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Akron, Ohio 44309
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Poetry Is Life Publishing
P.O. Box 228
Akron, Ohio 44309
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Honey And Vinegar by Carolyn June-Jackson
Winner of the 2022 Poetry Is Life Book Award.
A poetic tribute to my mother, Florence Etta June
Our mama loved us, though she laid down the law
She would not abide a lie, stealing, or backtalk
In a gunfight, like Earp, she could quickly outdraw
All that remained was our outline in white chalk
She was never off her game; seldom was too tired
You provoked her wrath; she served you like a feast
If you lived in her house, your respect, she required
A “come to Jesus” meeting, with last rites by a priest
I recalled the time I took money from her church purse
Refusing to admit my guilt, though I had transgressed
A confession on the brink my answer too rehearsed
Weighed heavy on my conscience, I sadly confessed
Discipline wasn’t fun in the home where we resided
Her ultimate aim was to undergird our bad character
She tempered punishment with love, so they coincided
When she poured it on, it was like honey and vinegar
Poem of The Week
Pleasure & Pain: Love Poems Compilation Book - The Pleasure & Pain: Love Poems Compilation Book will be a book of poems that honestly and passionately speak about the pleasure and pain that comes with love. Available February 28, 2023.
The Voices of Real 7 Compilation Book - The Voices of Real 7 Compilation Book is available now.
Dear Bully: Poems & Other Writings - The Dear Bully Poems & Other Writings Compilation Book is available now.
Somethin' About That Willow by Harvey Nelson is available now. His poems tackle issues that are relevant today. They challenge us to look within ourselves for the good we want to see. They are nostalgic, nurturing, and and optimistic, an overall good read.
Featured Poet - Rolanda T. Pyle
Rolanda T. Pyle, is the winner of the 2023 Poetry Is Life Book Award. Her manuscript, All Things, is a scheduled to be published this summer. She is the author of numerous books. You can check out some of her work at https://bit.ly/RORORAINBOW
Quote Of The Month
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more.
If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
- Oprah Winfrey
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Community Partnerships & Projects
Part of being a positive, active part of the community is working with local businesses and the people in the community to enhance the quality of life, through the gifts and talents of the people in a creative way. When businesses invest in and support community projects, it shows that they care about what is happening in that community. Creating opportunity for community partnerships and projects gives a sense of pride, hope and responsibility. It gives the people of that community something they can be proud of.
Poetry Is Life Publishing is honored to be working with local businesses and the people of the community to bring poetry and other creative projects to the people. As part of the mission and vision, we want to be able to use poetry as a way to enhance the life of the poet, the listener and the overall community by bringing awareness to issues that impact people, directly or indirectly. If you are interested in partnering on a creative project, Poetry Is Life Publishing would like to partner with you. To see what businesses we have partnered with, click the button below. Thank you. Now! They Will Listen To Us!
Publishing Opportunities
In the contest tab, there are contests that feature motherhood, fatherhood. There are also contest focused on youth and their writing. New contests are in the works.
Compilation Books
Pleasure & Pain: Love Poems Compilation Book is available now.
The Voices of Real 7 is available now.
You've taken the time to write down your thoughts, your feelings and your experiences on paper bags, on the back of grocery receipts, on take out menus, on utility, credit card and medical bills, you've even temporarily tattooed your skin with ink so you wouldn't forget that thought, that feeling or that experience. Inspiration, like life, cannot be predicted. You have made yourself vulnerable and open to criticism,...
The Winner of the 2023 Poetry Is Life Book Award
is Rolanda T. Pyle for her manuscript
"All Things"
More info coming soon.
Featured Books
Pieces Of Me - $12
Carol Mullins
If There's No Heaven - $12
Barbara Marie Minney
The Voices of Real 4 - $10
A Poetry Compilation
The End Is Near - $10
Marjorie F. Burr
Just Like Me - $12
Emma J. Harris
Testimonials
My mother would say all the time how blessed she was to have met Jason. She had been writing songs and poetry since she was a teenager and it was always her dream to be published. I remember being young and retrieving manilla envelopes from the mailbox that were self addressed. When I asked her about she tried to explain that since she neither knew nor could afford a publisher, this was the only way she knew to get some type of protection for her work.
-Nyiesha Peake, daughter of Valarie Pugh Peake; author of A Time To Heal.
The End Is Near - $10
Marjorie F. Burr
Just Like Me - $12
Emma J. Harris
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Mission & Vision
Mission Statement
Poetry Is Life Publishing is a book publishing company that takes great pride in helping poets turn their lives into books, while also helping poets turn their books into life. This is achieved by providing affordable, quality, personalized, professional and genuine book publishing and related services.
Vision Statement
To bring awareness & change to sensitive issues in society through poetry. To create and promote programs that feature poetry, other forms of creative writing and art centered around a specific topic, theme or cause. To provide a creative platform to showcase poetry that challenges life, creates a community, a culture of listening, with the ears of the heart.
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