Susan Kelly-DeWitt's chapbooks include A Camellia for Judy (Frith Press, 1998) which brings us attentively exquisite nature poems, and Feather's Hand (Swan Scythe Press, 2000) of which Marilyn Nelson says "Angels, saints and sages populate these very material, very quotidian, delightful poems, speaking in noisy inner voices the pained, humorous truths of our world."

Watermark Angels (Kings Estate Press, 2000) is the result of the collaboration of poet Ruth Moon Kempher and illustrator Wayne Hogan and what a zany, delightful collection it is. It deals with childhood, domestic matters, school days, myths and travels in novel and entertaining ways.

Natalie Kenvin's Bruise Theory (BOA, 1995) is a brave book with a focus on abuse and sexuality. It is not, however, a grim book, but celebratory in tone. This is a book about survival by a master craftsman; imagery and metaphor are outstanding. The foreword to this book is by Carolyn Forche.

Susan Deborah King brings us Tabernacle (Island Institute, 2001), poems of an island off the coast of Maine, complete with fog and blueberries, the country store and its varied inhabitants. These personal and intimate poems celebrate life and abound with wonderful metaphor and genuine love.

Wooden Windows (SRLR 1999)by Willie James King is a book of accessible, well-crafted poems of rural black life set in the South. These poems are direct and universal and touch us all. (Link added 9/05)

What a delight Kathleen Kirk’s Selected Roles (Moon Journal Press 2006) is with its mix of forms. Sonnets and free verse, prose poems and one haibun meld together beautifully in this 38 page chapbook. The subjects, divided into five "acts" plus Prologue and Epilogue, bring us the voices of famous female stage roles, such as Portia and Eurydice, as well as a few other related theater themes.. And, for the uninformed, there is a generous section of "Program Notes!" Reviewed 4/07, Belatedly updated 11/07) 

Deborah P. Kolodji demonstrates her mastery of haiku in two small chapbooks: the diminutive, cleverly illustrated Seaside Moon (Saki Press 2004) and Unfinished Book (Shadows Ink, 2006). The latter contains a few longer poems as well as the delightful haiku and cinquains for which Kolodji is noted. www.shadowpoetry.com. (added 2006)

If Anything (Word Tech, 2004) is filled with Len Krisak’s graceful, urbane poems are outstanding examples of formal and stylistic breadth dealing with present-day themes, an exciting collection. His earlier collection, Even As We Speak (UEP 2000), recipient of the 2000 Richard Wilbur Award, also gives pleasure with its surprising metaphors and lively music.