Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Most Vintage of the Vintage...



COMING SOON...

a re-release of my very first novel writing as "Cinda Richards":


THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

in Kindle format











(This is kind of exciting. Déja vu all over again.)



To Be Followed By...

another vintage "Cinda Richards" novel



SUCH ROUGH SPLENDOR

also in Kindle format









Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Poets

I like poetry. I would say I love poetry, but I'm trying not to gush. Part of my admiration has to do with a rampant envy of the poet's way with words and their ability to convey the human condition with such emotion. Not just the poem itself, but the titles as well. I have a hard time titling. I just don't seem to have the kind of mind it takes to "allude" in such a profound way. My thought processes are too literal. I think it must be a "nurse thing," the years of having to observe and chart exactly what's happening or suffer dire consequences.

I am selective about the poetry I read, though. I prefer the imagery and response of "observer poets" to the ones who fall on the thorns of life and bleed.


In any event, here are some of the intriguing titles I have admired:

THE BLACK CHAMBER by Donald Hall

COME, THIEF: Poems by Jane Hirshfield

EUROPEAN BLUES by Louis Jenkins

FIRST WORDS by Joyce Sutphen. And from this body of work, a poem called "On the Way to the Farm I Think of My Sister." Click HERE if you'd like to hear it.