Quick Poem - Twitter Challenge - SandGlass People

Sometimes twitter holds little challenges
So, I thought I'd whip up a quick poem:

SandGlass People

This is but a shadow
of the precious moments
etched
into our hearts

fragile moments
that can be lost forever
broken
between one breath and the next

— A.J. Ponder (@AJPonderBooks) June 27, 2020

Or, if you can't see the tweet - the poem is below. :)
Thanks for stopping by,
A.J.
(PS if you liked this poem, you might also like Time Wyrm)

This is but a shadow

of the precious moments

etched

into our hearts

fragile moments

that can be lost forever

broken

between one breath and the next

The Secret Story - a Cinderella Story that's as crafty as the secret meaning of Fairy Tales

Apparently, I'm very good at keeping secrets. It's a special skill, so take notice when I say...no, I'm not saying anything about my crafty story. Or how the secret meaning of fairy tales is shadowed in secrecy and allegory. Or even what knitting & tatting have to do with any of it, because, well - it's a secret.😉

The Secret Story Blurb:

A horde of rats

A coven of witches desperate to stay hidden

99c on Amazon & other platforms

A ball to die for—a ball that must remain secret at any cost

As a smithy’s daughter, Amarinda can only dream of going to the ball. But Amarinda’s daydreaming must end when her father is injured and she discovers her family is in debt to the evil crime lord Lady Dragonheart.

The harder Amarinda tries to help her family, the more she’s drawn into a hidden world of witches and power—and caught up in Lady Dragonheart’s schemes to steal the ‘cook book’ Amarinda needs to heal her father, infiltrate the Avondale ball, and seize the kingdom.

Will Amarinda’s father survive the night? Will she get to dance with the prince? And who will be turned into a rat? Find out by reading this secret story of a not-quite Cinderella, whose closest thing to a fairy godmother is, alas, old Granny Earwax.

The Secret Story is wide, you can pick up a copy for 99c on most platforms using this D2D link: https://books2read.com/u/4DyLRd


That's all for now, folks, 

If you want to check out some fairy-tale poetry to fit the fairytale book theme, why not check out my "Portal to Fairy Tale Poetry" here. 

A.J. Ponder

Have you seen the news

Have you heard the news today?
oh boy
there were armed troopers in the streets
and it was more than sad
they didn't care the world was watching

exploding

I saw the photograph
broken arms and blinded eyes
and if we should get to the heart
of how many dollars does it take
to fill a rich man's chest?
yes, it's really for the best
if we don't know

Have you seen the news today?

oh boy

all the eyes have lost and Standing Rock
was just a test

look how many people must be blinded 

for the world to see

the sky is falling

And yes, it's been so fast
and it's taken so long
they sold us out for just a song
a pretty tale of freedom and
death
while we stood and stared
someone took their last...

You'd think
we'd be aware

but we've simply
turned away

there is no,
there is no news today

A.J.

And that's the poem I wrote in the middle of last night, because the tune for the Beatles song "A Day in the Life" broke into my head.

Because sometimes it really does feel like the sky is falling. But unlike Standing Rock, people are watching. There are too many people to ignore, all risking their lives for freedom, not just the fake freedom to die, but the freedom to stand up against hate, systematic racism and creeping fascism.

Do not forget this moment.

We can go back to "normal" or we can change the world.

"It didn't need to be like this" Dr. Rev. Barber on Democracy Now. You might know him as the guy who brought back MLK's poor people's campaign, "Fight for Fifteen" and June 20th poor people's digital march on DC.