This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Hendricks’ Which Way is Up is a collection of poems focusing on the balance between the darker things in life with the lighter ones. I love the quote at the beginning of the first section that reminds us that you need darkness and sadness in order for […]
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Book Review: Poetry for the Soul by Bhunga Enoch Noyila
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Noyila’s Poetry for the Soul is a beautiful collection of poetry following a range topics. Favourites include: ‘A Good Book’, because it is so true to my own feelings. Truly good books captivate. They are the keys to places your soul can dwell. I can’t […]
Book Review- Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother by Segilola Salami
Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother is the second of Salami’s Yetunde books. This short, beautiful read is told from the perspective of Yetunde, a mere babe, who’s own ma has passed away. Yetunde narrates for us as her ma engages in a Yoruba tradition of praise poetry, reciting one for her own mother. Yetunde […]
Book Review: In All Things by Marta Curti
This book was reviewed for Online Book Club *Click here to visit the OnlineBookClub page for this book. Curti’s In All Things is a beautiful testament to the interconnectedness of life, and how the vagaries of life are not as random as we think. The narrative jumps between three different perspectives, in […]
Book Review: Blood Transparencies by Randy White
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Blood Transparencies, an autobiographical poetry collection by Randy White, is an eloquent and poignant look at a life via verbal snapshots. These precious pearls shaped in words are beautiful, drawing forth emotion and resonant memory from the reader. There were several times I had […]
Book Review: The Shadowed Path by Gail Z Martin
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review The Shadowed Path by Gail Z Martin is collection of short stories giving insight into the murky past of Jonmarc Vahanian, telling the story of how this young man got started down the path that would eventually cross with Prince Tris. I was so […]
Book Review: Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
I received this book as a gift with no expectation of a review Werner’s Effortless Mastery was just the book I needed. I am a baby violinist, having taken it up at the advanced age of 38. I had inherited a violin, and decided this was the perfect thing to help keep my neural […]
Pearls Priceless Beyond Compare
Pearls Priceless Beyond Compare ©2016, Aislynn d’Merricksson Pearls of memory strung along, one by one, beaded on strands of spirit and soul, myriad shimmering hues, some big, others small. Touch one, then another, and another. Images bloom in the depths, wakening in the mind, scattered over months, days, weeks, […]
Dinner with Lucifer
Dinner with Lucifer ©Aislynn d’Merricksson, 2015 Dedicated to Mark and Tracy Pellegrino, and to the other four wonderful dinner companions that night. We are a motley group, the five of us, come together to dine with the Prince of Hell and his lovely lady. What a noble cause it is that has brought us […]
Book Review: Searching for the Truth by Maranda Russell
Searching for the Truth by Maranda Russell is a quick read with a powerful punch. The poems and prose within will make you question your beliefs, and take another look at what you think you know. ‘Before Your Eyes’, the very first poem of all, really made me stop and think, and then agree. It’s […]