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Now available in the Direct Sales Bookstore

"The Poetry Cafe" is available in hardcover from the JB Stillwater Direct Sales Bookstore. This book was written by John Newlin and is a wonderful collection of his poetry.

Secrets
by Janet Brennan

As the evening sun melts across water-grass,
I heard the song of the Spoonbill
This place not forever, but in my heart always
Talons of watery grasp
this land of gators and mangrove as
Black Orchid hides waiting for another chance
to dance
Cropped beneath shell graves,
hiding from the storm
My Stillwater nest, prolific memories

This drum beats, ‘I was here once!’
Lost in shades of dark, a mid-night dream

This place
Enchanting shrine to spirits and Great Gray
who spread her word, as wild seeds
Oh, secrets of the everglades!
Told from father to son, ever-changing;
ever claiming
her bounty in the pillage
Swift gain, its beauty in solace
through trails of forever-water and life
and always
the answer to the question
of what came first?

© Janet Brennan- All rights reserved

 

Charles Adés Fishman, welcome to the Stillwater site. We are thrilled to have Charles with us on the guest page with his extraordinary poetry. Charles is a pulitzer prize nominee for his wonderful book, "The Death Mazurka" and will be publishing his latest book with Casa de Snapdragon entitled "Water Under Water" Welcome Charles!

NEW BABY IN THE FAMILY FOR SHANU! Congratulations to our own wonderful guest poet, Shanu Goyal, Uttar Pradish, India for giving birth to a beautiful baby boy on the 4th of march! How lovely! Shanu is also one of the guest poets included in my novel, Harriet Murphy with her wonderful poem "Equivocations" a verse written for chapter 7, "The Way of the World".

Yeah for Terri French. She has had a poem accepted for publication in the next issue of "The Heron's Nest" Way to go girl!

Congrats to our Tracey Brown who has won second place for her outstanding work in poetry. at www.SpiritualKnights.com. prize of $50.00. Congratulations, Tracey!!

KATHRYN RANTALA....NEW GUEST POET! Welcome Kathryn! OK guys, the site is hopping with two new guest poets this week. Kathryn is a seasoned and multi-published author from Washington State. You are going to love her work!

WELCOME ROBERT R. WOODS!!!!! We have a new guest poet on the site and you are going to love his brilliant writing. Robert lives and teaches in New Mexico. He is a seasoned writer, poet and Prof of Theater at Highlands University. We are thrilled to have him join our family here on the Stillwater site.

"HARRIET MURPHY,A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING by Janet K. Brennan, now available on Kindle and bookstores everywhere!

Charles Ade's Fishman, author, poet and Pulitzer Prize nominee has just signed contract with Casa de Snapdragon for his newest book, "Water Under Water" Perhaps a second nomination in the offing???

CONGRATS TO KATRINA GUARASCIO on the release of her new book, A SCATTERING OF IMPERFECTIONS. This luscious and edgy book of poetry can be purchased through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and directly from the publisher, Casa de Snapdragon. Katherine Luke of Abstract Wizardries and Design has done the cover for this wonderful book and it is stunning!

NEW REVIEW ON THE REVIEW PAGE FOR AUTHOR, ELLEN MENARD, ' THE NOT SO PATIENT ADVOCATE" www.notsopatientadvocate.com or www.amazon.com are the places where this book can be purchased and it is one that you will all want to have. Check the review out and you will see why!

OK guys! John Newlins "Poetry Cafe" a sumptuous cup of joe has now been released to the public and can be purchased on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, as well as direct from the publisher at www.casadesnapdragon.com and this site in the book store. It will soon be available in Hastings book stores. ORDER IT NOW! IT IS A AREAL TREAT!

DONT MISS THIS ONE! My Foreword for Dr. Santosh Kumar's brilliant book, NO NUKES; Brave New World of Beauty a Long Narrative Poem Songs of Peace & Haiku is now up in the Book Reviews section. Congrats to Dr. Kumar for this important addition to literature and fine art.

Congrats to Terri French who recently was a finalist in Writer's Digest's Red Heart/Black Heart Poetry Contest. Her poem "Arugula Dreams" will be included in an upcoming compilation available in a free down load. Also, Ms French has had a haiku that was chosen to be published in the 1st Annual Basho Haiku Challenge chapbook put out by Lilluput Press. It should be available in the next month. Terri recently interviewed the producer of the upcoming indie film "Say it in Russian."

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