Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “The Resurrection of Shadows”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below and visit my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/the-resurrection-of-shadows/
This evening I went to the book launch of The Geelong Writers, Anomaly Street (Poetry With A Difference), a twice-yearly collection of poetry that creates jolts for flatlined minds, and to the editor, Jo Curtain, for selecting my poem. Below is a photo of the poem’s presentation in the book … (my scanner is broken)
I am proud to announce that my poem “Lines To Nowhere” has been nominated for Publication of The Month of June, at “Spillwords Magazine”. A big thank you to the editing team at Spillwords for the nomination, and hearty congratulations to the other Nominees.
Voting will cease on 6/29 and soon after we will reveal the winner. Please note, you need to register and/or login to vote.
The winning publication will be featured on Spillwords.com sidebar during the entire month of July!
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES:
Mid Week by Roy Eisenstein Lines To Nowhere by Ivor Steven Mermaids & Miracles by Ann Parker The Sunset, The Beach, The Stars, and The Midnight Sky by Michelle Ayon Navajas When You Find Your Center by Kate Leo Darker The Water, The Deeper The Deep by Gerry Stefanson Joy by Daniel Clarke-Serret The Centre of My Universe by Jane Bradshaw Two Faces by Chris Corbett Dead Man’s Hand by Kerr Pelto At 28 Weeks: When Reality Shifts by Erin P.T. Canning And All That Jazz by Angela Huskisson Piggy by Zach Zajac Dress Rehearsal by Jon A Lunsford
Good luck to all!
Lines to Nowhere
As my drapes fell apart I saw a setting eclipse And I decided to walk To the south side of the moon
Carrying my plastic spoon There, a giant vanilla cheesecake Rolled over the crusty moonscape On a giant crumbly base Topped with blueberries and cream Laying here in bed, life is but a dream
The evening skyline begins to drool Am I, a full moon’s fool? I will meet you at the old school Down by the empty pool This time we will not be ridiculed
Hello dear readers and followers, I am writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Yellow Boulders”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.… please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/yellow-boulders/
Hello dear readers and followers, I am now back writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine, and my poem “An Untravelled Highway”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below and visit my poem, at Coffee House Writers Magazine. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/an-untraveled-highway/
I am ecstatic that my poem “Lines To Nowhere”, has been accepted and published in Spillwords Magazine today, and I am very grateful to the editor Dagmara for selecting my piece … Please go over and visit my poem at Spillwords and if you wish, leave a 💗 for my article, by clicking on this link >>
Hello dear readers and followers, I am now back writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine, after a 6 weak self-enforced break due to my personally hectic schedule during April and May. Luckily, I had my article ready for publication before I contracted ‘Covid’, and my poem “Behind Your Mirror”, is in this week’s edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to view my poem, at Coffee House Writers. >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/behind-your-mirror/
Hi dear readers, I’m home with the ‘Covid’ virus, so I have been searching my files for some appropriate poems, and found this post from June 2020
“A wonderful surprise for me this morning and a lovely pick-me-up, to find that my poem “The Sun Arose Again”, had been published at ‘Red Wolf Journal’, and thank you to the editor, Irene, for her kind consideration of my submission…”
There must be a number of silent masks around Yesterday an old mask flew away at the speed of sound From behind, the real pieces of what we perceive Are leftover bones, bleached by sky and sea Where the worn pebbles lingering in the hand Fall gently upon lines drawn in the sand And these new beginnings could be a heavenly gift As white doves soar above the mourning cliffs
Perhaps the next awakening will be a peaceful one Full of friendly compassion and wisdom I’m lucky today, the sun arose again To light up the hallway, despite the rain I’ll be the first one to walk out the door And the only one left here, to see her valour
Forty-seven poets and writers with astute observations about living, emotions, and our world were featured online in The Short of It publication in 2022. The best of their thoughts fill the pages of this compilation. They will leave you with rich impressions, some providing mysteries to ponder but also many which speak deep truths. Each piece by the poets and writers presented in this collection shows us, with depth and succinctness, what was on their minds. Every one of their poems, as the title of this book suggests, brings to the surface their “reflections and revelations.” A big thank you to Susi Bocks for editing and producing this outstanding Anthology, and I am proud to have been selected as one of many in a talented list of writers. “The paperback version is available on Amazon.com NOW!! To get your copy, please CLICK THIS LINK! “
Here are my “Short” poetic entries in Anthology:
Facades
Wearing your best vest Is not necessarily a truthful test A facade for a restless chest
Again
Summer’s golden plains And stormy rains Erase winter stains
After Twilight
Starry, starry nights Shine on, shine on bright Please stay, please stay within sight
Earthquake
I feel the earth quake Fracturing tears off my soul Tremors from my heart
Hail
Hailstones, hard as nails Falling frozen razor blades Storm’s icy sharp balls
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