drawing on their own philosophy and experience and forming a picture unique to each encounter. No two people will see these tales the same way. I Ky¿u has crafted a world apart.

This silken haired, kohl-eyed gazelle that haunts these pages. Where has she risen from? A dark fire of lost desire smoldering in half-remembered dreams, she laughs as light as star dust reflected in moonlight. Lithesome and lean, she dances just beyond my grasp.Kris Haggblom, author of Broken Time Machine, returns with a beguiling poem of desire and loss. The Black Rose recounts a quest for a [perhaps imagined] lost love - a dream dancing at the edge of perception; a lyric quest for closure, searching for the roots of desire in a desert of lost memories.

Nigerian poet Ngozi Olivia Osuoha turns her lyrical eye upon a world too often swept under the radar. This book is dedicated to the victims of slavery and human trafficking. Despite the long claws of fate and conspiracies of silence, Africa is not a slave. Ms. Osuoha is not all doom and gloom - she knows where to look for the silver lining and share the hope she finds there. Poetry paves the way for breaking the chains that bind us all.

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) published The Monk: A Romance to great sensation and scandal in 1796 - before he was 21 - made even more so when it was revealed that the author was a member of Parliament. The book is a prime example of Gothic horror. Often imitated, adapted numerous times for stage and screen, The Monk is one of the most important Gothic novels of its time. Poetic Justice Books Classics presents Lewis' original 1796 text of The Monk, as published before the various revisions made by Lewis and his publishers in attempts to avoid charges of blasphemy. The 1797 review of the book by Samuel Taylor Coleridge from the prestigious Critical Review is included as a bonus.

A collection of "short, sassy and powerful poems" by the author of the classic Hell on Heels. Alicia Young turns her observation and sharp wit on everything from t-shirts to religion. This is poetry that pulls no punches - you may come out bruised, but you will have a smile on your face.

The year was 1954. High school graduates along the Oregon coast celebrate their Rite of Passage into adulthood with a rip-roaring party at Lighthouse Beach. They sing, dance and drink around their bonfires. But one girl strays from the safety of the pack. John Abernathy, a serial rapist, decided Beach Night would be the perfect time and place to nab and rape another girl. Jack Portman went to Beach Night hoping to meet "the girl in the band." Both are successful. They are destined to meet again.

Dominic Albanese's poetry is a unique voice in American letters. Dubbed the spartan, colloquial poet of a generation, Albanese's work reflects upon everything from experiences in war to addiction to car mechanics, the beauty of a morning view, the joy of a bicycle to the heartaches and joy of a relationship. He is a master of of voice - each of these poems is heard as you read, a voice that sounds so familiar you'd swear Dominic is sitting next to you.

Alfred Gremsly delves deep in to the psyche of modern angst. A powerfully personal collection of poems, Smile is not a light read. This is poetry that buries the reader, unafraid to drag you through the muck of life. When you emerge at the end, renewed and allowed to breathe again, you will want to find Mr. Gremsly and exchange a well earned hug. Both of you deserve it.

Amirah Al Wassif is an eye opener. Her poetry pulls no punches - a vision of a world turned on its head, through no fault of those who must reside there. These are the words of one who has experienced more than her age would indicate. Her engagement with her themes, her subjects, rolls an extremely personal take in a universal wrapper. These are poems that need to be shared. Readers will come away with greater appreciation for the beauty in our world and greater indignation at the outrages committed against it.