Lisa Mitchell Parker

http://tinyurl.com/bm6eb58
          
          Link to the Amazon purchasing page for anyone interested in such an interesting collection!

My poem, a complete and hefty revision of Caged, which first appeared here on WattPad to such great support (and thousands of readers worldwide), was published today in the collaborative book of art, poetry and short fiction, called "Uno Kudo, Volume 2: Naked".  It is available for purchase (all proceeds going to PEN International) on Amazon for a discounted price today.  It's a lush collection of art, poetry and fiction that will grace any library.  Although the theme was naked, few chose to write about actual nudity.  Most was about nakedness of the soul or humanity and the artwork expresses each piece tremendously!

Entered the Enthusiast category for the 2012 Atty Awards--- Look for Silence there!  Although I wanted to enter the Competitor category, I didn't have time to complete 10 poems (to my standards) from 10 separate poetic forms.  Next year!  Still, the Atty process has been great, and I'm entered from some spectacular random drawings!

Busily finishing entries for the Atty Awards.  Then I'll combine the ones that I marked above (if they make the cut--some will for sure).  I'm writing 12, but need 10 poems of different poetic forms.  So no new entries on the page for awhile but later a 10 poem set labeled as Atty Awards will be entered.  Wheee!!!
          A poetic decathlon!
          

http://www.gryphonsmith.com/fileg/verse/Terzanelle.html
          
          Curious about the Terzanelle format?  I was.  It's a great brain game.  But have your aspirin handy!  The above link was the best that I found to describe and teach it.  And, it contains a gorgeous example at the end.

Thank you, sweetie.  That's really kind of you.  I think these tests will be showing the doctors how to better take care of my brain, which is GREAT.   

I read you statues, I'm praying for you. I hope that you will be okay =]

Ha.  Just odd... because it's not even my best work posted on this site.  And the subject matter is one that most people avoid heavily and don't want to talk about.  Maybe a bunch of seizure prone writers have been reading.......  It's my only explanation.  
          

WOW. 1001 reads???????? I feel underaccomplished. GOOD WORK.

Eventually, it will strike.  But being a busy mother and having a lot of other issues on my mind often keeps me from concentrating on the obviously inspirations around me.  Or, sometimes, one cannot write about issues regarding family or close friends even if they are inspirations, as they prefer to not be written about---at least often in my life that is true.  That's always a little frustrating, but I understand.  I just spend a lot of time thinking of and observing others around me.