October, with her black satin eyes, came flashing into autumn… Reposted from a few years ago: Poetry dances through life with me as background music. It has always been an uplift during troubled times and contented times. My passion for poetry goes right along with a soaring love of mythology and fairy tales. One long… Continue reading Welcome October 2022
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Welcome to Day 7 of the #RRBC “SPOTLIGHT” Author Blog Tour for @BalroopShado #RRBCSA #RRBC_Community
I’m thrilled to participate in the RRBC Author Tour for Moments We Love, Poetry by Baloop Singh. Poetry is glorious to write and read, and Balroop is a worthy representative of this precious art form. MARCH 2020 SA BALROOP SINGH DAY 7 Ode To Poetry Time stands still in your clique Stream of consciousness… Continue reading Welcome to Day 7 of the #RRBC “SPOTLIGHT” Author Blog Tour for @BalroopShado #RRBCSA #RRBC_Community
Fae Friday: Frost Fyre Update
My poetry anthology Frost Fyre is now available in paperback, as well as eBook format. My husband would be so thrilled at this, and it gives me the good shivers as well!
Valentine Wishes
Hug your Special Valentine! Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic in Romance
Cover Reveal: Frost Fyre
I am beyond thrilled to present the amazing cover created by Dawne’ Dominique for my first poetry anthology, Frost Fyre. I know how pleased and proud my husband would be to see these poems in print. Publication will be in two weeks. Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic
October Poem
Poetry dances through life with me as mesmerizing background music. It has always been an uplift during troubled times and contented times. My passion for poetry goes right along with a soaring love of mythology and fairy tales. It’s a fundamental need. One long ago year I rose at dawn every morning and wrote a… Continue reading October Poem
Fae Friday: Spenser’s Belphoebe
What is more wondrous and expressive of spring’s energetic regeneration than a lovely verse and exquisite painting? Her name means Beautiful Moon. But to this fair Belphoebe in her Birth The Heavens so favourable were and free, Looking with mild Aspect upon the Earth, In th’ Horoscope of her Nativity, That all the Gifts of… Continue reading Fae Friday: Spenser’s Belphoebe
Vintage Friday: Autumn Leaves 1886
Autumn Leaves by A. Purinton By happenstance I came across a female poet I was not familiar with, a New Englander named A. Purinton. Her compilation Autumn Leaves was published in 1886 in Massachusetts. Have you heard of her? She never sought to be published and wrote the lyrics for her own satisfaction. They… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Autumn Leaves 1886
Mythic Monday: Apollo God of Light
God of the golden bow and of the golden lyre, and of the golden hair, and of the golden fire. John Keats Love, love, love these words. I cannot count how many times I recited this to my son during his childhood. What do you feel when you gaze up Meynier’s painting? Cheers & Happy… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Apollo God of Light