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

Snapshot in Time

I have received the proof of "Shadows on the Carpet II" and need to make just 1 small adjustment.  While I do that, I will share 'Snapshot in Time' from the Torment section of the book along with the photograph that inspired it.  The photo was taken by my photographer friend, Michaela Varekova.

Snapshot in Time

photo by Michaela Varekova

Nature’s cruel

Parody

Of her life

Kodachrome

Excerpt from

Her journal

Above pale

Gold lit high

Strung wires

A gray and

Angry sky

Spilling blood

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2008

Illusions in Shades of Lust

SCII cover approved!!!  The 3rd time was not the charm, but I finally figured out what was wrong with the cover and resubmitted it yesterday.  I ordered the proof today and should have it on Friday.  In the meantime, I will share a poem from the 'Torment' section of :Shadows on the Carpet II".

Illusions in Shades of Lust

photo art by AVR

Flights of fanciful
Delusional dreams
Of two souls in the
Throes of love - prone on
Opaque blue and gray
Stained tangled sheets of
Invisible lives
Splashing ruby red
Passion onto a
Canvass of ecru
Tinged with broken hearts

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2009

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

Shadows on the Carpet - Section 6 - Torment

Today I am sharing a poem from the 6th section of my manuscript - Torment.  The poem title is Torment as well.

TORMENT

In the middle of

photo art by AVR

The wilderness

Between the slivers

Of moonlight

Filtering through the

Camouflage of trees

Almost naked

They stood

Baring their souls

In the vortex

Of the simulated

Howling of the wind

Tethered to unseen

Anchors by invisible

Filaments of other lives

Almost touching

They stood

Palpably close

Two

Broken

Hearts

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2005