Poetry Series

The poetry series is an initiative that ran from 1999 to 2014 to revive the publication of small, collectible editions of poetry. The majority of poets have a regional connection and are the recipients of multiple awards and distinctions.

As of January 1, 2026, Parallel Press no longer offers publications for sale. Most items continue to be available here online.

Title and Link (if available online)	Author	Year
Alibi for Two	Augustus Merrill	2014-2015
The Beauty of This World	Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva	2014-2015
The Book of Arabella	Timothy Walsh	2014-2015
Presences	Caroline Collins	2014-2015
Yes	B. J. Best	2014-2015
Fearing Water	Marjorie Saiser	2013
The Lawyer Who Died in The Courthouse Bathroom	Thomas J. Erickson	2013
Lemon Bars of Parnassus	Lee Kisling	2013
Lottery Ticket	Heather Corbally Bryant	2013
The Mississippi Book of the Dead	Timothy Young	2013
Small, Imperfect Paradise	Dallas Crow	2013
Transport of the Aim	Maxine Silverman	2013
American Bruise	L. Ward Abel	2012
Conversations With Thoreau	Alice D’Alessio	2012
From the Fool to the World	Alison Stone	2012
Through Sun-glinting Particles	Allegra Silberstein	2012
Vectors	Kelly Cherry	2012
Walk With Me	Mark Belair	2012
Bird of Paradise	George Young	2011
Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku	Fabu	2011
Rain Dance	Richard Broderick	2011
The Required Accompanying Cover Letter	Richard Fein	2011
The Scientific Method	Mary Alexandra Agner	2011
This Small Breathing Coincidence	Paul Terranova	2011
Tricks of Light	Jeanie Tomasko	2011
A Catch in the Throat of Allah	Lynn Shoemaker	2010
Cherma	Jacqueline West	2010
Driving to Heaven	Tracy Youngblom	2010
Late Life Happiness	Barbara L. Greenberg	2010
Li Po Comes to America	Alex Stolis	2010
St. Cecilia’s Daze	Katrin Talbot	2010
That Red Dirt Road	Kay Sanders	2010
The Edge of Damage	Heather Swan	2009
The Formal Impulse	John Pidgeon	2009
Going Wrong	Marilyn L. Taylor	2009
One Hundred Small Yellow Envelopes	James Crews	2009
Target Practice	Jan Chronister	2009
Where We Live	Don Thompson	2009
Acting Lessons	John Lehman	2008
The Choreographer of Raindrops	Carl Lindner	2008
In the Silence of the Migrated Birds	Austin Smith	2008
Kamikaze Commotion	Cathryn Cofell	2008
Kinnickinnic	Thomas R. Smith	2008
We Nod Our Dark Heads	Lisa Marie Brodsky	2008
Aqua Regia	F. J. Bergmann	2007
Bone Flute and Other Poems	R. Virgil Ellis	2007
Casting Off	Catherine Jagoe	2007
Only on This Planet	John Graber	2007
Stones in Our Pockets: Art and the Art of Medicine	Michael Salcman	2007
Things I’ve Never Told Anyone	CX Dillhunt	2007
The Discovery of Heaven	Richard Hedderman	2006
One	Diane Kerr	2006
Short Story and Other Short Stories	Corey Mesler	2006
Stilt Man	Doug Flaherty	2006
Sundogs	James Silas Rogers	2006
What Wisconsin Took	Paul Dickey	2006
Alley Scatting	Sharon F. McDermott	2005
Considerations of Earth and Sky	Temple Cone	2005
Facts of Life	Jim Ferris	2005
The Minimalist’s How-to Handbook	Karl Elder	2005
Now You See It	Ron Wallace	2005
White Horses on Sale for a Song	Shoshauna Shy	2005
The Heart of War	Carmine Sarracino	2004
A Little Dinner Music	Stephen Murabito	2004
The Promised Land	Harriet Brown	2004
Virgins on the Rocks	Karla Huston	2004
when gertrude married alice	Eve Robillard	2004
Wild Apples	Timothy Walsh	2004
Bones of Light	Judith Sornberger	2003
Chapman’s Pack	John Niles	2003
Getting Out Alive	Tisha Turk	2003
Light Made From Nothing	Susan Elbe	2003
Marquees of Buffalo	Dennis Trudell	2003
Singing to the Garden	Roger Pfingston	2003
A Girl in Water	Barbara Edelman	2002
From the Sketchbooks of Vanessa Bell	Allison Funk	2002
Rendered into Paradise	Jean Feraca	2002
Sand Island Succession: Poems of the Apostles	Judith Strasser	2002
Small Acts	Mary Mercier	2002
What the Body Knows	Alison Townsend	2002
Anna, washing	Ted Genoways	2001
Border Crossings	Heather Dubrow	2001
Cicatrix	Charles Cantrell	2001
Eat and Remember	Carl Lindner	2001
How Dumb the Stars	Francine Conley	2001
The Only Everglades in the World	Robin Chapman	2001
Luck	Marilyn Annucci	2000
Our Sainted Lady Esther	Matt Welter	2000
Them Poems	Mason Williams	2000
The Twig Songs	Gwen Ebert	2000
A Visionary’s Company	Rick Hilles	2000
What Grandmother Says	J.D. Whitney	2000
Apparition	Max Garland	Pre-2000
Hosannas	Katharine Whitcomb	Pre-2000
The Perfect Day	Andrea Potos	Pre-2000
Sure Knowledge	Elizabeth Oness	Pre-2000

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