“You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.”
― Richard Bach
Exciting News!
My Second Novel, Astral Academy is finished! I’ll be pitching this book in person to one of Macmillan’s Imprints at The Atlanta Writers Conference on May 3rd, so please wish me luck. Also, AWC is a great conference. I recommend it for any stage of a writer’s career.
Congratulations to Cindy Trost for winning the Virtual Easter Egg Hunt!
Literature and Philosophy made the top #100 Rising in Literature this month! This rank is based on paid subscribers, and a few other engagement metrics. So, thank you for helping me achieve this exciting (albeit fleeting) milestone.
Join me this Saturday for the very first In the Margins, (live sessions).
April’s Poems
Flying Baby Giraffe
·I’m well aware
I try to fly
like leaping fleas
legs too heavy
and kicky feet
before committing
to crawling,
but it’s hard to stop this habit.
The ground I cover
before the crash, is vast.
The perspective grasped
before failure, wide.
I can always crawl-to walk-to run later.
But I don't want to...City Seeds
·Blood painted concrete. A city landscape,
overgrown, unruly with violence.
Families surrendered belonging.
Felt the rhythm of the city, and fled shaking.
A sunflower blooms and turns,
Unintentionally feeds a family of birds.
The Farmer hums a tune, working,
Waiting, collecting wayward seeds.
Rediscovered roots, in rural land.…
April’s Essays
April’s Recommended Reading
(Poetry) Fruitful – Stefanie Kirby