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Book Review: Mirrored Voices: Best Contemporary Poetry

Mirrored Voices: Best Contemporary Poetry by Paul Morabito

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was keen to read this book as two of my favourite contemporary poets, Helle Gade and Ben Ditmars, are featured. I'm also finding that there's a lot of other great contemporary poetry out there and thought this book would be a good way to find some new favourites. I was not disappointed. I found at least 5 other poets in the book that I would definitely read more poetry from. I have to be honest and say that a few of the poets' styles were not my cup of tea and I did find myself skipping their particular contributions. Poetry, as with any other art form is very subjective, so I'm sure others will love the ones that I didn't really connect with.

As anticipated, I really enjoyed the poems from Ben Ditmars and Helle Gade, they always write passionate, heartfelt poetry. Other favourites included: Regina Puckett, Paul Morabito, Jason P. Hein, Roberto Carlos Martinez, Linda Dobinson, Kristy Rulebreaker, Leesa Abbott,and Nichia Morales. There's lots of thought provoking poetry in this anthology. Worth a read.

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Published on August 05, 2015 11:52 • Tags: anthology, ben-ditmars, best-contemporary-poetry, book-review, collection, helle-gade, mirrored-voices, paul-morabito, poems

Pre-order: Envy

My latest short story, "Envy", will be available to purchase on Kindle at Amazon on 22 May 2023. You can pre-order it now!

Envy is the fourth story from the "Pieces of the Rainbow" collection, which I am currently re-editing. The stories were originally released as a collection in 2009. That version is now out of print.

I'm hoping to release the whole collection on paperback eventually, when I have had time to re-edit all the stories. For now, I am releasing them one story at a time on Kindle.

About Envy:
Envy is Sandra and Mima's story. They first met at primary school and were best friends. This tale tells the story of how jealousy ended their friendship, and how perception and reality are often at odds.