New Publications

The Orchard Street Press is delighted to announce the release of Quiet Diamonds 2022, the fifth edition of our annual poetry journal, composed of poems selected from entries to Orchard Street’s annual Poetry Contest. This year we received almost 700 poems from writers in 37 states. From these submissions, 48 pieces were chosen, challenging our judges with the task of selecting the 7% or so that would ultimately be included in a publication that has established a reputation as one of the finest collections published each year. This year’s edition extends and enhances that regard.

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of A Song of Ascents, the remarkable new collection of poems by Jennifer M. Phillips of Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Of The Song of Ascents, Margaret Miles, Emerita Professor of Historical Theology writes: “In Song of Ascents, the poet loves both earth’s bodies and the vivid language that assists us to see, hear, touch, and smell the id quod est we live among but forget to notice…The poems in this volume conjure what there is in all its ‘ungainly tenderness,’ from roses and lilies to ‘rot and roots.’ These words show, and one sense is not enough; they activate in the reader a complex synesthetic response. They smile, and this reader found herself smiling back.”

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of Tesserae, the exciting new poetry collection from Timothy Martin of Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of Better Late Than Never the engaging new poetry collection by Patrick Theron Erickson of Garland, Texas.

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of A Poem’s Medium, the exciting new poetry collection from Charles Becker of Laguna Woods, California.

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of Leftover Prayers, the insightful new poetry collection from Susan Squellati Florence of Ojai, California, exploring change and loss in life and the presence of nature to provide beauty, solace, and renewal.

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of  The Gambler’s Daughter, the exciting new collection of poems by  Mary Makofske of Warwick, New York.

The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the release of Modern Tapestries, Medieval Looms, the exciting new collection of poems from Carol Milkuhn of Saratoga Springs, NY