. . . and at home we sayif it's yellowlet it mellowif it's brownflush it on down . . . ~ Two natural disasters, each on a massive scale, a decade and a half apart. One is the slow withering that desiccates...

when he turned the hourglassthe sand ran upas he knew it woulddeep contemplationso often turns lifeon its head~The French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of flame...

From Volyn To Kherson, tells the stories of hardship and suffering and bewilderment experienced by the people of Ukraine in the early weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion and war. The collection draws on...

Did you grow up in the 1960s and 70s? Know someone who did? This book is for you.Small Town Kid is a poetry anthology that illuminates the experience of regional life as a child, in an insular town during...

Step into the heart of wildfire. Feel the heat, breathe the smoke.Devil In The Wind is an account of catastrophic fire and its immediate aftermath.In this 21st century, the whole world seems to be on...

Drawing on the phrasing of T.S. Eliot's amazing early 20th century poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (above) Frank Prem has produced a collection of companionable and introspective love poetry...

A Walk Around Lake Sambell is a picture-poetry excursion around the made-made that lies in the heart of the beautiful township of Beechworth. Beechworth is home to poet Frank Prem, and its Lake is witness...

swimdamn you becomeof-the-sand your appointed taskis to be huntedby me I demandyou swim ~ Ahab the mariner and Moby the white whale inhabit a desert ocean together. One of them is dying. Inspired by T.S....

Step into and experience in person the world of mental institutions and madness.The New Asylum is the third volume in a series of free-verse poetry anthologies and personal memoirs from Australian author...

A Specialist at The Recycled Heart is free verse poetry and storytelling focused on the Speculative Fiction (SF) genre. The genre of What If . . . writing that encompasses fantasy and Sci fi and other...

Who is Ida Pender? Is she the elderly woman - Ida-Spider - rumoured to be resident in a 1970's Mental Asylum? Is she Squizzy Taylor's teenaged gangster moll of the roaring 1920's in Melbourne? The woman...

The Garden Black poetry collection is a venture into fantasy and speculative fiction based on the dual themes of rain forest and fantasy. . The rainforest becomes a desert, and then the sea. . A man in...

Drawing on the phrasing of the early 20th Century Amy Lowell poem Madonna of the Evening Flowers (above) Frank Prem has produced a collection of personal and interpersonal love poems written, as always,...

Drawing on the phrasing of Walt Whitman's great late 19th century poem Leaves of Grass Frank Prem has produced a collection of expansive and outward looking love poetry written, as always, in the unique...

Life is changing in the Bakery. The Beechworth Bakery Bears are still just as friendly and eager to please as ever. But, where is Frank-Bear? He does not come in to see them as often as before and they...

there isa lazy rayof sunshine lying across the pagesof a philosophyPersonal love. A love of being and being one with all. A search for the essence of love.These are themes explored in Alive Is What You...

he countsas a year goes bymeasures the timein heartbeats. . . The Cielonaut is lost in the vastness of space.He is alone and his journey has only one direction, and no destination.He will travel between...

PILGRIM is an illustrated collection of small wisdoms offered to illuminate the journey and to make sense, if possible, of the load that must be carried by all travellers.Seeking the balance between light...

A collection of poetry from the poet/author guests of Robbie Cheadle on the "Treasuring Poetry" blog series on Writing to be Read in 2020. Open the book and discover the poetry treasures of Sue Vincent,...

Poetic Treasures Within. Open the coverand you will discoverPoetry Treasures from the guests onRobbie Cheadle's 2023 "Treasuring Poetry"blog serieson Writing to be Read. Included are poetic gems from:...

there is a me shaped spaceright here where I stand there was nothing before  there will be nothing when I leave French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of space...