Excerpt:
From “The Gray Ones”
He who tries to circumvent his sentence
will still be guilty for the crimes committed
no matter his attempts to forget them.
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Excerpt: We were supposed to come back
by the bridge,
before the guitar solo,
but the resolution never found
its third verse.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt: I stand in silence
waiting for you
and the high tide
to sweep it all away.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Excerpt: All that you wanted it to be:
imperfect,
crooked,
but perfect in a happy way.
Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323
Free books of poetry! Hey, you don’t see that often, do you? Here at the blog, I am celebrating poetry, not only by offering the poetry boot camp and providing excerpts of my own poetry from my latest book, Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls,
I would also like to share the gift of poetry.
So, I am giving away one signed copy of both of my books, plus other poetry books I have enjoyed. Free. What is the catch? This is a contest, so I can’t give books to everyone (would love to, if I could), but I will do a drawing to determine who will get the books. I will have at least 3 prize books, but if there is enough participating, I will add more.
How do I enter, you ask? Easy.
#1 Like any posts from this month (April). This includes the blog, Facebook, and Twitter.
#2 Double entries if you Share, Retweet, or Press This (via WordPress).
Winners chosen around the first of May. Winners will be posted and notified. You have 7 days to claim before I redraw.
Sound good!
Let’s celebrate poetry!
From “Chamber of Silence”
In silence comes wisdom, for no other
voices can be heard outside one’s own, when
the nakedness of the mind becomes free.
Medusa is available for purchase at Politics and Prose at http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624291272
From “The Punishment”
One can seek forgiveness only if one
confesses one’s crimes. For without such an
admission, one cannot atone for her
crimes, repent, and accept her punishment.
Medusa is available for purchase at Politics and Prose at http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624291272
From “The New Servant”
Beauty’s worth lies in the beholder’s pride
in it. A prize it is at its peak, but
spoiled it is after its beholder’s use.
From “The Decree”
Revelations of secrets’ past blinds the
sight in the present, as the mind shifts the
blame to soothe the past for the present’s use.
My book has finally arrived! Get your copy here at Politics and Prose!
From “A Mother’s Humble Plea”
Humility rests not with the weak, but
with the strong, who knows when best to show it,
for she knows it is its own sacrifice.
J.L. Smith 