wash me (little river)

wash me (little river) - 28/04/2023 wash me cleanlittle riverwash meclean run like joyacross my skin a-tinglewhere your watershave been wash me cleanlittle river wash meclean ~

Project update – two books progressing

Busy Times! Phew! So busy. I was over the moon yesterday to be notified that an e-proof of my photography book/collection (titled: a few places near home) was ready to be looked at. It looked great, to my eyes, but it's already now having its third iteration. Little errors, little issues, little tweaks . . …

drink it up (the warm inside)

drink it up (the warm inside) - 22/04/2023 night comesbutthe last lightstill shines the colourof goldthe colourof ruby wine drink it in take it up the nightwill comebut you and Iwill be warminside ~

Smorgasbord Posts from my Archives – Previous Reviews from 2022- #Poetry #Fantasy – The Garden Black and other speculations (Free Verse Poetry) by Frank Prem

A big thank you to Sally Cronin for reposting her wonderful review of The Garden Black over at the Smorgasbord Blog Magazine.

Pop over and check out the review and Sally’s other activities on the Blog there.

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

During this series I will be sharing my reviews for books I posted during 2022 

Good books deserve to be showcased on a regular basis and I hope that it might entice you to either move the books up your groaning TBR’s or add the books to its burden!

This is my review from March 2022 for the poetry collection by Frank Prem – The Garden Black and other speculations (Free Verse Poetry)

About the book

The Garden Black poetry collection is a venture into fantasy and speculative fiction based on the dual themes of rain forest and fantasy.

. The rainforest becomes a desert, and then the sea.

. A man in a satellite orbits the earth while playing his violin and pondering. A girl gazes up at the passing light and dances.

. Od Ovo – a youth who is from here, raises the dust of frustrated boredom…

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cricket and dogs and kids (and hopscotch)

cricket and dogs and kids (and hopscotch) (unsuspected slums) - 18/04/2023 kidsand dogson david street chase their tailsthe whole daylong a cricket pitchwith a binand a batand a ball hop scotchwhen they finda little pieceof chalk ~

Sunday Book Review – From Volyn to Kherson: Interpretations of the War in Ukraine by Frank Prem #freeverse #poetry

Thank you, D. G. Kaye (Debby) for your wonderful review of the From Volyn to Kherson poetry collection.

It is beyond my comprehension that the conflict continues on such very spurious grounds. ANd worsens, if that is possible.

Thanks so much, Debby – I’m reblogging this to my place, hoping readers will flock across to yours.

DGKayewriter.com

My Sunday Book Review is for Frank Prem’s moving new release, freeverse poetry with his interpretation of the war in Ukraine – From Volyn to Kherson. This is a most moving collection of tellings from the vision of Prem based on some of the many articles written about the heinous war in Ukraine.

Blurb:

From Volyn To Kherson, tells the stories of hardship and suffering and bewilderment experienced by the people of Ukraine in the early weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion and war.

The collection draws on news reports and social media postings during the most un-curated war the world has ever witnessed, interpreting and translating the raw emotion of this wartime experience.

There is no part of Ukraine that has been left untouched by this war, and no part of the poet left untouched by these stories of the Ukraine.

This book will be part of a series.

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any day the heart of winter (shines)

any day the heart of winter (shines) - 16/04/2023 any daythe sun still shines . . . that’sa good day and any daya flower bloomswell . . . that’sa good day winter comesto us all the cold descends I feel it greyabounds all aroundbut . . . there is colourin the gloom a spot ofbrightnessamong …

it shines (on me)

it shines (on me) - 15/04/2023 light fallswhere it will it can fallon water on ducks and dabsand water birds reeds and grassand me light fallswhere it wants to where it will sometimesa little lightmight fallrighton me ~

A Picture Book of Evening Poetry

Beechworth Rail Trail - to Everton and Wangaratta. Photography Course As you're likely aware, I'm studying photography at my local Tafe higher education centre in Wodonga, this year. The course is aimed at industry, so it is focussed on turning out photographers skilled to a sufficient level for beginning their own business or stepping into …

in the breeze of gravity (I may fall)

in the breeze of gravity (I may fall) - 13/04/2023 gravityplays with me I hoveron the brinkof a fall do I holddo I cling . . . wellI'm not sure the tension –sometimes –is allI know a breeze blows by . . . I boband shake tremblewith the force but here I am that breezeis …