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Showing posts with label Cyberwit Press. Show all posts
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Friday, April 30, 2021

Frequent New Book Reviewer LB Sedlacek Takes On "Ignition Point" by Gary Beck

Title: Ignition Point
Author: By Gary Beck
Publisher: Cyberwit Press
116 Pages
Copyright 2021
ISBN: 978-93-90601-02-8
http://www.cyberwit.net

Reviewed by LB Sedlacek 

Frequent New Book Reviewer LB Sedlacek Takes On "Ignition Point" by Gary Beck

Beck’s passion for poetry leaps off the pages in this new poetry collection.  Each poem covers a real life event, observation or emotion.  The words are vivid and raw, but also soothing.

From “Last Resort”:  “I lost my job / when they hired a kid / at half my salary.”

From “To the Fires”:  “Combustible materials / frequently fall / into the wrong hands.”

You feel like you are a part of his poetical world as you read each poem.  The poems wash over you with feelings of relating to the situations in them or they come at you in a hurry making you really think about things.

From “Purchase Power”:  “persistent to obtain / the promised land, / denied entry / by callous servants / of the lords of profit,”

My favorite poem from the collection was “Renewal.”  Lines from the poem:  “Magnolias briefly bloom / dazzling the eyes / with elegant beauty, / intoxicating the  nose / with nature’s finest scent / never duplicated / in contrived laboratories.”

What ease I felt reading this poem and imagining the giant magnolia trees in my back yard where I grew up. 

Life in the big city (NYC), cell phones use, and so many other interesting views fall into the rest of the poems that round out this collection.

From “Purchase Power II”:  “Patrons of the art world / bid at auction / competing for masterworks / against rival appetites, efforts rewarded / by acquisition,”

There’s so much to feel, think and absorb here.  This is a must have collection for your poetry shelf!

MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER

~LB Sedlacek is the author of the poetry collections “I’m No ROBOT,” “Words and Bones,” “Simultaneous Submissions,” “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars,” and “The Poet Next Door.”  Her first short story collection came out last year entitled “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories.”  Her mystery novel “The Glass River” was nominated for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.  She writes poetry reviews for “The Poetry Market Ezine” www.thepoetrymarket.com  You can find out more about her at www.lbsedlacek.com

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Friday, February 5, 2021

LB Sedlacek Earns Prolific Poet Designation

Four New Books: Chuck Town, Suicide Pumpkin,
   The Blue Eyed Side, The Poet Protection Plan
Author: L. B. Sedlacek
Publishers: See author bio in this post.
Purchase URLs listed with each synopsis






NEW FROM POET AND AUTHOR, LB SEDLACEK




Head on down the cobblestone streets onto Rainbow Row in this Charleston, South Carolina 
themed poetry book from award winning poet, author and poem critic, LB Sedlacek. Visit Folly 
Beach, Murray's Lighthouse, Waterfront Park, the Battery, the USS Yorktown, Mt. Pleasant and 
more in this brand new collection.  





Mikeal is a kite surfer in North Carolina, raised by his grandparents.  After they are murdered, he 
rents the inherited cottage to Alexis, an actress.  Together this unlikely pair decides to investigate.  
Award winning poet, LB Sedlacek, takes you into a dark mountain tale in this new poem novel 
published by Cyberwit, “The Blue Eyed Side.”   Cover photo of Blue Ridge Parkway by LB Sedlacek. 
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Eyed-Side-L-B-Sedlacek/dp/9388319303  





The suicide plans of a would-be actress in Hollywood fall apart when she meets her Prince Charming 
who comes complete with a white Porsche & a pumpkin. Get to know Jessica & Jeremy in this 
humorous but twisted Cinderella story.  






From the Publisher and Editor of the long time free resource for Poets, "The Poetry Market Ezine," 
comes a book on being a poet!  The essays or articles in this new book are about writing, or 
marketing yourself as a writer. Navigating your life as a writer or poet, may be difficult. Do you 
have another job besides writing? Even if you have a writing related job, you are probably doing 
that to supplement your writer life income. There’s hope! At least, that’s what these essays are 
all about, how you can gel your regular work life with your work as a writer.  


More About L.B. Sedlacek

L.B. Sedlacek's is the former editor of "The Poetry Market Ezine" and a prolific poet. She has written many poetry chapbooks, like Mars or Bust, many of them reviewed here on MyShelf.com and here on the #TheNewBookReview. (Use this blog's search engine to find them.)  Synopses of some of her latest books are included in this post. Recent books include  "The Blue Eyed Side" (Cyberwit), "Happy Little Clouds" (Guerilla Genesis Press), "The Poet Next Door" (Cyberwit), "The Architect of French Fries" (Presa Press) and "Words and Bones" (Finishing Line Press).  Her short story collection, "Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories" is available from Alien Buddha Press.  

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