We Never Get Snow Down Here by Klorrie D. Now Available in Paperback on Amazon! In a city that rarely sees snow, a young woman stands on the roof of a building and watches as the first snowflakes of an upcoming blizzard begin to fall. As each snowflake lands on her, different memories and stories... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Walking the Black Cat
Walking the Black Cat by Charles Simic 1996. 96 pages. Genre: Poetry Final Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Summary: Hamlet's ghost wandering the halls of a Vegas motel, a street corner ventriloquist using passersby as dummies, and Jesus panhandling in a weed-infested Eden are just a few of the startling conceits Simic unleashes in... Continue Reading →
My Poetry Book is Free This Week!
Hello all! Just a heads up that the Kindle version of my poetry book, Restless Reflections is available on Amazon for free from July 1-July 5! Click Here to get it for Free! https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Reflections-Collection-Klorrie-D-ebook/dp/B07DFP6XZJ/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
My Poetry Book is Now Available on Kindle
Hello all! I am happy to announce that my poetry book, Restless Reflections is now available on Kindle. I will not lie. I am not happy with the formating. There is no table of contents included on the digital version, nor are there proper page breaks. I had to remove the images that are included... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Laughter of the Sphinx
The Laughter of the Sphinx by Michael Palmer 2016. 96 pages. Genre: Poetry Final Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars My Thoughts: The Laughter of the Sphinx is a book of poems that takes us to many exotic and interesting places around the world with surreal and symbolic imagery. I can say one thing if nothing else... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Wingless
The Wingless by Cecilia Llompart Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry Series 2014. 63 pages Genre: Poetry Final Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars My Thoughts: I loved the way the way the poems are laid out in this book. There are 4 parts: Hymnal, Almanac, Wherever We Roam and Take My Body Home. The first part of the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Bicycles
Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni 2009. 128 pages Genre: Poetry Final Rating: 4 out of 5 stars My Thoughts: Nikki Giovanni is one of the world's most well-known American poets. And rightfully so. This lovely book of love poems was a welcome change from the darker and angsty stuff that I normally read (and... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Crash into the Day
Crash into the Day by Gary Zarr 2014. 100 pages Genre: Poetry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars My Thoughts: I stumbled upon this gem as I was browsing through my local public library. A self-published book, it doesn't seem to be very well known. It has only 3 Amazon reviews and the only review... Continue Reading →