Caustic
by Patricia Harris
The words that drip from your tongue
burn deeply into the soul,
Caustic like the acid,
Perhaps I am lost in a fog
of the brain melted by what you had to say...
I stand here broken,
wondering if I have made
many the wrong choice,
Walking through the acid rain...
for someone who will never see
the damage inflicted.
For the one who will always
cause me pain.
So you found a new book?
Or maybe you just published one?
Did you find a new webcomic that you like?
Or a song you think everyone should hear?
No need for explanation…Just Share it.
You find a good deal that you think we should all see? Just share!
Or hey even a joke you think too fun not to share, Just share it.
Post links in the comments.
Occasionally I will too.
so I have been seeing a shift in the social media popularity as of late. I figure it is a natural thing but it means that it might be time to put my list of where to find me out there again . These are just me. I will probably be doing Serena next week. probably Fae Corps Publishing another day.
Facebook(mouseypoet or my personal page is pattimouse)
bluesky(pattimouse)
Instagram (pattimouse)
LinkedIn (pattimouse)
X (although I really don’t check it anymore )(pattimouse)
Twitch (Dedrasfirekiller)
Deviantart (Brokenangelmom)
Tumblr (pattimouse)
Mastodon (pattimouse.mastodon.social)
TikTok (pattimouse)
reddit (pattimouse)
Pinterest (pattimouse)
Email (authorpoetpatriciaharris@gmail.com)
linktr.ee probably has more because I feel like I have forgotten something. I don’t check the majority of them often but I do check.
BTW if you think there’s a theme in my social media …I did it on purpose for the most part. Deviant is older than the publishing so that one is different from the rest. Twitch is not book related so I wasn’t sure if I needed it to be the same. (Dedrasfirekiller is also my Skype name but I don’t even have the app on my phone)
Drops of Light
by Serena Mossgraves
I don't need to see
bright examples of
Illumination,
Don't you see that simplicity
will work for me?
Minor drops of light
to illuminate
that which I need to
examine.
Do not flood my sight
when you can easily instead
illuminate gently
what I need to see.
Lyrics –
Ramblers in the wilderness we can’t find what we need
We get a little restless from the searching
Get a little worn down in between
Like a bull chasing the matador
Is the man left to his own schemes
Everybody needs someone beside em’
Shining like a lighthouse from the sea
Brother, let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother, let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Face down in the desert
Now there’s a cage locked around my heart
I found a way to drop the keys
Where my failures were
Now my hands can’t reach that far
I ain’t made for a rivalry
I could never take the world alone
I know that in my weakness I am strong, but
It’s your love that brings me home
Brother, let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother, let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
And when you call and need me near
Sayin’ where’d you go?
Brother, I’m right here
And on those days when the sky begins to fall
You’re the blood of my blood
We can get through it all
Brother, let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re feelin’ low
Brother, let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Brother, let me be your shelter
Never leave you all alone
I can be the one you call
When you’re low
Brother, let me be your fortress
When the night winds are driving on
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
Be the one to light the way
Bring you home
My 2 cents –
I am currently on a binge….
Brainless
by Patricia Harris
somehow I have lost
my brain in my travels,
I feel like a zombie
wandering loose lost.
Every one seems to think
I am brainless
because I don’t follow
the notes of society’s song.
So you found a new book?
Or maybe you just published one?
Did you find a new webcomic that you like?
Or a song you think everyone should hear?
No need for explanation…Just Share it.
You find a good deal that you think we should all see? Just share!
Or hey even a joke you think too fun not to share, Just share it.
Post links in the comments.
Occasionally I will too.
This last week has been something out of the twilight zone. One of the Authors from the anthologies (J.Milton Case II AKA Uncle NEcRo) passed away. Jenny’s Cat passed away. To be honest I don’t handle death well on a good day…but this was just too much. Add in the holiday and I ended up sick. So, I am just today trying to get a little bit of work done. As I feel like I have done naught but sleep for the last week.
Trying to get all the books up on Ingram (for author copies) and Payhip (to give another ebook option) had me going over how many books I have published. I started publishing my poetry books in 2010 and started the company of Fae Corps in 2020. There are 23 anthologies out for Fae Corps. That doesn’t even include the individual authors who have been published by us. That is just surreal.
There is a lot I have learned along the way. My kid keeps yelling at me because I am so willing to share what I know freely. They say I should be charging for my time at least. And I suppose they are right, but it is so hard to see this stuff as something to charge for. I would not even know what to charge.
One Candle
by Serena Mossgraves
is it too much
to light a single candle,
to illuminate the world
one small light at a time?
One Candle to fight the darkness,
one Candle to push the dreary away.
I am not trying to rid the world
of all the darkness,
That is too much for me to try,
I just want to push some light
into the world so that I might see.
One Candle is enough for me.
Pattimouse 