Thank you for your kind hospitality in having me here today to share my latest release, Gratitude & No Fairy Tale: Just Her Poetry Book Three, Sandra!
This new collection of haiku, free verse, and photography is a blend of the old and the new.
With my No Fairy Tale: The Reality of a Girl who wasn't a Princess and her Poetry memoir no longer available, my poetry wasn't either. It included poetry I’d written over the years, including my first poems. Two of the poems I updated only to make the message stand out. A few weren’t included in this collection because they were more for the memoir than this poetry collection. The rest of the poems are as they were written. That wasn’t easy to do for me since my poetry style has changed, but I felt it was more honest to leave them as they were. This became part two of this collection.
In part one is my newer poetry or haiku that I blended with my photography. I have used these poems and photos in calendars that I’ve given as gifts at Christmas. I know Sandra has posted several calendar pictures here and appreciate that. Now, they are in my store, D. L. Finn’s Gratitude Store on coffee mugs, journals, candles, shirts, and totes. LINK
Blurb:
Explore D. L. Finn’s poetic journey, from her newest to earliest works. Part One immerses you in a combination of her photography and symbolic poems. Peaceful winter days, forests, and sunsets illuminate her search for the magic of life. Part Two retraces her journey from her first poems. Her life is revealed through free verse poems and photographs that were featured in her memoir, No Fairy Tale. She discovers gratitude on her path to happiness. Join her as she explores her reality through emotions and nature in this special collection.
Excerpts
From Part One:
I included the poem under the picture so it would be easier to read here and in the book.
quiet summer flow
the river water beckons
for an evening swim
From Part Two:
AROUND US
As I walk in the forest around my house,
I feel in awe at the beauty of it all
The silence that surrounds me
And goes deep inside
Is broken only by a bird or squirrel
To my sheer delight.
The trees remind me of wise, ancient gods
Standing guard and protecting me.
I pay tribute to their size and power.
The air so sweet with pine and cedar
As I expand my lungs wider,
Desperately trying to inhale it all.
Walking in nature as God fashioned it
Makes me realize how we should
Appreciate all the things around us
And become a part of them.
