Quiet Diamonds, 2019

The annual poetry journal from Orchard Street. In this edition, forty-one poems from twenty eight poets were selected from the entries to the 2019 Orchard Street Press Poetry Contest. John Grey, poet, playwright, and musician says of the 2019 journal: “Here is a collection that bursts with a riveting and engaging potpourri of style and substance, of poets connecting with the natural world, their own humanity, and the humanity of others, delving into experiences with keen intelligence and original turn of phrase.”  John Sheirer, Editor of Freshwater Literary Journal, writes: “The poets of Quiet Diamonds connect humanity and nature, emotion and thought, hope and regret, and experience and reflection with grace, wisdom, and a dizzying facility of language.” This is an excellent collection, reflecting a pool of very good entries from across the country.

Click here to read the book announcement