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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

Alive in Wonderland

I realized, the other day, that I had written 19 Poemhunter inspired poems and then I wrote 2 more.  I will be re-posting those poems to PH one at a time and I will endeavor to add my own audio to some - so far the audio doesn't seem to be taking.

FYI, I am grateful for the Poemhunter website.  It was the PH forum that taught me not to take criticism so personally and helped me overcome my fear of sharing my poetic ‘babies’.  The poets I have met and continue to meet on this site have left indelible marks on my writing by their example, encouragement, critiques, comments and forum discourses.  I have to credit the PH forum for inspiring me to write a good many of my social/political commentary poems.  This poem is part of "Shadows on the Carpet I", '
Visions' section (inspired by the PH forum).

ALIVE IN WONDERLAND

Going down the rabbit hole

Ravages one’s eternal soul

photo by AVR

Shrinking it down very small

Blowing it up nine feet tall

Living in Wonderland

Not having the upper hand

A life with integrity

It’s not so easy

Listening to the queen of hearts

Scream about some stolen tarts

More tea parties to be had

Thinking that you’re going mad

Being the underdog

Listening to a pedagogue

Say: “Live with integrity”

It’s not so easy

Floating through the looking glass

See distortion as you pass

A pathetic figurine

Wants to be a real queen

Alive in Wonderland

Where life is never bland

Living with integrity

Is not so easy

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2006

Shadows on the Carpet III Available on Amazon

I have been very busy this past month and a half and did not have time to post the fact that Shadows on the Carpet III was available for purchase on Amazon.  So here is the link - better late than never.

Shadows on the Carpet III on Amazon

...from desolation to restoration...

Shadows on the Carpet II Available on Amazon!!!

"Shadows on the Carpet II" is now available for purchase on Amazon!!!  I am so excited. Join the journey and navigate through the darkness - these poems are mostly relationship commentary poems with some social/political undertones.

Available on Amazon

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

Featured Reader - Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series

I will be May's Featured Reader at the Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series!  I will be reading from Shadows on the Carpet I, The T. Collection - A Retrospective and one selection from Dearest and Most Precious: A Love Journal.  I will have books available for purchase at a special price of $10 + some additional perks if you buy more than one of my books.  This way I will have something for those who like my dark poems and something for those who like my love and sensual poems/poetic prose.

Check out the THC Reading Series Blog

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.

Airport Ordeal - A Bit of a Rant

I am just getting over a major fibromyalgia flare up from all the stress last Friday.  The pain from the flare up kept waking me up and I was in pain even in my dreams. The flare up included the need to stay close to the bathroom for one and a half days in part because my schedule of taking probiotics, supplements and meals at specific times was thrown way off on Friday's stressful day at the airport. I had left the house around 2:15pm and with 4 hrs. at the airport, hitting mega traffic on the way home and needing to make a quick stop to see someone at a location close to the airport I didn't make it home til almost 9pm.  

Airport Ordeal

I am appalled at what immigration (now called ‘Homeland Security’) put my niece (and me) through just because she had just been here legally from the Czech Republic to visit for 3 months recently and was returning legally to visit for another 3 months (we had hoped she could come for 6 months but she couldn’t make arrangements to be away from home that long). They made her wait in a room with others for 3 hours before they called her in to ask her some questions. While she was waiting, people that had been brought in with her and after her were either given their passports back and told to go or called in for questioning while she was left sitting there wondering what was going to happen to her. I was sick with worry waiting for her and wondering what had happened to her (they don’t let anyone know what is going on but my niece was able to get a text to me so I would know that she was being led away and put into a room). She had a letter from me explaining why she was returning so soon (to help me with my elderly parents needs) but she wasn’t given the opportunity to present it until the questioning (which took all of 10 minutes and included a search of her luggage) after 3 hours of being held.  Regardless, she was entering the US legally to visit with family, and as far as I know, there is no law or even policy that puts time limits on legal visits. Meanwhile, my tax dollars are helping to support illegals from Mexico by providing medical care, education for their children, etc. - all supported by our government. What is wrong with this picture?   

Welcome to the United States of America 2014!

Working hard on "Shadows on the Carpet Part I"

After getting through the holidays and then the snow and more snow and deep freeze, I have been busy working on preparing "Shadows on the Carpet I" for publication. I decided to split Shadows on the Carpet into 3 books (each book with 3 sections and containing about 35 poems). Part I - Shadows, Visions and Luna-cy is almost ready.  Formatting is still the biggest challenge for me.  I finally have a revised front book cover for part 1. Neither software nor hardware were cooperative and every thing took me longer than I expected due in part to some 'operator error' and program incompatibility.  I still need to come up with something for the back cover and finish formatting the manuscript to fit the template and be aesthetically pleasing to my eye. 

This 1st part will contain the most direct and overt social/political commentary poems with some relationship under tones - a descent into the abyss so to speak. The 2nd part will be falling deeper into the pit and part 3 will be hitting rock bottom and the climb back up and out.  Two and three will contain more overt relationship poems with social/political undertones. 

Sharing the revised front cover with you today.  Comments welcome!