Belle Point Press

Happy pub day to Jennifer Polson Peterson! DEGENERATE ERA OF AN EXPANDING UNIVERSE is now available. Don't miss out on this meditative, insightful collection from the poet laureate of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Degenerate Era of an Expanding Universe is a book about apocalypses large and small. The poems in this meditative debut collection explore economic and climatological trends toward dissolution, and how these forces seep into the domestic sphere. Whether exploring the constellations of family dynamics or observing natural and human disasters, Jennifer Polson Peterson reflects on “the newly unmade world” that nonetheless urges us to continue rebuilding.

Our next poetry collection, DEGENERATE ERA OF AN EXPANDING UNIVERSE, is just a few days away from release! Be sure to catch Jennifer Polson Peterson around Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina if you're in the area this summer.

Happy pub day to Whitney Rio-Ross and her debut poetry collection, thunder makes us! Many thanks to the poets who have shared these kind words about the book: Spencer Reece, Amie Whittemore, and Matthew E. Henry.

This National Poetry Month, it is our great pleasure to share three new Belle Point poetry collections—including two debuts—by deeply talented poets from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky: coming in May and June.

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Check out some of the early praise for our latest poetry release, DEVIL-MAY-CARE! Many thanks to Matthew Olzmann, Joshua Robbins, and Julia Kolchinsky for their thoughtful reflections on this stellar new collection.

✨COVER REVEAL✨

Introducing our last 2025 poetry release: DEVIL-MAY-CARE, the latest collection from Arkansas poet Christian Anton Gerard. Coming 12.9.25!

DEVIL-MAY-CARE revs with wonder in the everyday and the ethereal. These lyrical poems inhabit the physicality of the spiritual world, reckoning with masculinity, relationships, and the complexities of prayer—often within the world of drag racing and blue-collar grit. Ultimately, Christian Anton Gerard’s voice evokes a touch of tenderness ever tuned to the awareness that “these bones aren’t built for distance” yet hopeful in the grace a single day can hold.