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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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

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.


Don’t miss our book trailer

Our Virtual Book Reading

Pickup your PDF here

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Remember there are book bonuses available for you at the end of the book.

Also if you love it, like we hope that you do, please take the time to leave us a 5 star review on Amazon.

Thank you!

About the author

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


 

Delaina J Miller

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