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Five Islands. Poetry for Everyone
Poems that give us back to our lives, to each other, and to the world.
At 5 Islands Press, we believe that poetry is not a luxury for the few, but an essential for all. Our job is to encourage and support the poets who write poems that nourish us, and to find ways of getting their poems into the hands of those who need them--which is to say, everyone.
Poetry is a life-cherishing force. And it requires a vision--a faith, to use an old-fashioned term. Yes, indeed, For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. Yes, indeed.
(Mary Oliver)
Recent and forthcoming titles
Following our first publication (Mark Tredinnick's Nine Carols), we took a brief pause while we got our publishing act together. We are now ready to go, and are excited to announce that we have reached agreement with a number of fine poets to publish their work through 5 Islands Press in 2024. We are planning to publish around one new book a month, starting in June. The list below shows our contracted authors and their forthcoming books. Expect to see more added to this list soon. (Click on the image for more information on each book)
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