Donny Barilla

Biography

Donny Barilla, living in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, devotes his evenings and nights to writing poetry. He published over seventy poems in magazines and literary journals. He has twenty-three books in libraries, both academic and public. He hosts readings and signings on a frequent basis. Coming in first place of the Adelaide Literary Award for poetry, two thousand and eighteen, many of his pursuits have come in the direction of charities for children in need. Donny released his first two books, ‘Treasures’ and ‘Dance Upon the Forest Floor.’ Numerous more rest on the horizon as Donny writes daily constantly trying to improve upon his craft. With nature standing as his backdrop for his poems, Donny pulls on the heartstrings of his messages and stays as a disciplined artist.

Where to find Donny Barilla online

Twitter: @BarillaDonny

Where to buy in print

Books

Tales From the Woods
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 28,580. Language: English. Published: March 3, 2021 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Romance » General
Once, long ago, my name, ‘The Young Boy of the Woods’ would answer so many questions.
White Petals Fall Upon Me
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 14,680. Language: English. Published: February 5, 2021 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » American poetry » General
Under and within the landscape of nature, Donny Barilla coats the palate of his metaphoric and imagist reach as he uses the tremble of his pen to wrangle upon the fever of his surroundings which flood and weave each page.
Beneath the Cloth
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 13,260. Language: English. Published: December 21, 2020 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Under and within the landscape of nature, Donny Barilla coats the palate of his metaphoric and imagist reach as he uses the tremble of his pen to wrangle upon the fever of his surroundings which flood and weave each page.
Pregnancy of the Earth
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 15,820. Language: English. Published: October 19, 2020 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Nature
Donny Barilla writes avidly and reinvents his poems with renewed enthusiasm.
Bones of the Earth
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 12,860. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2020 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
From poem to poem, each image and blending sounds as the words fluidly possess the reader, one finds oneself in a sweet and delectable arena of literature, open captive wade into the ocean of turning pages. With the demanding pulse of heavy language, these poems embody the spirit of trembling phrases and beautiful metaphors.
Fantasy in Every Key
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 19,130. Language: English. Published: July 14, 2020 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Nature
Donny Barilla writes avidly and reinvents his poems with renewed enthusiasm.
I Follow Her Into The Shadow
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 13,970. Language: English. Published: March 31, 2020 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Nature
From poem to poem, each image and blending sounds as the words fluidly possess the reader, one finds oneself in a sweet and delectable arena of literature, an open captive wade into the ocean of turning pages. With the demanding pulse of heavy language, these poems embody the spirit of trembling phrases and beautiful metaphors.
Patience with Each Rotation of the Earth
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 14,180. Language: English. Published: March 22, 2020 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Donny Barilla writes avidly and reinvents his poems with renewed enthusiasm. Topics such as the transitions of death, intimacy, sexuality, mythology, and nature find there way upon his page with the invention, intense imagery, metaphoric thought and the enigmatic relation of man and nature which coat the background of his poems and flood the pages from his creative palate.
Winter On an Autumn Day
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 19,480. Language: English. Published: December 30, 2019 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Whether it’s feelings of love, intimacy, or a special closeness, he maintains the feeling that death does not take these with him/her to the grave. Emotions and feeling outlast the flesh of the human body.
Vanish to the Mountain Spring
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 13,890. Language: English. Published: August 12, 2019 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
These poems enclosed waver and fluctuate with rhythms and hold a natural approach to musical theories, yet they do so through images and metaphors.
Going Home
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 13,930. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2019 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Whether it’s feelings of love, intimacy, or a special closeness, he maintains the feeling that death does not take these with him/her to the grave. Emotions and feeling outlast the flesh of the human body.
Dance Upon the Forest Floor
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 12,580. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2019 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Donny lives calmly and mostly to himself as he draws inspiration for Asian poets, such as: Yasano Akiko, Basho, Issa, Tu Fu, and Ryokon. Finding beautiful contrast as well as condensed, packed, short lines which fulfill the reader takes Donny on a spiritual journey. This, in turn, brings him to a enlightenment of a strong poetic nurture which he strives to duplicate with each poem.
Galaxies in the Raindrops
Price: $9.77 USD. Words: 23,280. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2019 by Adelaide Books Publishers. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General, Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
Donny Barilla, a poet covering the realms: human intimacy, nature, mythology, theology, and man’s relationship with death and the departed, has been writing for over three decades.

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