July 27

She Too Four Voices in (Almost) Harmony – Available Now!

Free Verse, Poetry, She Too: Four Voices in (Almost) Harmony

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When someone you love is diagnosed with dementia as a caregiver your own life gets turned inside out as well. In fact probably even more as the caregiver. But really who knows? All of us are having our own experiences through our personal realities. Who are any of us to say what's real or not real in any given moment for anyone else. 

For me poetry and music have been consistent ways to examine emotions and personal growth the experience gifts me. Recently, I have found myself, once again, pulling at the threads my emotions through poetry. Some how by placing one word next to another I am able to find peace with grief. But even more powerful, I have been able to unravel the gift of the journey. 

Here are two of my most recent poems:

a cardinal rests
it’s frozen reflection
~ encapsulated
your colorful life stilled
in a lake of memories

image of guitar from the neck with the poem Sing Me overlaid.

She Too: Four Voices in (Almost) Harmony is Ready to Tuck into Now!

Hey I am so excited to announce that the anthology, She Too: Four Voices in (Almost) Harmony, featuring the poetry of Rosemary Nissen-Wade, Leigh D.C. Spencer, Helen Patrice, and myself is now available through Amazon and PDF.

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This is what the reviewers had to say:

Love, nature, life, death and a hint of witchery cast a spell over the poems in this compendium of work by four international poets. She Too opens the door on a conversation being held by four very different writers who have found common ground and, as the subtitle suggests, “almost” harmony. Pop culture, memory, sexuality and even beloved pets mark the entry points for this accessible collection of poetry.

–Collin Kelley, author of the collections Render and Slow To Burn


 

She Too, compiled by four wonderfully diverse but complementary poets, sparks with energy, spontaneity, wisdom.  Although the energy arises primarily from the voiced life-force of the writers, it is reinforced here by the fact that the book anthologizes April poems–poems written as part of worldwide celebrations of poetry month.  That spirit of shared celebration, concentrated exploration and disciplined flow, resonates throughout the poems, heightening the camaraderie the reader feels both among the poets, and with them. 

The poets are great story-tellers as well as lyricists, unwinding narratives that both amuse and enlighten. Many of the poems highlight the compromises sometimes required of women–a making-the-best-of circumstances provided by nature, finance, family, and, especially, loss–but each poet equally gives lessons in not-compromising–in how one holds secure the truths that make each of us both more whole and hopeful.  Great stuff!

–Karin Gustafson, author of 1 Mississippi, Going on Somewhere, Nose Dive, and (soon) Nice, who blogs as Manicddaily, http://Manicddaily.wordpress.com and is one of the team of presenters at dVerse Poets Pub


 

 In She Too, Delaina, Rosemary, Leigh and Helen have created an intriguing blend of female voices from a diverse range of life experience and backgrounds. Reading it, you will find yourself in joy & pain, mourning, amused & in love. Their poetry is alive — which is about the best thing I can say.

–Brian Miller, owner dVerse Poets Pub


 

One of the many joys of the internet is the infinite breadth of opportunity for kindred souls to find each other and share their creative energy. She Too is a happy outcome of this phenomenon; the Venn Diagram on its cover depicting the relationships between the four poets is both informative and aesthetically pleasing as are the poems it contains. Each poet has her own distinct voice and I enjoyed the sensation of feeling as if I was becoming part of their group as I learned to recognise each voice and share the experiences and emotions expressed. She Too is a fascinating view into four poetic worlds which share points of contact while remaining decisively and endearingly individual.

–Michele Brenton, poet, novelist and editor, whose Fifty Shades of Blue was a Kindle poetry best-seller. Michele also writes humorous verse as Banana the Poet.


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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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