Children of Tomorrow

Sharing one of my social commentary poems from Shadows on the Carpet I

Photo AVR  © 2014

CHILDREN OF TOMORROW

From you - our future

From you - we borrow

You are the children

Of all our sorrow

Children of tomorrow

In the aftermath of today

What will you do?

What will you say?

Children of tomorrow

Ours in every way

What are your horrors?

What price will you pay?

Children of tomorrow

Living with our legacy

Can you survive?

Can you stay free?

From you - our future

From you - we borrow

You are the children

Of all our sorrow

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 6/16/06

Soul Work

I have approved "Shadows on the Carpet III" for publication.  Sharing Soul Work from the 'Release' section of the book.  I am also sharing "Work of the Soul" audio - my lyrics & Ciba's music performed by Rhythm on 22nd.  Hope you enjoy!

Work of the Soul Audio

SOUL WORK

The reflections of

photo by AVR

her yesterdays

stare back at her

ghosts of unresolved

desires haunt her

and she navigates

the waterways

of tears as she

seeks to exorcise

the demons that

plague her present

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 2005

Shadows on the Carpet III

Now that Shadows II is done and should be available on Amazon as soon as I receive and ok the proof, I am working on the 3rd and last book of the trilogy - hitting rock bottom and the climb up. Tell me what you think of the cover.

book cover by AVR

Blood Red Roses

I'm having problems getting the cover for SC II approved. Hopefully the 3rd time is the charm.  Sharing a poem from the 'Contaminated' section - enjoy.

BLOOD RED ROSES

Blood red

The roses she’d

photo AVR

Always received

Blood red

Blood red

The sole chroma

Of her world

Blood red

Blood red

Spurted out from

His thorn-like barbs

Blood red

Blood red

Her anguished life

Assiduous

Blood red

Blood red

Her favorite

Shade of roses

Blood red

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2006

Shadows on the Carpet II - Fallen, Contaminated, Torment

I have finally been hard at work on Shadows on the Carpet II.  The manuscript is put together, formatted and just needs some tweaking.  I had to totally redo Shadows on the Carpet I to fix the missing or incorrect page number issue and that took me some time to do.  However, in doing so, I was able to resolve some of the formatting issues I struggled with and SCII was a lot easier to format.  Sharing the final cover for SCII.

Photo Art by AVR

Weep for Rachel

One of the poems I will be reading tonight from "Shadows on the Carpet I" along with the audio version.

I wrote this poem after Acidplanet artist JTL (John Carter) contacted me about adding some words to a piece of music he had written.  After listening to his piece, I wrote Weep for Rachel.  He asked me to record the spoken word and mixed it into his music. Hope you enjoy!

Audio of  Weep for Rachel

Weep for Rachel

Weep for Rachel

photo by AVR

Weep as she weeps

Weep for Rachel

Weep as she weeps

As they slaughter

So shall they reap

Do they not hear

That all of nature

Adds its tears to

The sobs of Rachel

Weep for Rachel

Weep as she weeps

As they slaughter

So shall they reap

Do they not know

We are all one

Do they not see

What’s being done

Weep for Rachel

Weep as she weeps

As they slaughter

So shall they reap

Weep for Rachel

Weep as she weeps

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2006