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This is actually a trilogy of poetry books I'm going to recommend. Oh, and until September 16, 2016, No Secrets is free on Kindle. Disclaimer: I am the writer's husband and an occasional protagonist/antagonist in these poems, so my objectivity is certainly subject to question, but fortunately you don't have to take my word for it.

No Apologies won the 2014 Poetry Book of the Year Award from the City Weekly in Salt Lake City. Susie Bright in her Audible podcast said " I am often looking for something new and I rarely get it � I probably hear from erotic poets every month and I can’t think of the last time I said, ‘Yes! This is great! "

An award winning poet in his own right and deserving of his own topic in this post, Raegan Butcher said this about the author: "J.A. Carter- Winward is one of the best poets working in America."

Another independent author here on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ who deserves some attention here in Fringe Fiction: Harry Whitewolf said this:

Goddamnit, J. A. Carter-Winward’s poetry is good. It’s really good. In fact, I’d go as far as to say her poetry is the very best contemporary verse that’s out there. But it’s not for everyone. Nope, it’s definitely not for everyone. And that’s partly what makes it the best out there.

Her writing is raw, honest, confessional, humorous, stripped back and stripped bare, and the unique simplicity of Carter-Winward’s words perfectly matches the themes presented.

Sex. There’s lots of sex. Not the sort of sexual musings you’ll read about in other poetry collections. No, no, no. Carter-Winward doesn’t hold back anything and she’s happy to share the most personal anecdotes, thoughts and feelings. I mean, where else will you read a poem about a bleeding vaginal cut from rough sex?

It’s not all sex though. It’s just that sex plays a dominant part in Carter-Winward’s life � alongside other themes like relationships, life lessons, non-conformity, art, Feminism, anger at a God she doesn’t believe in, and a lot more besides.

“my poetry/is like my own/personal/speculum./you can either handle/looking inside me,/or you can’t.�

So thanks Harry for warning everyone.

Both Harry Whitewolf and J.A. Carter-Winward are doing extremely exciting things with their poetry. It is weird but I feel we are in a time where we have all of these great new poets but no audience for them.

As a poet I hear you on that Raegan.

They both seem like very upbeat and contemporary poets, I'll check them out.