This ninth book of poetry chronicles all the poetry fit to print from the last two years (2017-2019) of writing by Jeanette Powers. It covers an immense amount of experience: mental health, love found and lost, persona poems, life on the river, family histories, ekphrastic poetry and poetry for the revolution.

Victimless Crime is a gut wrenching grenade of a story that hits the nerve of every person who’s stayed too long in a toxic relationship. The story plays out through three days of a woman waiting for her partner to come out of his bedroom: where she’s actually sure he’s dead of an overdose or suicide, but will not open the door to check on him. Our unreliable narrator bounces between memory and moment to tell a tale of profound revelation, deep trauma, and how to navigate and survive a world full of addiction, sexual abuse, rape, self-harm, mental illness and toxic relationships.

The first ever 'new and selected' full-length book by poet artist Jeanette Powers, Sparkle Princess vs. Suicidal Phoenix covers works as far back as 2008 and focuses on some of the most delightful, funny poems and some of the most heartbroken, bringing back some of the punk rock poems, like 'The Anti-Ego Poem', and featuring absurdist new work, including 'Miley Cyrus Makes an Honest Mistake.' This book is the quintessential collection of a decade's worth of work.

Earthworms & Stars was the first book in Spartan Press's POP Poetry Series, which put out one book of poetry EVERY month for 36 consecutive months by Kansas City locals and regional friends. Jeanette Powers was co-conspirator for the project as well as first release. Her feral poetry is sweet as the dried possum blood on your dogs face. She currently is the Acquisitions Editor for EMP.

Beautiful & Abominable was the 4th book in the POP Poetry Series, and Ezhno's first taste of book-selling. As taste's often do, this quickly led to addiction, and EMP was created as a chapbook press stop-gap quasi-suboxone fidget-spinner for tales of duende. Ezhno's poetry is both poignant and patently offensive with a soft wood rotting and fermenting underbelly of love and loyalty. As Editor In Chief of EMP, Ezhno's dream is to live in a van that settles down by the side of a different river every night.

A sardonic and sweet set of poems which barely drape metaphor around JP’s dear loves of their life. Hokey Pokey Muse, Dragon Hoard Muse, Ocean Muse and more make this a light-hearted romp with a great sense of humor… and long overdue apologies.