for me (waiting)

and I find myselfdrawnto contemplation expressedthrough the inkreleased to flowby a pen blackonto whitepaper what do Iknow I don’t know whatdo I think I’m not sure but my handmy fingersgrasp in practiced movementsmake a mark I watch the thoughtuncurl straighten outin letterby letter watch it growand follow skulkingone step behind to seewhere it might wander …

Rescue and Redemption goes live

Rescue and Redemption has just come off pre-order status, so anyone who booked it in shoudl have received their copy by now - Thank you. Through the pre-orders, this collection, too has reached the #1 Hot New Release status, and it's such a pleasure to be able to share the image. Rescue was the collection …

Another lovely review for A Kiss for the Worthy.

It si my pleasure to share a link to another very lovely 5 star review of A Kiss for the Worthy. This review is by Victoria Ray and you can find it on Goodreads, here, if you'd like to check it out. Find the ebook on Amazon, here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084BWM755 ~

rising (in the sun-gold of winter)

the road outsideis alivenowto monday a car throbsroar racesthen throbs again as I open my eyessun-gold sievesthrough lashesthat don’t wantto partandI burrow inagaindeeply a little more a little longer all I askisa while voices fill the spaceparallelto my window they rise and rotatelike a flockof wheeling birds I’ve seen themin picturescavortingacross the sky rises and …

Sunday Book Review – A Kiss for the Worthy by Frank Prem #Poetry

Thank you, Debby Gies for your wonderful review of A Kiss for the Worthy - Book 2 of A Love Poetry Trilogy. Whitman is not an easy act to follow, but his love of the world he was in, and the very fact that he was in it, shone through for me.   Source: Sunday …

Book review – Rescue and Redemption

Thank you, Ms Jade Li for a wonderful review of Rescue and Redemption on Goodreads and on Amazon. I'm delighted with the reception the book has received with quite a few paperbacks ordered. Grateful also for the support I receive through readers of the blog. Thank you. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084GFKLD9

to make a mage #14

14: the role (of a star) was he bornorwas he made perhapsa confluencein the cosmosto set a starto shinea particular lighton one particular night it matters not hewill not say perhapshe cannot antecedentsare of no significancein any case the world is vastandit is minusculewhatever rolea singular starmight have played it liesbefore himnot behind reflectedby the …

to make a mage #12

#12: enough known (to suffice) do you think he knowsof himself no nothingwith certainty power yesand knowledgein support of it yes butwhat he is what he might become what he maydo only suggestions suspicionsthat there ismore will be more when it is needed perhaps enoughto suffice ~

to make a mage #11

#11: as made (he) and I repeathe carveshimselfinto the runes he makeshimselfinto that lengthof wood he becomeseach marklaid within the heart and what thatisit is and thatis he at the last cutthere standsthe staffand heis made as hehas made ~

to make a mage #10

#10: grey (humility) greyis the colourof humility whiteis a responsibilityearneda taskbefore the end saveor perish and whatof black whatof the rainbow perilous shadesof certaintywhere is roomonlyfor doubt of ambiguityshimmeredinto mirrors a confusionof the appearancewith its purpose greyis the colourthat doeswhat must be donein humility ~