March might feel more like
Spring if it didn’t cram four
Seasons into one.
I miss the April
Showers of my youth, but not
The more recent floods.
Will these new April
Showers bring Mayflowers? Or
Will they bring more mud?
I long to witness
Springtime fieldwork once again.
Impossible now.
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I got today’s video knocked out a bit earlier than yesterday’s. There was a beautiful sunrise this morning, and I couldn’t help shooting it:
Mornings are so pretty in Iowa. But it would be even more peaceful if the boys didn’t argue about every little thing.
Of course, since I’m me, I decided to add to the challenge by writing a poem to go with each day’s video. Yesterday I wrote a haiku about two of my kitties; today I wrote another one about how nice it would be if my kids did’t spend each morning’s wait for the bus in an argument over something. They argue about everything lately.
I’m excited about the poem aspect of this challenge. I’ve gotten back to work on The Lokana Chronicles, but I don’t want my poetry to fall to the wayside, and this will be a great opportunity to keep those poetic muscles in shape.
Well, that and the two poetry groups I’ve joined in the last six months. 😄
What about you – have you set any new year’s resolutions?
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Nothing sounds as sad
And lonely as the clouds when
They pour forth their tears
Upon the bitter
Earth, a million little hurts
Beating on the ground.
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When the bough breaks and
The cradle doth fall, who will
Keep you safest of
All? Who will hold you
In arms strong and warm? Who will
Love you, till death do
You part? When the bough
Breaks and the cradle doth fall,
Who will keep you safe
Through it all – safe till
The end? Who will you trust with
Your dreams in the end?
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Small-town living is
Not for the faint of heart, but
It is rewarding.
Small-town life never
Leaves you behind, no matter
How far you may run.
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I love the beauty
Of a warm spring day, but I
Loathe the allergies
That always come with
It. I feel like death warmed o’er,
And I look the same.
‘Tis such a pity
That all I want to do this
Glorious day is
Curl up under
The covers and sleep till I
Feel human again.
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I’m pleased, excited, and every other happy word you can think of to announce that my new poetry book, A Song for All Seasons, is now available! You can find it on Smashwords, Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Createspace, and more!
I’m also stoked to announce that the print copy of Tuesday Daydreams is now available at a new lower price. Both the e-book and print copies now have a shiny new cover, and you can find them wherever fine books are sold (read: all the above)!
Aren’t Fridays just the best? 🙂
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With me today is Callum McLaughlin, author of The Vessel, False Awakening, and Seeking Solace. He’s graciously agreed to talk poetry with me, and I hope you’ll have as much fun reading about his work as I did. 🙂
KK: So, how long have you been writing poetry?
CM: I’ve been writing in virtually every capacity since childhood. My earliest memory specifically associated with poetry is when I won a school competition aged 10 and I’ve been interested in the art form ever since. The poems included in Seeking Solace were written throughout the last couple of years, which is when I’d say I started really taking it seriously and falling more and more in love with it.
KK: We have something in common there – I wrote my first poem at age ten for a summer homework assignment. 🙂 What got you interested in poetry?
Jenny at readsbyredriverbanks asked me to take part in the Writer’s Blog Tour last weekend, and I’ve finally taken a few minutes to sit down and type up a post. I did a post on the same topic back in May, when the ever-lovely Tricia Drammeh asked me to take part. That time I answered the questions with more of a focus on my fiction writing, but this time I decided to focus a bit more on my poetry.
Why do I write what I do?
I write poetry because it’s something I’ve always enjoyed reading. I remember as a kid I spent a whole afternoon in one of the trees out at my grandparents’ place writing poems about my summer vacation as a school project. I used to really like free verse, and sometimes I still write a bit of it, but I’ve found haiku to be an interesting challenge, and it’s really quite satisfying to be able to cram a world of emotion into 17 syllables.
What am I working on?
I’m still working on…
I don’t talk much about my little poetry book, Tuesday Daydreams: A Journal in Verse. You may not have even known it existed till now, though there’s a link to it in my blog’s header. I haven’t done a lot of promotion for it, but it’s sold a few copies, which is pretty awesome for something that started out as a Christmas gift for a friend.
So when I got my very first review of it on Tuesday, I was pretty excited. Pretty darn excited, actually. So if you like poetry, maybe check it out? And if you do, leave a review! Reviews can really make someone’s day. 🙂
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 