You can purchase my books at the
following web sites:
Hard Shell Word Factory:
http://www.hardshell.com/
New Concepts Publishing:
http://www.newconceptspublishing.com
Linden Bay Romance:
http://www.lindenbayromance.com
Whiskey
Creek Press: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Prose and Poetry
Sometimes
people ask me if writing poetry is different from
writing prose. The answer is yes. Poetry differs from
prose in so many ways.
Prose is conceptual and
informative. Poetry is imaginative and contemplative.
Poetry is more formal than prose and more carefully
shaped and organized on the page. Poetry has a
regularity of rhythm and a measured beat that is absent
in prose. While most prose appeals to reason, poetry
often appeals to things beyond reason.
Recognition
My mother passed on to me her beliefs and values. She gave
me
something else too, something that is very important to me
as a
writer. She, by example, taught me the magic of seeing—to
borrow
from Blake—the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a
wild
flower. This ability to find the magnificent reflected in
the minute
and to see the divine replicated in the commonplace is an
invaluable
asset to a writer of poetry and spinner of romantic tales.
A Poem for Your Perusal
BEQUEST
Daylight
couldn't shape it,
That dream that stayed the night,
Then vanished as the first rays
Of sun brought morning light.
Amorphous,
then invisible
In my fading recollection
It dimmed like mist at midday
In the glow of introspection.
My day was
rent with discontent
And a nagging sense of woe;
A dream that I couldn't remember
Left a sorrow that wouldn't let go.
From What Will
Suffice - 2007
EPPIE winner for best poetry collection
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