“Autumn is the time of balance and of sacrifice, a time when the light is defeated by darkness, a time when night takes over and brings the coming winter. The ancient wisdom says that those who long for light must face their inner darkness and overcome it.” ― Tony Riches, The Secret Diary of … More Fall’s Hues… – for TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge #34, “The Aging of the Year”
So happy and grateful to share here too, before this week is over, the latest review received by “Rhyming Dreams”, my debut collection of poems. As I was saying a bit earlier this week, each and every such lovely review of this book will always feel like a wonderful surprise to me and … More Review of “Rhyming Dreams” – by Sally Cronin on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine 💖
It will probably always feel like a marvelous surprise and special joy to me, to receive a nice review for “Rhyming Dreams”. Being my very first self-published book, you can imagine the sensation… to see that my work, all focus and meandering this past year, past 10 years for that matter, now feel … More Review of “Rhyming Dreams” – by Dawn Pisturino 💖 & Surprising Wednesday Beelining by Selma Martin 🌼🐝
“… I write sonnets to the rising oceans culled owls and collapsed hives nature in chaos, on land and in ocean writes poems in the clouds a cry of rain we refuse to hear … hope is a bluebird, she sings of tomorrows, we listen” – Bro ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry, Bluebird Sky … More October Time… & Book Review of “Bro ken Rengay” by Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay, Barbara Leonhard
“Surrounded by darkness yet enfolded in light” ― Alan Brennert, Moloka’i Golden Shade Her pathways take her steps away from noise, into the silence of the soft susurrus in the wind’s mild whispering. Komorebi on the sidewalk lightening her long autumn alleys, filtering her thoughts clean all through the leaves. The darkness through the labyrinthine … More Golden Shade – for TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge #33, WDYS #309, Esther’s Weekly Writing Prompts & Festival of Leaves 2025, Week #3
My dear friends here in wonderful WordPress land, I am happy to share finally and announce that my poetry collection, The Blues and the Beautiful is soon to be published. ✨ My initial intention was to publish this new collection of poems in the summer of 2025, mid August, I hoped. Looking back, I … More Introducing “The Blues and The Beautiful”… 💙💛
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