Poetry

Poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of fairytales poetically retold for a new generation of women. Traditional fairytales are rife with cliches and gender beautiful, silent princesses; ugly, jealous, and bitter villainesses; girls who need rescuing; and men who take all the glory. But in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much\-needed modern makeover. Through her gorgeous reimagining of fairytale classics and spellbinding original tales, she dismantles the old\-fashioned tropes that have been ingrained in our minds. In this book, gone are the docile women and male saviors. Instead, lines blur between heroes and villains. You will meet fearless princesses, a new kind of wolf lurking in the concrete jungle, and an independent Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own. Complete with beautifully hand\-drawn illustrations by Gill herself, Fierce Fairytales is an empowering collection of poems and stories for a new generation.

The second book of poems by Erin Hanson (thepoeticunderground.com) containing many favourites from January - November 2014.

In this debut collection of poetry, r.c. perez takes us on a journey of pain, hope, acceptance, and love—one that is all too familiar to anyone who has had a bit of experience in life. Divided into four chapters, magic of the modest is about all the magic we find in the ordinary and how sometimes, life's greatest lessons are found in the simplest of things. It is the author’s aspiration that through this book, readers will realize that there is magic in carrying on, in looking forward, in letting it be, and in loving with all one’s being.