Shadows on the Carpet I

With all the company from the Czech Republic coming and going, I have not had much time to work on getting the book ready for publication.  But I am making some slow progress. 

Sharing the revised front cover for the 1st book of the Shadows on the Carpet Trilogy.  I have finished making the manuscript adjustments and am now being challenged getting the book cover to look the way I want it to.

Moon Shots

Some photos of the moon the other day....

December Moon

I just entered a photo contest 'What's Through My Picture Window' from Julian Lennon. Please help me win by voting for my photo! Thanks. 

Click here - Photo Contest 

December Moon by AVR

English/Czech - Autumn and the Moon/Podzim a měsíc

An autumn poem fitting for Halloween along with a link to the audio version with music and mix by Mana Junkie - enjoy......

Autumn and the Moon Audio

Autumn and the Moon

The wind screamed

In circles

Autumn and the Moon Photo Art © AVR - 2013

The sky wept

Trees shed sheathes

Of leaves that

Flew and joined

The debris

Of life in

A dance of

The macabre

As the moon

Choked on the

Dust and died

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2007

Podzim a měsíc

Vítr kvílí

v čarovném kruhu

Nebesa pláčou

Stromy se svlékají

do naha

Aby srostly

s troskami života

V tanci smrti

A měsíc

v tom prachu

Umírá

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2013

 

English/Czech - Midnight Sky/Noc v Ražicích

This week's English/Czech posting was written (and translated)  in the Czech Republic in 2007.  Inspired by the moon, I wrote this poem.

Midnight Sky

photo by AVR

Broken moon fragment

Fallen cracked edge of

Shining smooth saucer

Spilling the curdled

Primordial

Soup of illusion

Into the sieve of life

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 2007 – Czech Republic

Noc v Ražicích

Rozbitý kus měsíce

Spadlý křehký okraj

hebkého svítícího talíře

Rozlévá sraženou

zárodeční hmotu iluze

do cedníku života…

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 2007- Czech Republic

Czech/English - Nicota/Void

This is one of the very few poems I actually wrote in Czech first, and so I will put the Czech version 1st and the English 2nd. The English version is also one of the poems in "Shadows on the Carpet" section 3 - 'Lunacy'.

NICOTA

photo by AVR

Stojím v stínu měsíce,

bez duše,  bez srdce.

Není iluze,

není sen,

není naděje.

Jen před očima temno

a pod nohama střepy

© Alice Vedral Rivera 1989

VOID

Standing in the shadow of the moon,

Without a heart,  without a soul,

There is no illusion,

There is no dream,

There is no hope,

Darkness before my eyes,

Shattered pieces beneath my feet.

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 1989