Poetry

NEW! “Poem Medicine” ~Poetry is medicine and there are no side effects! Poems help you to experience life, emotions, and so much more! Join me on my journey of loving poems and using them in times of joy, trouble, so many things!


New poetry e-book about XC (Cross Country):


“Drive-by Poems” E-book


My new poetry book, Unresponsive Sky, published by Purple Unicorn Media

LB Sedlacek’s latest poetry collection, “Unresponsive Sky,” embarks on an exploration that traverses the vast expanse of the cosmos and delves into the intricacies of our everyday existence and beyond. It is a poetic odyssey that poses a myriad of questions ranging from celestial inquiries, enigmatic silences of the universe and the allure of Earth-like planets in distant galaxies. Poems seem as if they’re written from a vantage point of a comet hurtling through space yet descending into the ordinary while pondering the impact of humanity on the environment, contemplating the existence of artificial life and delving into other uncharted territories.

Within the pages of this new poetry book, readers will find answers that may be comforting but also unsettling. Sedlacek encourages the contemplation of our complex reality comparing it to an unyielding sky. Imagine mixing cosmic musings and a dose of astronomy while adding a bit of whimsical fantasy to then savor this collection as you buckle up and take an enchanting ride through the poetic cosmos of “Unresponsive Sky.”



New poetry book, Chasing Sunsets, of poems about Charleston, Daniel Island and of course Sunsets, now available!

There’s nothing better than watching a good sunset. All the colors: orange, red, yellow, pink are a sight to see. The sun blazes across the sky then dips down to sleep on that end of the earth at night.



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVCXMRNP


“Night Swim” published by Alien Buddha Press, 2023


The Quiet Zone

Cows vs Aliens

Bigfoot Doesn’t Believe in You Either

Beach Party!

Chatt City Soul

Poems of ghosts and all sorts of other things. Published by Cyberwit in Oct., 2021.

Ghost Policy

Things to do on a Hurricane Watch With Your Dog

Just published by Alien Buddha Press, my newest poetry book is now available. The name of the new book is simply “Swim.” It’s all about swimming and being a lifeguard, and possible a little bit more! If you love the water, like I do, I hope you’ll like these water filled poems!

Swim


Dead Men Don’t Know Jack

West Virginia is a beautiful place. Go back to wild and wonderful West Virginia in these new poems from award winning poet, LB Sedlacek. Visit the radio telescopes, the Greenbrier River, Hillsboro WV, Beartown, Marlinton WV, and take the old logging train up to Whittaker Station, and more in these place poems. Plus take a detour to nearby Washington, DC on another poetical journey with the author.

You can order your copy here (E-book or Paperback):  Ebook or Paperback


“I’m No Robot” a new poetry book published by Cyberwit, March 2021.

I’m No Robot

Distmantling (Voices from the Factory)

Chucktown Charleston, New York of the South

“The Blue Eyed Side” a new poem novel published by Cyberwit, November 2020.

The Blue Eyed Side

Simultaenous Submissions published by Cyberwit

Things to do on a Road Trip South with your Dog

This Space Available

“Happy Little Clouds” published by Guerrilla Genesis Press!

Happy Little Clouds

My first full length collection of neighborhood type poems and more. Published by Cyberwit in February 2020.

 


Asheville, NC is a beautiful place. For those of you who have never seen pictures or have been there, it’s nestled in the mountains, and probably best known for that house that is America’s largest home. 

Asheville aka AshVegas is a place you may want to never leave!


Here’s a little book of poetry of mine. It’s called “Star Maps.” It was published by Lucidity Poetry Journal. Poems are about maps, luncheons, dogs, the holidays, basketball and purses and more! It’s only $2! (If you live in the US, I will mail it to you for free. You can email me for an email invoice or you can snail mail me $2) Contact me at lbsedlacek@gmail.com if you’d like a copy! (I’ll even sign it for you!)

“Star Maps” – email lbsedlacek@gmail.com to get your copy



“It turns out LB Sedlacek is one of the most prolific writers of our time. I hardly had time to finish breakfast before two more poetry collections slipped into my omelet. In her latest, The Adventures of Stick People on Cars, you’ll be surprised how much flesh a stick figure can have. These poems, physically thin on the page, are wide with sentiment and even experiment. Take the marriage of what could be separate poems in the blended lines of “Magnificent Bully” as two seemingly separate stories collide together in an almost ekphrastic euphoria. In The adventures of Stick people…, you’ll miss LB’s dad right along with her. You’ll turn every page before your first cup of coffee becomes nostalgia. Watch out for bears.” Rick Lupert, author of Hunka Hunka Howdee! and God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion  

New poetry book – “I am happy to announce this morning that “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars” a poetry chapbook from LB Sedlacek is now available. 85 highly amusing pages of poetry. Cover art from Red Focks”


POETRY IN LA, 2:  LA VS LA

Return to more poems about LA, Lenoir Area, in this second book featuring poetry from the Facebook page, @poetryinla. This time poems cover our local arts scene such as our murals and the famous Dirt Circle (“Across the Grain” sculpture by Thomas Sayre.) Poems go back in time to what our area was originally known as “Tuckers Barn” and to days of local raw honey and homemade molasses, the old Blue Bell plant and Lenoir High School. Current outdoor sculptures as well a local popular fresco get a nod in this second book, a sequel to “Poetry in LA – Only in LA (LA Poems)” published last year, 2017. There’s also a follow up to the poem “Hibriten Mountain” from the first book with the new poem “Mill Mountain to Hibriten Mountain.” If you enjoyed the first book “Only in LA,” you’ll want to read the follow up book with the new poems, too!


HOW TO BE A LIFEGUARD IN 12 EASY STEPS

It’s not easy to become a Lifeguard (or for me becoming one again.)  Here’s my poetical trip into the world of Lifeguard school.


FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS:

WORDS AND BONES

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“Words and Bones” from Finishing Line Press. “You’d never think a skeleton is a complete person. I would have said the same thing about a poem until LB Sedlacek‘s “Words and Bones” came along. It’s a work which truly strips its poems down to their bare bones with all the un-necessary words nowhere to be found, leaving a manuscript of complete and wonderfully brief pieces…”  ~Rick Lupert, author of “God Wrestler”  

The book is $13.99. Include $2.99 per copy for shipping and handling. Please mail all orders with a check payable to Finishing Line Press at PO Box 1626 Georgetown KY 40324 or order online:  Order “Words and Bones” by LB Sedlacek


out to lunch

OUT TO LUNCH

More poems about adventures in Washington, DC at Eastern Market, a Nationals baseball game, Pete’s Diner, traveling to and fro by train, the Shakespeare Library, the Library of Congress, Union Station and more!


CONSTELLATE

constellate

This is a chapbook with travel poems from a recent trip to the North Carolina coast, Ocean Isle, Sunset Beach, Bald Head Island, and to the popular South Carolina beaches, Myrtle, North Myrtle, Cherry Grove. It’s adventure I seek whenever I take a trip. Some of the adventures are mainstream and well some are not! The best part of planning is not to make a plan! That’s how you have the best adventures! It’s great for me to just be by or near the ocean, the water and the sounds of the waves are so soothing. Please join in this new poetical ocean adventure with me!  Reading from “Constellate” on Sunset Beach