When KDP won’t let you. Well they will, but only during a single five day period for each ninety day KDP Select Enrolement period

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I’m on the editorial panel for the Poems for People Anthology in Solidarity with Refugees. The submission guidelines are here and the crowdfunding project to raise printing costs is here. The anthology will be printed by Five Leaves Publishing and is looking for poems and micro-fiction that sheds new light on the refugee experience, is specific rather than general and isn’t unremittingly gloomy, harrowing or preachy. The closing date is 28 September. Writers can submit up to 3 pieces as a Word attachment and pasted in to the body of an email with a writer’s biography of 50-100 words. Postal entries are also accepted.

Entries started arriving from 2 September, when the project was launched and the following observations have been made:

Submission Guidelines

• Not everyone reads them. If there’s anything in the guidelines you’re not sure about, by all means query it, but the guidelines are provided for…

None of us like to talk about the end of life issues, but Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “Nothing is certain but death and taxes,” is true and sooner or later, someone will be dealing with things we’ve left behind.

It seems like yesterday, sassy, opinionated and in the prime of my life, I thought the world was my oyster. But, I blinked and time slipped away faster than water through a sieve.

Now, when I open the paper, friends and acquaintances from high school look back at me from the obituary page. It gives you pause, especially when you notice their ages are within striking distance.

I lost my best friend of 37 years, almost six years ago. She died suddenly and too young.  Afterwards, I made a point of getting things ready for my family. My last Will & Testament is in place, and arrangements made, right down to the last detail.

However, I…

“Life without dreaming is a life without meaning.” -Ritu Ghatourey
Dreams begin in the mind and heart of a person. They include one’s passions and desires and intense interests. They give one a glimmer of hope. As from above quote, they tend to give one meaning in life. Something worthwhile to pursue, and hopefully one day achieve.

So, in a nutshell, how can having a dream help a person?
• Provides hope
• A reason to get out of bed each and every day
• Gives meaning to one’s life

But, what happens when a person gives up on those dreams? Or deems them unreachable because an unthinkable event occurred?

What then?
“Dreams never truly die; they just change their appearances.”
This was something I penned not so long ago as I tried to convince myself that my dreams were NOT dead. When I was twenty-one…

Artist, Emilia Wilk

Digressing
Tanka Haiku Hybrid
September 05, 2015

I
As the seasons pass
Beyond the smoke and mirrors
Have you been counting
All of the full and new moons?
Last we spoke — it was the last

II
Did you know, Autumn?
She’s my dearest time of year
Please wait, I’m rambling
Her mystical amber glow
Afternoons’ yellow-beauty

III
She floods all the rooms
Ah, such a sight to behold
 View golden sunlight
Pass through playful swaying trees
Casts of prancing-dancing leaves

IV
Tell me you recall
Autumn is my favorite,
Magical you know!

V
I absolutely —
Love a grand blustery day
My mind can’t discern
Between swirling little birds
And the twirl of fall leaving

VI
Debris, discarded waste
That’s found lying on the ground
Scooped up, taking flight
Caught by a current of wind
Cradled, a zigzagging kite

VII
To see, realize
With eyes keen for true feelings