Of the Sun Fire

Moonlight glints and winks with a soft hum as girls in soft satin dresses dance around the fire. I can taste notes of empty forests and flowers smeared with blood on my tongue. Different reasons of their betrayal plague my mind. I opt to scream inward and swallow the lump in my throat. I see the candles lighting the wooden staircases of the haunted castle as I step in. The sight reminds me of when I was a child and held bears made of cotton tightly out of fear when I was left alone. I look down at my feet to see pictures of old loved ones crushed under them like worthless blossoms. Do I feel happy? Sad? Gloomy? Maybe all of them at once. I guess that’s the life of a dandelion girl.

The poems and pictures in this book represent the struggles I felt as an outcast and how I learned to find an exit for myself in the wonders of the world. I tried to capture the feeling of being rejected and later accepted into a new world in the poems and pictures I gathered. I hope people with similar experiences can read my book and feel a little less alone than they did before. I hope they realize things will get better. Your wings of fire will emerge.

Not My Life's Story

Not My Life’s Story is a poignant anthology of poetry, capturing the essence of transition from the brink of childhood through the turbulence of teenage years to the thresholds of young adulthood. Crafted over several years, this collection is an emotive journey, not bound by chronology, but rather woven through the myriad experiences and milestones that define growing up.

Within these pages, the poems traverse a diverse landscape of themes. They delve into the profound and often challenging process of coming out, the bewildering onset of puberty, and the complex feelings surrounding body image and dysmorphia. Relationships, in their many forms, are explored with raw honesty, alongside the poignant experience of leaving home and stepping into the unknown.

No Lost Tears

This collection offers an intimate glimpse into a life weathered by adversity yet renewed by purpose. The candid verses inside reflect the mind and heart of a writer who has suffered yet chooses to share the lessons and hope gleaned along the way.

With grit-edged honesty and tenderness, the poems mine the profound human experiences that forge us: love and loss, joy and grief. They chronicle the search for meaning amidst the hellish trials of life, while celebrating the saving graces of beauty, redemption, healing.

Mystique

Experience the enchantment of Mystique, an exquisite collection of heartfelt poems that celebrate the beauty of life in all its forms. Evy Sackrider weaves a tapestry of emotions, inviting readers on a captivating journey filled with love, friendship, and the wonders of nature. Through her masterful use of plain and simple language, Sackrider infuses each verse with a delightful human quality that will resonate deeply with readers.

Within the pages of Mystique, you will encounter a rich tapestry of themes that explore the diverse spectrum of human emotions. From profound moments of introspection to soaring heights of joy, these poems embody a sincere and unwavering belief in the goodness that resides within every soul. With an empathetic voice, Sackrider captures the essence of life’s complexities, offering solace, inspiration, and a renewed sense of hope to all who embark on this poetic journey.

My Mistakes and You

She grew up with a desire for her words to be read, unconcerned about whether others could relate to what she had to say.

She yearned to pour out her soul, even if it meant her cup would overflow.

She sought acceptance despite her flaws and mistakes.

Her words were written in the hope that others would understand the reasons behind her tears, which gave birth to rivers and lakes.

This book is for those who do understand.

Here is My Mistake and You.

Mustard Earring

In Mustard Earring, emotions and logic intertwine as the book delves into the themes of personal values, inner struggles, anxieties, and unfortunate circumstances. While the narrative primarily takes place in the past, it also sheds light on hidden truths and realities, making for a sensitive and thought-provoking read. The book explores the search for happiness and comfort in a world filled with injustice and unaccountable actions. Through the author’s perspective, readers will gain insight into the objects of desire that shape our lives and the way we perceive the world around us.

Mistakes Like This

Mistakes Like This is a book of poetry that strongly emphasizes the harshest and most confusing of truths. This book focuses specifically on the realization and appreciation for one’s own worth and the importance of recognizing an unstable relationship or a toxic friendship and coping with the loss of the ones we hold most dear.

This book covers personal experiences that people of all ages can enjoy and learn from. Each poem within this book has a specific meaning and storyline that readers can insert themselves into to really get a full feeling of what each poem has to offer. With lots of sharp turns and plot twists, this book succeeds at making its readers interested and wanting more.

Mirror of Time

Thomas Roop has been fortunate enough to travel widely through his life, learning from a wide variety of cultures, traditions, and religions. These encounters inculcated and developed a love for humankind. While travelling through Denmark, he encountered and fell in love with the work of the 19^th century poet, novelist, and playwright Hans Christian Anderson. The literature of T. S. Eliot, Carl Sandburg, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, and others are all evident influences on Roop’s own work. All of these encounters inspired him to share his own ideas, reflections, and insights in this anthology of poetry.

Memories in Technicolor

Poetry is the most expressive of the various forms of the written language. It allows one to describe events, experiences, people and emotions in an imaginative manner. The poems in this anthology illustrate the writer’s belief that the natural world and the emotions of the individual are interconnected. That the rhythm and imagination within the mind of the individual is inherent within the forces, the beauty of the physical world. The author believes that poetry, expressed in simplistic words can lift the heart, cause old romances to live again and transpose oneself into the natural world as a participant, not just an observer.

Me and You - You and I

Madison Dorsay loves to put on paper the ongoing thoughts, conversations, sights and sentiments that surround us every day. In particular, Madison is drawn into the meanderings of wandering spirits and their intertwined relationships in an eternal love of life and each other, interrupted by the occasional interlude. The poems collected here reflect collective thoughts and considerations made during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact they had on love, togetherness and the realization that we are never alone.

Me

Choices: Free will or destiny what do you think changes the outcome?

A descendent of Nova Scotian parents of mixed heritage Afro-Canadian, First Nations and Irish. Born in Montreal, Quebec and raised by a single mother in the neighborhood of Cote des Neiges (also known as Uptown), the second youngest of six siblings.

Follow her from a child on a young girl’s journey through molestation to a woman dealing with addiction and abuse. A single mother of two raising her children in a rough neighborhood, struggling to provide and keep them safe, where crime, violence and police harassment are an everyday occurrence. Delve into the mystery and uncover the secrets. Meet her friends, magical relationships forged for a lifetime.

Join Melanie on the roller coaster ride of life see the choices: love what you do, or do what you love? Different paths, detours, or dead ends.

Free will or destiny, see where it will take her.

Love Under Fire

“Love Under Fire is dedicated to the women who have inspired me and whom I have known and loved and in a few cases loved too much. Their number is many, and I thank all in memory of their timeless appreciation and remembrance – the cornerstones of immortality for all.

Their combined life stories have emboldened the world and enriched the uniqueness of all our individual lives, journeys, and endeavors.”

The Way of the World…

What Loss

My heart is strong enough

to give…

But not strong enough

To give away.