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Recently, my granddaughter Sophie Eagle and I visited Minneapolis expressly to explore, not the giant Mall of the Americas, but…

Book Reviewer Angel says:

“Whistler of Petty Crimes is more than poetry…it’s a reflective journey that is easy to follow and love.

I really enjoy when a poetry collection intertwines the way this one, Whistler of Petty Crimes, does and gives a full picture. I especially love the format of having a series of poems, within the collection, each with its own special insight.

A compendium of unique experiences real and accessible to others, ike West chronicles the middle decades of her life in…

It is a really hectic time for me—packing up to move from Texas to Oregon. This time for good. Just…

How naïve of me to think that people, throughout the English-speaking world, who know nothing about me, would want to…

My birth was rocky back in 1949. For me, life began with a weak pulse. Premature almost a full month,…

Recently, one of my friends and a member of the Texas Circle, made a comment about navigating the divisiveness between…

"Whistler of Petty Crimes
invites readers to revisit the collection repeatedly,
discovering new layers of wit, wisdom and insight with each reading."

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— Eileen ike West (@ikewest.com) September 27, 2026 at 4:39 PM

Sure, I love my book cover at first sight. Wow! The colors! A full rainbow of them. And, how about…

This past summer, in Taos, New Mexico, I spent six weeks nestled inside adobe walls. The walls of the home were thick red mud, caked by man and baked by sun. The garden and patio also wore a tall, plush robe of the same red clay.

Here’s yet ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL REVIEW for Whistler of Petty Crimes
This one by Rae Longest – Originally posted on the website blog page of LITERACY & ME, June11, 2023…I thoroughly enjoyed this little volume, and indeed, it gave me a lot to think about and meditate upon.

I started so young. While my grade school friends play school teacher and/or hospital nurse, I imagine myself writer and editor. My fantasy job involves dissecting letters to the editor out of American Girl Magazine, and re-writing the boring bits. My PRETEND years of education and experience lead me to believe I can best any official editor’s work.

Years ago, I learn from my web designer son, an important marketing strategy regarding book titles and product names. It’s…

The following six song titles make for easily banked together quasi-Haiku. Please, lyrical reader, merely look down the list of titles, and you’ll see it is so. (Ah, poetry. It shows up everywhere.)

Yay! Two of my poems are included in the latest anthology, Uprooted published by the ChaosSectionPoetryProject.

Yay! Two of my poems are included in the latest anthology, Uprooted published by the fantastic ChaosSectionPoetryProject.

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— Eileen ike West (@ikewest.com) October 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM