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

Shadows on the Carpet I Available on Amazon!

Shadows on the Carpet I is now available on Amazon!!!  I just don't understand why they have tagged a book of relationship/social/political commentary poems as suitable for age range 1 - 17 and grade level 1 and up????

click here Shadows on the Carpet I

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

Lost in Space - Views from a Plane

Sharing a poem I wrote on the flight home from Nevada another Views from a Plane poem along with the view that inspired it.....

photo by AVR

Lost in Space

As we traverse

the bumpy terrain

of life – sometimes

we stumble upon

A clear path

to the unknown

but are afraid to

change direction

To embrace this

new road to our

true destiny

instead we wander

Aimlessly through

familiar territory

losing ourselves

in a fog of

Forgetfulness

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 4/30/2014 7:00pm CDT

Cornered Tumbleweed

Sharing a new poem that I wrote in Nevada...

Cornered Tumbleweed

Dried ecru tumbleweed

Wind driven tangled baskets

Rolling along for miles

Finally corralled and

Herded into a corner

© Alice Vedral Rivera 4/26/2014 2:50pm PDT

Waiting Hearts - Views from a Plane

Before I left for Nevada, I shared my poem 'Pulled Away' (January 2013) from my ongoing Views from a Plane series.  Today, I would like to share one of the new poems that I wrote on my way to Nevada (April 15, 2014) along with a photo of the view that inspired it.

Waiting Hearts

Silver Threads - photo by AVR

Silvery threads

Embroidered onto

Patches of quilt

Abstract pattern of

Lines and squiggles

Hides beneath clouds

As I am taken

To eager hearts

In the distant west

And you must wait

Alone at home for

Me to return

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 4/15/2014 3:30pm CDT

Shadows on the Carpet I

I have finally finished the cover for "Shadows on the Carpet I".  I was not able to work on it while I was in Nevada visiting my grandchildren because neither my son's nor my daughter-in-law's computer worked.  I just submitted it for approval.  I pray that I will be able to get copies of the book in time for the Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series where I will be the featured reader for May.  If not, I will just read from "The T. Collection" and I still have a few of  "Dearest and Most Precious: A Love Journal" left.  I would like to include "Shadows on the Carpet I" if I could.  That way, I will have something for my readers' varied tastes.