Treasuring Poetry, 2024: Introducing the poetry of DL Mullan and a review is available to read. In this interview, I discuss my inspiration and journey into writing poetry. The classics are a beautiful influence and help me ground my creative pieces. My interview also exhibits three poems from other chapbooks. Transcendence is in my upcoming Impetus. The Flower Within lives in Effloresce, which is being expanded for a future release. Weather and Asymptote reside in Phantastic.
I hope poetry lovers read my upcoming chapbooks as I re-release these poetry books from one platform onto another. This year, I plan on publishing at least two chapbooks, Eclipse being one of them. I cannot wait to share my lyrical visions with an expanded audience.
Thanks again, Robbie Cheadle, for your kindness and review of my poetry.
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DL Mullan has been writing award-level poetry for thirty years.
Recently, she has showcased her literary talents by self-publishing
several collections of her poetry. She also writes novels, designs
apparel, and creates digital art. Ms. Mullan‘s creative writing is
available in digital and print collections, from academia to commercial
anthologies.
As an independent publisher, she produces her own book cover designs
and video presentations, as well as maintains her own websites. She is
an award-winning digital artist and poet.
The world is filled with amazing things, if we will just stop a moment and take notice. In this vast universe, we are but tiny individuals, filled with awe and amazement. From reflections on first love, to reflections on growing old. The poems within these pages express a lifetime of unique reflections in Small Wonders.
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Interview
Undawnted's DL Mullan sat down and interviewed fellow poet, Kaye Lynne Booth about her poetry collection, Small Wonders.
What made you decide to write a poetry book?
Small Wonders is an accumulation of a lifetime of
poetry. I have written poetry since I was a young girl, and here and there,
I’ve had a few published over the years. But, poetry is a form of writing which
I indulge in because it is fun, and although I enjoy sharing my poems, I never
really looked at it like it was something to make money off of. But when I saw
the enthusiasm rise for the Poetry Treasures books, which WordCrafter Press published
each year, I decided that I had enough poems that were sitting around gathering
virtual dust to publish a collection and share them with the world, for better
or worse.
Why the theme "Small Wonders"?
What was the inspiration?
Poems are the “small wonders” of the
literary world. They help people see things in new and different ways. They
allow the poet to pour out his or her heart in a way that expresses exactly how
they feel in such a way as to create an image that others can relate to and
understand.
Is writing poetry an innate skill, or did you
have to develop it? Doyou have your own
style? Or, do you like writing poetry in the variousstandard forms (haiku, sonnet, etc.)?
As I said, I like to write poetry because it
is fun. I like to play with words, and so, I have fun experimenting with
different forms of poetry. I enjoy writing syllabic poetry to see if I can say
what I wish to say in the correct amount of syllables, and I also enjoy playing
with visual poetry, such as shape poems. In the collection, I’ve included an
entire section of poems I just had fun with.
Do you have a favorite poet? If so, why? How
did this poet inspire you?
A. I am partial to Emily Dickinson, Sidney
Sheldon and Dr. Suess. I believe that much of my poetry carries the sing-song,
rhyming qualities of the two latter. Dickinson, I relate to on a different
level, as she is more somber in her poetry, in both subject and content, and I
think some of my more serious, emotional poems carry that somber quality.
Have you written an epic poetry (Homer)?
Actually, I have written a couple of epic,
or at least semi-epic poems regarding the life and death of my son, but those
are for a very different book. There are a few poems in Small Wonders
which are quite long, but I don’t know that one would call them epic.
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Review
Want to return to a time from your youth? Want to let your imagination guide you through the images dancing in your mind? Then pick up a copy of Small Wonders, by Kaye Lynne Booth.
Small Wonders is a collection of poems that cradle the reader in fanciful rhymes that lead to having a picnic buffet of emotions and imagery, waiting with each turn of the page. The reader gets to sample different motifs and poetry structures throughout the book.
If you want to take a moment for yourself, then read a page a night.
Here is an example:
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The Small Wonders Giveaway
Three free digital copies of
Small Wonders
are up for grabs. Follow the tour and make a comment at each stop,
so I know you were there and you’re automatically entered.
One entry per stop.
Winners selected in a random drawing. (Really. I draw them out of a hat, literally.)
For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; and book 1 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah. Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.
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Summary
What is this poem about?
The Devil has come to town to baptize followers for the other team in
order to steal their souls... do you know who your preacher is?
Even the Devil Can Quote Scripture
Critical Acclaim
What readers have to say about this poem?
"What happens when you give the Devil a run for his money!"
"Another great piece by our generation’s [Gen X] Genre Laureate."
"Ah such a talented woman I can only hope to be as good as you one day love your poems."
"Irreverent, but topical in our current cultural climate. Perfect."
DL Mullan is an award-winning poet. With poems in numerous publications, including academic and commercial anthologies, Ms. Mullan is becoming Generation X's Genre
Poet Laureate.
Want to read some free selections? Venture over to her page on My Poetry Forum.
Undawnted has been doing some spring-cleaning, as it were, to our poetry line.
We are in the process of adding chapbooks like Supernatural Archaeology, and some others whose titles are tentative, but soon to be released on this site. In the Long Form poetry section, we have some great ideas for each seasonal reads. We have begun the process with the release of our Long Form poem: Galactic Ride in March 2022, and the upcoming chapbook release of Eclipse in May 2022. More goodies will be uploaded soon to our Chapbook section. Our goal is to have a long-form poem and chapbook for every month of the year.
After a large catalog of poetry has been published, then in November 2024, we will release: Oracle. This chapbook will celebrate 30 years of award- winning/level poetry from our own rhymer, DL Mullan.
She believes poetry is for everyone. Her poems are easy to read and digest. The meaning is what the reader brings to the words, but also Ms. Mullan conveys her own thoughts and feelings into the mix.
In the coming weeks and months, you will see this section change with exciting and even more provocative writings. Ms. Mullan challenges herself on every level to bring her audience the best writing and culture of the age. From poetry, prose, and digital art, there is no comparison to her commitment to the tangible legacy she is creating before your very eyes.
You can have curated... or you can have creative. Undawnted- where the imagination is fearless.
In the post: On My Poetry Forum Poems to be Retired for 2022, a list of eight poems that were ready for their time in a computer folder was announced. Now that time has come. These poems have been removed from public view:
Moon over Aphrodite
9.12.01
Upon Reading Edgar Allan Poe
Step on All of Us
You
Desert Mesquite
Vanished
Eggnog Dreams
More poems will be offered in the coming year. Choose your favorites wisely, as they too will be weighed and measured at the end of 2022.
If you would like to read and hear one of DL Mullan's poems, then please don't miss: Asymptote, available now.
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At the end of the year, all poems will be removed to make way for our video shorts and feature films in the works.
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The more you, the audience, interact; the more I can give you of what you want: fearless creativity.
Have a great and wonderful day.
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Poetry is a difficult craft to mold one's own ideas into as a creative process. Words are often written, even spoken, out of context with idioms, axioms, metaphors, and cliches to add further complications. Poetry is even more challenging than grammar when expected to follow certain rhyme schemes or cadences.
Behind Closed Doors is a poetry book that marries the conventional with the creative. The poems are stream of consciousness illustrations of life, love, and remembrance. Unusual thoughts that show us the world we live in through another person's point of view, but is that so unusual? Or, is the uncommon often seen in the simple and direct in times of uncertainty?
Everyday life and the people we associate ourselves with are how we see ourselves and the outside world. In the section on the lockdowns, that is where Ms. Cheadle deepened her reach into our emotions. With the poem "No Contact," she expressed her feelings as a ghost with being insubstantial and unreal. This exhibited depth and resonance from which her creativity can only grow and take her writing to the next level of expression.
If you like to know more about Ms. Cheadle and her creative works, please check out the rest of the Blog Tour at Writing to be Read as well as her Youtube channel:
Have a great and wonderful day.
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Behind Closed Doors, a collection of unusual poems
What goes on behind closed doors: in the boardroom, after death, in
the home, during lockdown, and in nature? This collection of poems,
ranging from rhyming verse to twisted nursery rhymes, captures the
emotions and thoughts people hide behind the masks they present to the
world.
What thoughts are hidden
Behind her immobile face
Quite expressionless
Eyes cold and indifferent
Scrutinising me – hawk like
This book includes some of Robbie Cheadle’s spectacular fondant art and cakes.
Robbie Cheadle author bio
Author and Poet Robbie Cheadle
Robbie Cheadle is a South African children’s author and poet with 9 children’s books and 1 poetry book.
The 7 Sir Chocolate children’s picture books, co-authored by Robbie
and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy
for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of
delicious cakes and cake decorations. Each book also includes simple
recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult
supervision.
Robbie has also published 2 books for older children which incorporate recipes that are relevant to the storylines.
Robbie has 2 adult novels in the paranormal historical and
supernatural fantasy genres published under the name Roberta Eaton
Cheadle. She also has short stories in the horror and paranormal genre
and poems included in several anthologies.
Robbie writes a monthly series for https://writingtoberead.com called Growing Bookworms. This series discusses different topics relating to the benefits of reading to children.
Cold nights sitting by the roaring fireplace with hot coc oa in hand is what the chill of winter's frost brings us.
The
holidays are being celebrated with parties. Carolers make their rounds
through neighborhoods, People shop at the local businesses for gifts.
Children have sugar plums dancing in their heads.
What to do on those long winter's nights? But read, of course!
Here are some of my reads for your reading list:
Fiction Novels Nocturnal Redemption: In the Eye of the Beholder Professor
Ryan Blackburn is about to discover a world beyond her own imagination
where vampires, werewolves, and magical gypsy witches exist.
*****
PoetryChapbooks Turquoise With everything that happens in this world, you're stronger than you know.
I have been trying to publish my chapbooks and other stories, but fee based platforms have gotten their rules and polices in the way.
That is quite disconcerting. All I want to do is publish my poetry and novels. I didn't believe such actions warranted an IRS form and forced revenue edict. I am disabled. I am not going to make enough to pay taxes on for years.
I am not in the biz to make a landslide. I love to entertain. That's what I do in the creative writing field. I am too ill for book tours or anything else. It's to keep my mind busy while I am stuck most days in bed (22+ hours, most of that is zzzz).
I have loads of experience in various fields as well as a Masters degree in Teaching and Learning with Technology. My website is my stage and my classroom. Anyone who ventures here will receive a first rate creative writing, literature, mythology, and arts education.
So I find the demands of corporations and the IRS just a little comical to say the least. I will have to find a new way of communicating myself to my audience.
I'm taking suggestions.
Habitue did drop today. If you would like a copy, then let me know via my social media page on Facebook and Twitter where this article will be posted. It's a short chapbook with a handful of poems about habit forming behaviors.
Maybe make a donation of a few bucks to help me with my technology expenses? I do everything from scratch these days. So every penny is appreciated. I take Paypal. Maybe that will work...
See, I am still working out the rough patches.
Being a writer should not take a corporate intervention or demands of the IRS, I should be allowed to be the adult I am. I file my taxes as appropriate. I can do that with a simple printout of what I made between two dates as already available via the Lulu software in my account settings.
I think it's time to rethink the writing business because it's no business of anyone's except my own.
If the IRS disagrees, then maybe it is time to abolish the IRS.
To burst forth; bloom- everything in nature from flowers, fires, and ferocity.
"The two first lines drew me in, ..I think this brings me to the ponderous moments while watching the magnificent sky..when you almost feel you are shifting along with the changes."
"I enjoy reading your work & find this a wonderful image spurring thought or is it a thought spurring image... A delightful senryu to please those ancient Japanese while pleasing modern interpreters of this form as well. "
Forums are a great way to meet new people and gain insight into one's own writing. The provocative and evocative poem, Imaginary Suicide, was nominated twice on My Poetry Forum.
Undawnted's YouTube Channel offers poetry shorts to full-fledged poetry feature films in our Poetry Slam section. This new playlist will give you more of the rhymes you crave.
Subscribe for more award-level poems written by DL Mullan.
Undawnted's YouTube Channel offers poetry shorts to full-fledged poetry feature films in our Poetry Slam section. This new playlist will give you more of the rhymes you crave.
Subscribe for more award-level poems written by DL Mullan.
My 2020 goal for submissions was to be more active. I have great poetry and I would like readers to experience my brand of rhyme, free verse, and metaphor. I have been writing for decades, with many positive reviews and critical acclaim.
This seasonal cycle, I would like to expand my audience who may think that poetry is not for them. Then, you have not read my poetry. I write scientific, science fiction, imaginative, and emotive based poems that are not difficult to understand, but will leave an indelible mark on the reader.
I am publishing a few established poems that I have placed in my chapbooks on a few forums online. So if you would like to read some of my poems and leave a review, then please subscribe to Undawnted's YouTube Channel.
I also write poetry for a commission.
Have a great and wonderful day.
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Subscribe for more award-level poems written by DL Mullan.
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