an air of punishment

the judge addressed himfrom behindthe bench your trialis now concluded it has shownwithout a doubtthat you are guiltyas accused it falls nowto this courtto pronounce sentence with regard to elementwe have determined: air with regard to the natureof that airit shall be: heavy you are sentencedto go forthcarrying with youa personal surroundingof your punishment worn …

A Book Cover a day for seven days (Day 4). Guys and Dolls – Damon Runyon

Day 4 I've been tagged by Mick Canning to choose and feature 7 book covers in 7 days. The covers of books that mean something special to me. This entry is for my Day 4 cover. Damon Runyan was a wonderful writer of short stories set on Broadway in New York, during the Prohibition period …

#1 New release: Devil In The Wind

Well, how about that! The Devil gets to be #1 new release in its category. I'm delighted. Have you got your copy yet? It's worth it. Seriously. ______________________________________________________________________________ Would you like to be notified about changes and developments in my writing world, like new poetry collections and giveaways?

Frank’s June Newsletter

This is just a little heads up notice that my https://www.FrankPrem.com newsletter is going out tonight. To anyone who is subscribed to receive the Newsletter, keep an eye out for it in the next day or so. I've had a few folk let me know that it seems to have gone through to their email …

A Book Cover a day for seven days (Day 3). The Wedding Party – H. E. Bates

Day 3 I've been tagged by Mick Canning to choose and feature 7 book covers in 7 days. The covers of books that mean something special to me. This entry is for my Day 3 cover. H. E. Bates was a wonderful writer of short fiction. He wrote during and after the Second World War …

with the eyes

he learned chemistry with his eyes alone mix this with that no too much no . . . interesting let’s try it the colours never seen before the shades and hues all his alone the pottery done once bespoken the series run only until the colours are all gone and chemistry with the eyes is …

crude: the marvel

he was crudestuff he was raw butwhen he lit himselfoh a flamea bright white lighthe burned untilclean againhe shone he warmed he wasa marvel ~ Poem #594 from a series of poems drawn from the imagination and collected as: a Bachelard reverie ______________________________________________________________________________ Would you like to be notified about changes and developments in my …

A Book Cover a day for seven days (Day 2). Rocannon’s World – Ursula Le Guin

Day Two I've been tagged by Mick Canning to choose and feature 7 book covers in 7 days. The covers of books that mean something special to me. This entry is for my Day 2 cover. I can't go past Ursula K Le Guin as a writing heroine of mine. All the Sci Fi stuff …

A Book Cover a day for seven days. Don Camillo

I've been tagged by Mick Canning,  over at another social media location, to choose and feature 7 book covers in 7 days. The covers of books that mean something special to me. This is a real topic for me, as some years ago I made a choice to seek out and acquire books that I would …

what mother does

mother soil mother grass mother tree you nurture me mother seed mother flower mother fruit you nurture me mother sky blue mother sky grey mother sky thunder lightning and rain my mother’s storm you nurture me yes nurture me ~ Poem #593 from a series of poems drawn from the imagination and collected as: a …