Romantic Riddles is a collection of poems that examines the essence of love and the questions, puzzles, and uncertainties that accompany each kiss, intimate encounter, and relationship we experience in our lives. Each poem is infused with some aspect of the heart’s greatest puzzle: Love. American Poet John Everett Button asks, "if the heart could speak, what would it say?" However, in asking that very question, an entire world overcame him. Scenes of unfathomable circumstances consumed him...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning, AusDM 2023, held in Auckland, New Zealand, during December 11–13, 2023.The 20 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: research track and application track. They deal with topics around data science and machine learning in everyday life.

Seven tales of supernatural horror . . .A maiden in a tower. A grandmother in a cottage. A stranger at a ball. None of them are what they seem, in this collection of very brief stories from fantasy author Marie Brennan. The dark forest of fairy tales hides things more perilous than wolves and wicked stepmothers. Are you prepared for what you’ll find?TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Snow-White HeartFootprintsShadows’ BrideTower i...

'Just Imagine' brings together two Rhyme Whisperer Books, 'As The Moon And The Sun' and 'In The Madness Of Meeting' in an anthology of poetry on love, faith and dreaming that will provoke minds and brighten hearts of readers of all ages.

This collection of Japanese haiku by American singer and composer, Don Raye is a delightful contribution to the world of haiku written in the English language.Like Haiku sings as haiku should—of life and joy, and sorrow and the seasons. Nor is this surprising for Mr. Raye is a successful song writer. For him no subject is too trivial, and none is too deep to put into poetry. He writes for Hope and History; Women and Wanderlust; Soul Brothers and a Seeing Eye Friend; Ego an...

Then the old cobra rearranged himself on the stage, settling in for the telling. The three monkeys in white returned and sat down by his side.Beside us Mandar and Manini also sat down, easing into comfortable lotus. A restful silence now settled on the large hall.Then he began."Hanuman's oldest son was blessed with an outstanding memory. This is the story he told, and for which he in turned thanked the blessings of those many memories that had gone before him:

The process of aging occurs one day at a time. It is cumulative and at some point, every person becomes aware that they have more of life in retrospect than prospect.Under ordinary circumstances, that awareness comes as a surprise: it is suddenly there; unbidden and unexpected. Suddenly one is forced to face the reality that there are more yesterdays in one's life than there will be tomorrows.This is a collection of poems for those who have become aware of that reality in t...

She is walking upon the moss green, fingers tracing the bright stone of curving walls when the air splits and splinters, and the Golden Prince is there. She knows him as she knows them all in the instant of seeing. Remembering suddenly the past and present as it unfolds. Remembering the aura of his shimmering robes, the bright eyes of grey, the flowing hair like the light of last sunset, his hand reaching for hers."Thou wilt never abandon me, Pale Princess," he says. "Thou wilt fig...

My poetry is in essence about spiritual awakening. Each verse a moment of passion (in all its forms) captured in a weaving of words. They are designed to have many layers of meaning, responsive to the mood and need of the reader. I aspire to be the woman I would hope to be, to achieve that I must carry on my own journey of creative and spiritual awakening. Enjoy my poetry; let them cast their glamour before you, arousing your senses and creativity.

The poems of David Hatfield Sparks resonate with the rise of the postmodern, multicultural, LGBTQ and feminist political and spiritual movements. Inspired by Walt Whitman, H.D., Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, and his close friend Gloria Anzalda, and drawing upon ancient and indigenous mythologies and spiritualities, together with magical practices, a passion for Nature, and a delight in Camp, Sparks seeks to trace the multilayered, multidimensional, at times nostal...

Black-hearted eternity is kept alive through thorough kisses of dark, dark deeds and the dead things that let them live.When I was born, infant, new and innocent, I knew this but with time and growth and lost love I couldn't remember. Specifics simply fade, comfortable and enshrined sidelong significance and faith. Not until I died and was born anew, bloody and symbolically baby again did I swallow down the red truth. A deformity of forever, the catch.Birth in death is a re...

The figure of the young American poet living in Paris is familiar from Paul Auster's celebrated novels; here that character is realised in Auster's own stunningly accomplished verse. His penetrating and charged poetry resembles little else in recent American literature. This collection of his poems, translations, and composition notes from early in his career furnish yet further evidence of his literary mastery.Taut, densely lyrical and everywhere informed by a powerful and subtle ...