About Us

Crystal Jenkins Woods teaches writing at Columbus State University. "Woods' poems are adventurous, hopeful; they seem to say what we always meant to say, tell stories we wish we'd told, and finish out sentences or long-lost thoughts." -- Abby E. Murray

Read and review her book today. 

We've never met Bill, except through his words, and they say enough to get the gist of who he may be. We writers use masks more than most. 

Songs of Chaos is a collection of poetry, prose, and prose poems that explores darkness and light and despair and courage both thoughtfully and ferociously. Its purpose is to teach our madness how to sing even if those songs are mere whispers. The works in this volume are both passionate and provocative, but they are also very honest and come from a place that is a part of collective memory.

This is our most under-appreciated work and that is because not many have given it a chance. This is an award-winning gem waiting to be discovered, and I stake my full reputation on that fact. 

Narrated by a nun who helps run a leprosarium on the banks of the Mississippi River in the Civil War era, Leechdom is an historical fable which examines the nature of human suffering and the struggle for redemption.

John McCluskey's I Will Listen If You Tell Me Who I Am has been reviewed in Quill & Parchment. It is a wonderful look into this collection, so give it a read. Order this spectacular book of poetry and give John a review on Amazon. 

Jimmie Ray Pennington, author of My Kentucky, has had two successful readings so far and is listing several places he wants to see his book. Jimmie is also a visual artist. I find his work as good if not better than Wendell Berry's poetry. No complaining. Just down home words to a graceful God as a way of giving thanks. Beautiful images.  

Carroll Taylor's Chinaberry Summer  adorable story about youth in West Central Georgia, in the woods outside Columbus, GA, basically. 

When Sissie Stevenson reluctantly begins her fifth grade year at Slippery Branch Elementary School, she has lots of questions that need answers. How can she stop the class bully from picking on her cousin and best friend Spud McKenna? Why do some of the adults in her family behave so badly? Why would anyone want to harm snakes and turtles? One extraordinary teacher will set her on a new direction, and a very special member of the family will help her discover answers to her questions.

Elementary and middle school teachers, this is a fantastic reader for your kids. Contact us at gatorpoet@gmail.com for  teacher discounts. Carroll and I have taught for years and we love teachers.