James D. Collier

The Meeting Place is a collection of thoughtful poems written for those who desire poems to be clear and have meaning. The poetry of James D. Collier presents great, unusual variety in poetic form and subject. The Meeting Place is his fourth book of poetry in addition to a book of Great Short Stories. There are over 20 different forms of poetry in this collection including free verse, blank verse and rhyme, plus sonnets, ballads, sestinas, pantoums, prose, villanelle, and elegies. From Words, My Soul, The Depth of Love, Empty, Red Sand, to One Sunday Morning and fifty total, readers will find a welcome, evolving 21st century poetr

This book is an experience in contemplation through poetry. The Reverse-Verse Poetry herein has been described a unique, clever, and brilliant. The poet has captured moments of life colored joy, wonder, youth, depression, dementia, nature, community. love, old age and death with a kind of hope and reverence that causes one to pause and reflect and find a better road. Many of the poems tell a story of those he has known. These are poignant, memorable stories in which you may well find yourself. These poems speak in a language I know you will appreciate. Within this collection are some of the most unique poems you will ever read.