Thank you for visiting the website of Samantha Kolber, poet and editor in Montpelier, Vermont. Read some poems, buy a book (available after September 1st) and keep supporting poetry!
Books
My award-winning chapbook Birth of a Daughter! Gold Winner in Realistic Poetry, 2021 Human Relations Indie Book Award and Poetry Winner, 2023 San Francisco Book Festival. When you order through my local indie Bear Pond Books, you can request a signed copy in their comments field!
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Including nearly ninety poets from across the United States and Canada, The Country in the Mirror: Poems of Protest & Witness is an urgent anthology of poems written in response to these troubling times. It is comprised of a variety of voices, from new writers to well-seasoned poets who are widely published and celebrated, such as Martín Espada, Nikki Grimes, Rachel Hadas, Gregory Maguire, Bianca Stone, among others (including me!). The poems explore a myriad of issues related to immigration, detention, civil rights, climate change, rising fascism, global wars, genocide, abortion, LGBTQIA+ experiences and more.
This new anthology was born from simple beliefs: Flowers, if noticed, make people smile. Given flowers are from one heart to another. In a time when the world is tumultuous and technological advances are rapid, the editors say they wanted to create something tangible that deepened our connection to ourselves, each other, and the earth.
When Flowers Sing includes 90 poems from 66 poets around the world, crowdsourced online during a global pandemic. I am so very honored to have my poem, “Peony Double Etheree” included in this volume.
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A new poetry anthology called POETRY & PERFORMANCE (Volume 1) published by the Green Mountain Writers of Underhill, Vermont, which includes members and participants from all over the world. I’m honored to have my poem “Don’t Forget,” which the group helped me workshop, included in this book.
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My first fiction piece, a speculative short story called “The Shift,” about women rising up and bloodily reclaiming their power, is published in this anthology, Venus Rising: Musings & Lore from Women Writers. All proceeds support FemTruth Youth, a period and feminist education nonprofit!
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My poem “Everything Pantoum,” along with my daughter’s poem “Pop Stars,” are in this book, PoemCity Anthology: 2023, which is produced by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library (my local library!) and my publishing company, Rootstock Publishing. Proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to the library to support PoemCity and other programming. It is a wonderful collection of poems by over 300 Vermont poets of all ages. Check it out and thanks for your support!
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