Winter's Gauntlet is the Novella Prequel to my upcoming novel 'Those Abandoned Souls'This Winter Solstice Rayven Abery is eligible to join the Empress' academy. A prestigious Academy where the very best train to become Elite soldiers for the Empress' army.Rayven must compete against her peers for the oppotunity of a lifetime that will guarantee her family's livelihood.Despite the odds, Failure is not an option.

Within this book is a collection of my mothers poems written for her lost loves, her love of her country, living in a new country, her love for her children, her grandchildren, great grandchildren and all who came into her world. Before she died, she gave me some of her poetry, written in books but mostly scribbled on scraps of paper, old envelopes and clothing labels. She wrote the words as they occurred on whatever she could quickly find so as not to forget the words and inspiration. Thi...

Do you love writing poetry? Dream of being a writer someday, but can't get yourself to write regularly? Or you have no idea what to write about? Then this book is for you. Based on the theme of autumn, it will have you writing poems every day for 91 days - all the way through fall and all about fall. Everyday there is a prompt to build on. From acorns to apple cider to raking, you will soon be scribbling away your own poems about fall.

EquinoxEquinox is the solar phenomenon that occurs twice a year, on 20 March and 22 September. It is the autumnal equinox which colors and shades these 20 poems by Debra Milligan.Day and night are believed to be of approximately equal duration but technically they are not exact. The duration depends upon where you are. This perspective highlights these poems about time: the transitions and interludes in our lives.Sometimes the taste of autumn is sweet, sometimes bitt...

An intimate and lyrical consideration of what it means to be a fatherThis moment of meeting seemed to be a birth-time for both of us; her first and my second life. Nothing, I knew, would be the same again . . .Full of warmth and candor, this essay composed on the occasion of his daughter's birth is one of Laurie Lee's most delightful and inspiring works. From the moment Jessy is born, "purple and dented like a bruis...

A Series of Rhymes, Songs and Poems written by Dr Terry Sands, author of 'Our New Human Consciousness - A Blueprint for the Flow of Life'Dr Sands is offering this to all readers at no cost and hope you enjoy reading them as much as he enjoyed writing them.

Flight is the third volume in the quartet of spring poetry by Debra Milligan. Each of these 16 poems is an invitation to a voyage in flight for anyone who dares to dream, for anyone who dares to let a reverie soar. Flight then is timeless for anyone who yields to the desires of the heart to take fly, to take wing and to reach new heights, to aspire to a firmament of one's own making.Themes include the yearning within the separation from a beloved; the potent language of silence; th...

Macmillan Children’s Books teamed up with Movellas, the online writing community, to run the Stanza and Deliver poetry-writing competition, open to teenagers aged thirteen to eighteen. After receiving hundreds of fantastic entries, the twenty-four best poems have been selected and are featured in this wonderful new collection, This Is What I Have to Say. A competition to give Movellas users the chance to design their very own cover for the poetry collection was also run in conjunc...

This poetry collection mainly explores human emotions. In an average day we all experience so many emotions and this is normal because we are imperfect and mortal humans. Though we may be placed in the same situation as another person we will always react in different ways because we are all different and unique. This collection of poems is what I have written from the age of 14 until now, exploring my own emotions and writing them down along the way.

This book is dedicated to my children, grandchildren and close friends. It is about love, happiness and some sadness. Hope that it helps the readers realizewhat is important in life. It's the little things in life that is important. That special someone, children, family and close friends. That very special love one. Hope it helps the readers realize just what is important in their own lives.

Faces of Love (Angels and Butterflies) is the fifth little poetry book in the series of, Faces of Love.Frances Bacon has been writing all of her life, with publications in many anthologies, also on many occasions was lucky enough to have publications in IPC Magazines. Frances hopes that her readers enjoy Angels and Butterflies, as much, as the previous edition, Faces of Love (Poems from the Heart) which can be found on Amazon and Foyles Book Shop London.