Elisa’s blog

Quiet reigns in the deserted arteries
Hints of life long gone vibrates within the walls of capilaries

At a certain point during the night
The body is drained of life bright

Shadows fall over chambers normally full of life
The mechanical garden no longer full of noise and strife

When the whistle blows
Out the life blood flows

As the sun begins her decline
the heavy eye lids begin to decline

Leaving the skeleton dimly lit
Half asleep for the moment

Until that certain point in time
Life rushes back sublime

A the tic toc of the clock
The steady heart beat - tic toc tic toc

The steady rhythm seven days a week
The constant repeat

Empty bones at night
Spring with full abundance - with the return of the light.

One night cap
and after that
I will need to plan a cat nap

Or a peaceful slumber
as the sun's early rays peak over the cloud tops
and the earth begins to murmur

Tucked safely in my bed
nestled deep in the covers so soft
a cloud like pillow under head

Dreams & Fantasy occupy my mind
while the world wakes up
Me in that peaceful place so fine

No need to hurry today
so tucked in my cocoon
I should like to stay

This long sleep
a true pleasure - a joy
I would like to keep.

The sun's rays stretching
Through the dawn sky
Reaching up to the horizons on high

From gray to bright
Pure delight - the sun's light
Bold rays, cutting through the night haze

Peaking through my curtain
Wanting me to wake and play for certain
For each day it is so

Whether sunny, partially hidden or solid gray
This much is true - the sun wants to play
For the tender pinking of the sky teases

AS the bright light sneezes
It's warmth dost pleases
For hours on end

Until tis time to sleep
then the flowers will weep
Until it does return - reborn on the following morn.

Another issue of Naked SunFish is out. I have my own column now - Hopscotch. This month I wrote a fictional story. Next time around who knows.

Swim on over there and check it out and then if the mood strikes - stop back and let me know what you think...

An underdog on the swing
Bits of joy only you can bring

A teacher at the plate
A strong set of arms when learning to skate

A kiss and a hug before bed
Much guidance to be said

From that first day
To every milestone along the way

Sometimes your gift is overlooked
But their importance not mistook

So today we raise a glass
Because we cannot let this special day pass

Without saying Thank You Dad
So many memories & gifts to be had

Gather round the table
For tis time for tea
I will you you all a fable
open your ears & listen to me

A story I will weave
as we sip from the cups
A lesson learned before you leave
This I offer my eager pups

For the lines
around my eyes and across my face
mark the years as rings do a pine
a map of how I came to be in this place

For with my eyes I have seen
much I wish to share
To tell of oceans blue & Isles green
Important lessons, gifts beyond compare

Let me tell you about what I remember
Before it vanishes like smoke
Sparking a fire within you with this ember
For one day my mind will be fractured - broke

I think sometimes I should write
my memories down on a page
But it is my voice which these tales their sprite
The brightness & understanding in your gaze

So settle down my child
And listen for awhile
To my recollections wild & mild
We have but a little while

In the flickering firelight
Stories are told
About warriors so bold
and of wise women, young & old

Look up upon the velvet sky
the blanket of stars
telling us where we are
in a place so far

The dancer will tell
a story - in time with music
her movements magic
the story given life rhythmic

Through the night turns are taken
History is recalled - for us to learn
Inspiring the young for greatness to yearn
For respect and praise must be earned

As the pink tints the night sky
We seek our beds
with visions of old filling our heads
I wonder to what am I being led?

I know I have been on the fence with the entire e*book thing. I found them difficult to work with on my Palm and now that I have a Crackberry, well I cannot use those books I purchased for my Palm. I still like the idea of electronic books - for the sheer convenience of not having to lug around a book.

Welcome to Daily Lit. It is like the library only via email. Some of their selections are free and others do cost. You give them your email address and they will email you a portion of a selected book a day or at whatever frequency you request until they have emailed you the entire book. So right now I am getting for free a romance novel via email. Perfect for killing time in the park or while waiting in line somewhere. All on my crackberry via email. Create a folder on Yahoo in your in box and you can keep the book all together. Rereading at your leisure. I think it is a great way for me to read just a bit, when I have time.

Another feature I am testing out is the Wikipedia options. I am having Daily Lit email me 50 Capitals of the World and The 50 best Poets of all Time. So they send you a summary from Wikipedia and if you want to learn more - well they include the link for that as well. Better for me than the news I should think and educational. I am all about learning something new every day, this should help me with that.

According to their newsletter - Daily Lit as a website is a year old. Surf on over and give it a try!

Well today is the big day - I am so very pleased to announced the publication of my first book Celebrated Deliberations. It is a book of poems - many of which will sound familiar if you have been reading this blog!

I published this book through LuLu.com. It is also currently for sale there and will be available at other fine retail outlets in a few weeks.

I have to say thank you to many people for helping me make this happen. My good friend who kept me focused on manuscript edits and the process, my other friends who pushed me to try writing to make my work public to share. Also a huge thank you to my friend who took the picture of me for the back cover! We spent a lovely afternoon in the park getting some great shots. A huge thank you to my family, who has put up with me writing when I should have maybe been doing something else - it is done and we can all breath for a bit, although I feel another burst of creative energy coming on - so the respite may be short lived.

If you order a copy of the book - or two - please drop me a comment and let me know what you think...

I have been writing a ton - just not posting it here. I just finished a piece which is for the Naked Sunfish. I will let you know via the blog when you can read it. I think it is a great story - a departure from my Mind Candy featured here. I still like writing the Mind Candy, but of late I have been trying some new things and challenging my writing style. It is good to grow.

I am still consistently in awe of how my mind constructs stories. The story I just constructed came to me in sections, the ideas and concepts had been dancing around my head for days - a bit from a conversation with a friend, a bit from some deep thinking I had been doing and then as I rode my bike the other day - BOOM. There was the story. Just like a movie as always - in my head. I came home and wrote it down and the words flowed like water. The story is well over 1500 words and I wrote it in no time flat. Which if I stop and think about it is amazing - less than a year ago I struggled to write a 1500 word story! Now I am consistently kicking out business profiles which average 350 words each and articles which are between 700 and 1500 words. It is amazing how practice and time invested in ones craft pays off.

This time next week I will have an exciting announcement for all of you here on VOX! Thanks you for roughly a year of reading and learning with me! I am looking forward to great things to come!