Though my poetry often varies in structure, setting, and narrative style, I cannot help but write about the themes that have haunted me since childhood. Love. Family. Grief. Emotional distance. Perhaps all authors, regardless of genre, are in some sense trying to better know their demons, their ghosts, all while exploring and perhaps even celebrating…
We welcome Marilyn Randall, author of the book of poetry and prose, My Heart and Soul, to The Story Behind the Book! Marilyn Randall writes about social issues facing society in today’s world. She uses powerful emotion to share her thoughts and ideas about alcoholism recovery, sexual abuse issues, interracial relationships and relationships experienced at…
In 1993 I was at my father’s house, recovering from a 5-day hospital stay and a complete hysterectomy. Since I was napping several times a day, every time I closed my eyes poetry verses kept pouring right out of my head. It was as if a portal to my creative imagination had been opened up,…
Freedom of press the sitting duck is about express myself by using poetry about situation journalists face in the connection with their reporting. In this book, I talk about journalists being kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured and in the worse case they even get killed by politicians, criminal groups and religious organizations who are also politically motivated.…
It took me over 6 months to publish my first book and when I saw Christiane Amanpour’s documentary about genocides which have been taking place and the current genocide going on in Darfur, I ask myself why such a cowardly behavior. I have learned that the reasons of genocides are racially, culturally and religiously based.…
Many many things inspired my book —The Sighing of the Winter Trees. The change of season, winter, spring, summer, and fall. Romance, holidays, seasons change, seasons begin. Love warmth, etc. mystery, sunset days beautiful mystery in life, Seeking warmth with a cup of tea in bed on a winter’s night. .Dreamin about beautiful things to…
Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems was nothing but a concept to me many years ago. Back then, if somebody had stopped me down the street to tell me I’d be writing sequels to popular ancient Egyptian tales, myths and legends associated with hermetics and esoteric knowledge I probably would have told them to take a hike.…
“The Mansfield Lighthouse Cats” came to be because I’m a mad scribbler—words, phrases, anything! When I don’t have paper, I’ll sing words in the car! I didn’t sit down to write a poetry collection, but what I wound up with covered everything from stray cats to football to love gone wrong. I scribbled before work,…
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