Escape from Mount Vilipend: Book I of The Daighacaer Series

Excitement overload!

I have finished the final edit of my epic fantasy novel, Escape from Mount Vilipend. I will be publishing on Amazon soon and can now, for the first time, give a sneak peek reveal of the cover. Thrilling times...

I am super-excited but nervous as well. It is definitely true that the writing of the book is the easiest part.

The Crow Reconsidered

RANDOM POEM IN AN INTERVIEW - CREATORS UNITED - 24 HOUR CHARITY STREAM

Early morning fun

At 02:30 during the 24-hour Charity Stream of Creators United, I was interviewed on the content I've been creating. It was a fun interview with host Vittorio and fellow Creator, Shushi Bushi. At the beginning of the session, I was given four words with which to write a poem before the end of the half-hour.

A reminder – it’s all about saving the children and the Abraham Kriel Children’s Home does that. They look after abused and abandoned children and teach them the skills they need to make it in life after they’ve completed their schooling. I’ve personally supported them for many years and can vouch for the work they do.

If you would like to donate, please open the link. The details are in the notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8RoDEwKX5g

The words I was given were:
From Shushi: Hope, Joy
From Vittorio:Nightshade,Crow

Here's the unedited poem (which I won't edit, although it definitely needs it) :)

THE CROW RECONSIDERED

The crow has had a terrible rap
Over many decades and many more years

As a child I watched The Crow
So I know how the tag was earned
Hell and Nightshade
Have nothing

On the horrors that that show summons

Can a crow invoke feelings of hope and joy?

Not for me I’m afraid to say

But these very clever birds are

God’s creatures too

So I give them a pass

And I hope one day

That they will give someone some joy!

Creators United

POEM # 9 - CREATORS UNITED - 24 HOUR CHARITY STREAM

Words by Mel

Creators

Collaboration

Sleepless

One voice

Chorus

Creators United

Trickles of sound

Tickle our brains

Teasing them

Into altered thoughts

Thrumming throbs

Chorus of tendrils

Unite together

One voice

Pulsing

To individual beats

Hearts and brains 

Meld

Collaboration

Of sights 

Of sound

Medley

Of sleeplessness

We are 

Artists

We are

Creators

Such is the life

We choose

Forming

Crafting

Drawing

From 

Inner depths

We 

Fashion 

Form

For our delight
And then

We give 

Our light

To you

 

The Willow Wept

POEM # 8 - CREATORS UNITED - 24 HOUR CHARITY STREAM

Words by Mel:
Mom

Power
Inspire
Willow tree

The Willow Wept

In the garden of our family home 
Stood an ancient, gnarled old willow tree

We didn't have a garden gnome
We shared nature with the ladybug and bee

Manicures (and pedis) were for us and not the lawn
Our garden was a growth and play ground
Where food was grown and logs were sawn
A haven around which our childhood wound 

That tree stood by me through many loves

A magnificent giant, scarred with many a carved heart
It wept with me in the desolation I wove
To guide me through my sighs and gulping tears

It bore silent witness each afternoon as the sun dipped to its rest

When a window in the house reflected a bright white gleam

That shone on its trunk and each bird's nest
Light that changed each leaf to a shimmering lime green

In those moments I often saw my mother watching me

Sometimes with a gentle smile, at others with her lips drawn in pain

There is no power to which a mother is privy 
That will be of any help to young lovelorn teen

My Mom knew as only she could have known

The courage I’d need to become who I am today

Her strength inspired me to have a mind of my own

Her innate power still takes my breath away

What's instructive for all who wish to experience life's thrill

Is that it's a complex jungle to be conquered on our own
As the willow wept with me and yet stands upright still
Our lifepath is a path to growth that is ours alone