February 16

New Poetry Book – The Unique & Sundry

Poetry

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Hello everyone;

I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1  prompt of "write an optimistic poem"

Not Dead Yet, Me


Is it really such a tragedy

that my sentences are raggedy

words tread together by similarity?

The conversation is still defiantly

expressions of me.


Is it really such a travesty 

that I wander aimlessly?

When I can travel through time so easily

…our life history

…a life lived outrageously.


Is it really such a disparity

that I have forgotten the melody

of your name? Still there’s some clarity….

I know the feelings of family

and passions intensity. 


Is it really such an indignity

that something once familiar is now a novelty.

Or that simple tasks escape me.

I still dance to life’s jamboree

and sing majestically.

Is it really such a finality

even as I become more absentee?

There is plenty of life in my legacy.

Don’t bother writing my eulogy,

when there’s still time to create a memory.

©2024 Delaina Miller

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This book is almost a tangible reality!

Soon to be published as a physical book as well as an e-book, The Unique & Sundry is a collection of poems that I have written back in the midst of time to last year. The poems inside this book are the memories and emotions that have shaped my poetic voice. There are highs and lows, tributes to my family, my home, places I have roamed, and to the mentors that have helped me find my strength when I thought I had none.

Make sure you sign up to my free mailing list – The Poet’s Notebook so that you don’t miss the news about the book’s release and the virtual book launch (and giveaway) that will soon follow publication.

Thank you,
Delaina

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About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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