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Measured Extravagance    by Peg Duthie
Price: $4.99 USD. 6010 words. Published by Upper Rubber Boot Books on March 11, 2012. .

Employing sonnets and sestinas as well as open forms, Measured Extravagance lyrically documents the messiness of grief and explores the complexity of devotion. Peg Duthie throws jump shots with Shakespeare, plays duets with Heisenberg, and finds out what relish trays and rifles really have in common.
Percy and Me 'neath the Yum Gum Tree (a poem)    by Elaine Stirling
Price: Free! 1690 words. Published by Greyhart Press  on April 21, 2012. .

A double sestina with twelve repeating end words and a 12-line concluding envoi doubles the fun and the story effect. In “Percy and Me ‘neath the Yum Gum Tree”, a woman flees shallow modernity in search of veritas, only to get strung up, in the way of all good myths, in the company of a famous Romantic poet and curious wee people who bite.
Beneath The Dreaming Tree    by Jacob Garcia
Price: $2.99 USD. 8460 words. Published on May 29, 2012. .

This second edition of collected poetry is revised and spans the years 1999-2009 in a chronological format. Some pieces selected that have prior publication in “Eidolon” and “Progenitor” magazines, poetry competitions, or LaForge Award winning. Other pieces were selected and included for experimentation in different modes, impressions and expressions of poetry.
Two Dozen Visions    by David H. Keith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3950 words. Published on June 5, 2012. .

In this small collection of poems, arranged as an orchestral symphony, David H. Keith explores love and general observations of the human condition. He even adds a chuckle or two as a bit of respite between these two larger themes.