New book of selected poems

By Richard J Tilley Published April 10, 2026 books, Poetry, Songs

I posted a new book to Internet Archive. This is not a new collection or the most recent collection, but most poems under the category tag “Songs” – that category tag used to say “Proverbs” even though I, yes, I knew they were not technically proverbs. I edited the category tag. The only reason I titled that category tag Proverbs is because I wanted to avoid the word, “Psalms,” but then someone helped me see I could just as easily use the word, “Songs,” and all the shared meaning would remain present. I am hoping this is the first book of Songs and that many more will follow. This book is titled, Songs for Four Judges, for personal reasons.

Here is the new book, Songs for Four Judges, free to read online or download. Here is a link to all my books, free to read or online. Here is a link to my most recent book, The Long Stall of the Ladder’s Percussion, which has not been getting as much attention as, say, Upon the Written Hours, which contain much older poems written in a very different style and may have given readers the wrong impression of what to expect from my other books.

Below is a list up to this point. I hope to soon have a new book available as well.

Internet Archive: Upon the Written Hours

Internet Archive: By the Journey of Sands

Internet Archive: Carnival Rations and Other Poems

Internet Archive: In The Winds Of The August Maladroit Parvenu

Internet Archive: Book 5 – Poems Postponed

Internet Archive: Chapbook: The Sounds Of Dreams And Your Senseless Soft Touch

Internet Archive: Elephant Snow

Internet Archive: Essays and Memos on My Fundamental Misunderstanding of Ontology

Internet Archive: Digging Up Tired Roots

Internet Archive: A Gathering Of Works, Vol. I

Internet Archive: A Few Notes on Star Trek