tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62120189724766801842024-03-14T04:50:34.368-07:00`*~...Patricia Etienne Random Thoughts/Writings`*~...
The extraordinary is in the thought of ordinary.
This blog is a lieu for poetry, Creative writing, short/ lengthy stories, and to share my work with the world. You will find a number of poems with different themes and characteristics on this blog. "Poetry must first hum and sing-
then can be connected to the level of consciousness."Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-67973150776230422962015-01-13T17:51:00.000-08:002015-01-13T17:59:21.040-08:00I'm Lost among #Poem<span style="color: #fefefe;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: magenta;"><span style="color: #fefefe;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Far inland I was torn from my family<br />Marched in a coffle line to the shore<br />Embarked like a rack- on board in a floating tomb<br />Through the triangular route<br />Silence tore my heart out<br />And I was consumed by anger<br /><br />I couldn't stand the absolute power<br />it felt like a spell cast over me<br /><br />With the language barriers<br />of different religions and distinct cultures<br />I could barely greet anyone<br />Through the eyes of my chain-mates<br />I would communicate<br />The power of fear ascended<br /><br />and we all felt its presence<br />We auctioned away from our loved ones<br /><br />No hope of reunion<br />With their sweats penetrated my skin<br />I could feed my thirst<br />Punishing was to lash for down strength<br />I would force to pick up my strength<br />Looking back again today<br /><br />Knowing a past pain<br />my true identity can't ever be known<br /><br />The blur memories of my past ancestors-<br />can't ever be cleared<br />I'm a lost child among...<br />I bear my master last name <br />I sometimes forget to respond<br />when it is being called<br />Simply, tap my shoulder<br />and call it twice<br />When a name is all that's left<br />For I know, I'm a lost child among<br />and my last name is X.<br />But My spirituality is the one thing that keeps me whole.<br /><br /> © 2011 by _Patricia Etienne<br />All rights reserved</span></span></span></div>
Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-25867259579420730842014-10-27T17:40:00.001-07:002014-10-27T17:56:53.553-07:00~No limit kindness~ #Poem #Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Judge me three times before Hephaestus</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Judge me seven times before Aeglaeca</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Judge me twenty one times before Abaddon</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Many judgments hath unleashed upon my way</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Great old voice reads the verdict out loud </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Alas! Does not generate the thinking</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">However, palm of hands execute the ruling</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Until proven dirty, they're yet clean</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Judge me thirty three times before Ravana</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Judge me, treat me without mercy</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">For He the pure, above all evil gods</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Forgive me seventy times seven</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">Unlimited I am!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #fefefe;">© 2011 by _Patricia Etienne<br />All rights reserved</span>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-75913462003510327452014-10-13T11:01:00.002-07:002014-10-13T11:13:22.234-07:00Ebola #EbolaPoem #Poetry #Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We are in a blind spot; we like to see across the veil. It seems like we are scrying for answers, but the sign is pointing nowhere. We sigh with magnitude of clueless. We all questioning… is pestilence at large? Halas! The puz</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">zle remains broken on the board, while somewhere in Liberia is wiping off the map and the US nation is mourning by anxiety. Again… questions are flying like snow falling from a daunted sky. Considering “Bat soup” has been serving for ages in Liberia, which classifies Ebola as the convicted killer? Why now the incubation period is on the rise? Like an orchestrated pestilence, with no mercy on the human organs and tissues- that is killing by many. What will be the verdict eventually? How can we see from a bigger picture?<br />© 2014 by _Patricia Etienne<br />All rights reserved</span>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-76221062561117438632014-08-26T08:54:00.001-07:002014-08-26T10:16:47.629-07:00On Writing #Writing #Revision<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Revision is by far the golden stage in the writing process. The
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<o:p></o:p>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-19360133823627052842014-08-24T20:38:00.000-07:002014-08-26T11:06:03.016-07:00On Writing #Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That’s the learning experience of it. Each time I write a
new story, I find myself moving up the ladder. And from there, I’m able to trace
my writing journey and identify my standard. With that being said writing tool
can be honed through recursive process, time and practice.</div>
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that are connected with this day: Where all hell breaks loose, don’t circle
around the electricity pole, wicked witches are parading on their brooms, shapeshifters could take your face to a crime spree, vampires are recruiting for their
nest. When the wind blows west and brings
all the dark leaves to the east. Etc… Well, I’m planning to tackle on the rising
action part of my story. (The Undercover of Darkness book 2) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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motivation juice can be on the rise; and ideas can swim down on the fictional
lane. Why not? To all paranormal/supernatural/thriller writers,
let’s sore this day with writing. As for me, I’m ready to bleed the words out
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Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-90108964218163496712014-05-26T10:26:00.000-07:002014-05-26T10:42:42.128-07:00The cripple and The granted #multiplesclerosis #MS #poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1029">All</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1030">knit</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1032">in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1033">the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1034">context</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1035">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1036">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1037">own</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1038">way.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1039">The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1040">continuous</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1041">unsatisfactory</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1042">results</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1043">Whining, </span></span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1044">nagging</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1045">about</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1046">all</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1047">Nothing</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1048">goes</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1049">right</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1050">by</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1051">her.</span></span><br />
</span><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">~ </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 36.0pt;">♥</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">~</span></i></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1052">When she’s</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1056">given</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1058">gold, </span>she<span class="blackclass"> rather
have</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1063">diamond</span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1064">The stone is neither too</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1065">big</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1066">nor</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1067">shine</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1068">enough</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1069">Asking</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1070">why</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1071">the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1072">sun</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1073">isn't</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1074">shine</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1075">enough.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1076">Living</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1077">in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1078">the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1079">illusion</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1080">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1081">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1082">own</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1083">fantasy</span></span><br />
</span><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">~ </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 36.0pt;">♥</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">~</span></i></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
<span class="blackclass">She</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1085">is</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1086">born</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1087">with</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1088">a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1089">silver</span></span> spoon<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="phraseanchor"><span id="ws1091">in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1092">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1093">mouth.</span></span><br />
<span class="phraseanchor"><span id="ws1094">Yet,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1095">unable</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1096">to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1097">taste</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> a s</span><span class="blackclass">well</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1100">whipped</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1101">cream</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1102">So</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1103">miserable</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1104">and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> <span id="ws1105">self-center</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #b6d1f5; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;">She’s unable to spot life in one happy moment.</span></div>
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<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1115">At the entrance of</span> the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1118">social</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1119">club</span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1120">comes</span></span> <span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1121">in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1122">a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1123">young</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1124">woman</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1125">in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1126">a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1127">wheelchair.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1128">Breathtaking</span>ly</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1129">beautiful</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1130">with</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1131">a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1132">cafe</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1133">mocha</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1134">complexion</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1135">All</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1136">men</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1137">in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1138">the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1139">alley</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1140">are</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1141">awestruck</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1142">by</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1143">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1144">beauty.</span></span><br />
</span><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">~ </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">♥</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">~</span></i></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1145">However,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1147">Multiple S</span>clerosis</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> <span id="ws1148">has </span><span class="blackclass">crippled</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1149">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1150">down.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1151">Nevertheless,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1152">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1153">spirit,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1154">mind,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1155">and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1156">soul</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1157">stay</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1158">whole</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1159">laughing,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1160">joking,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1161">with</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1162">no</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1163">measure.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1164">Certainly,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1165">a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1166">thrill</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1167">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1168">life</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1169">appreciation</span></span><br />
</span><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">~ </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">♥</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">~</span></i></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1170">This</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1171">unappreciated</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1172">being</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1173">Sitting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1174">on</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1175">the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1176">other</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1177">end</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1178">witness</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1179">it</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1180">all.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1181">Start</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1182">to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1183">confront</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1184">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1185">own</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1186">inner</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1187">self</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1188">Now</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1189">seek</span>ing</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1193">within</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1194">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1195">soul.</span></span><br />
</span><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">~ </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">♥</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">~</span></i></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1196">Question</span>ing</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1197">her</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1198">inability</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1199">to see</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1200">the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1201">light</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1203">Then, she</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1204">comes</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1205">to</span></span> realize <span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1207">her</span></span> <span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1208">ungraciousness causes pain.</span></span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1209">She found the conceivable answer.</span><br />
<span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1215">And she's</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1216">no</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1217">longer</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1218">taking</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1219">life</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1220">for</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="blackclass"><span id="ws1221">granted.</span></span><br />
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Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-36472053245011423602014-05-18T08:55:00.002-07:002014-05-18T08:55:17.988-07:00My great pride #poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">O' this flag </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">I live and walk under </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">How my heart </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">Eternally sings </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;"><br />The song of bliss<br />When I watch it floats<br />High, so high<br />Below sky blue<br />Remembrance!<br />My brave ancestors…<br />Their nonpareil efforts<br />Vigorously fought for their country<br />So they did!<br />They so very did!<br />Breaking out of slavery<br />In vertieres 1803<br />Battle of freedom<br />And so independence was to initiate<br />In Venezuela, they sought for the cloth<br />Through heavy sea waves<br />Many perished at sea below<br />Brought on land the torn cloth<br />Lady Catherine Flon,<br />Heart of a great patriot<br />Heroine of forever time<br />With her last seed of strength<br />And through difficulties to greatness<br />She used strands of her hair as threads<br />to stitch the torn cloth.<br />So thought by<br />The Great Emperor<br />The disposition of colors and symbolization<br />Black for geographical parameters<br />Where sun rises and sets<br />Red for all blood shed<br />Which later changed to red and blue<br />Symbol of palm tree for endurance<br />Labor, devotion, freedom<br />With the motto “Unity is strength"<br />Floating flag<br />In the land of Haiti<br />On the account of victory!<br />So this flag continues to wave before my eyes<br />My heart pumps blood of joy<br />Each breath inhale, each breath a smile<br />I cherish my freedom.<br />I honor my ancestors.<br />My pride is all I have!<br /><br />© 2009 by _Patricia Etienne<br />All rights reserved</span></div>
Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-29642009320153310772014-05-11T11:01:00.004-07:002014-05-11T11:01:47.494-07:00~* Love beyond the Limit*~ #happymother'sday #poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Repetitive nature of breathing<br />
long hours of waiting<br />
while labor is latent<br />
It feels like a getaway with beautiful images<br />
Wonder how it will look like<br />
So unfortunate when the fully dilated cervix-<br />
rises the pain level<br />
Carries all imaginations to realness<br />
Outrageous pain, almost unexplainable,<br />
but associated with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">consequences of women's sin</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
Nonetheless, the push, push<br />
With many concerns:<br />
</span><em><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt;">Fear of fainting
episodes,</span></em><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
<em><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Umbilical cord
knots,</span></em><i><br />
<em><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bridge
position,</span></em><br />
<em><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">and the sound
of it cries-</span></em><br />
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worry for a possible stillbirth.</span></em></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
Along arrives birth, <br />
The glance at this little bundle<br />
Amazingly, desensitized all the pain<br />
An astonishing moment!<br />
Begins the conjugation of love<br />
The sense of pride<br />
The glory mounts<br />
The feeling of completeness<br />
Nurture begins<br />
Mother love<br />
Unconditional that is<br />
A story of dedication<br />
A dazzling shield of light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Mother’s heart <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Is as white as snow</span><br />
Pure as always<br />
Altruistic love, can't ever be doubted<br />
Can't ever be questioned<br />
The pearl below the deep blue sea<br />
Mother love is beyond the limit.<br />
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© 2011 by _Patricia Etienne<br />
All rights reservedTi lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-64093870517836189852014-05-06T13:30:00.001-07:002014-05-06T13:30:29.713-07:00Ruby Red #poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-73042578730739596362014-04-26T00:18:00.000-07:002014-04-26T08:25:22.678-07:00Childhood #poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yesterday pass quickly,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">into a month, then to a year,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">like a rose drifted away from its vase.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the road of souvenirs, </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></strong></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the only place where we can get in touch.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There I get my ecstasy.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I have the excuse to be gullible.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The green light to see life in just black and
white,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the mirage, I see the old avocado tree.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I reach out to grab one, </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and then stumble back to my adulthood.
Merdum!!!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The sound of the carousel, </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">shifts me back to euphoria-</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the land of no cross road.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Life is immaculately live dangerously.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">No reason to think of doom day,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">because it’s many years away,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as I gaze upon the sky,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">suddenly, the mirage reappears.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Seeing the old house stands.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Grand-Mama is making sweet potato pie; </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the allowance is on the table.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sneaking in through the back door to join the
crowds, </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">oh, my heart beats so hard.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">swell up the joy of a perpetual reminiscence.</span></strong><br />
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<!--[endif]--></b></span>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-29186665056947495302014-04-24T15:42:00.000-07:002014-04-24T15:42:10.925-07:00On Writing #writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Writing has its downhill moment-- upheavals in our life can cause
poor concentration. It's a time when no ideas knock on the brain's membrane. And
this temporary blanking out, completely occupies the frontal lobes area of the
brain. Knowing the common rule for writers-- if you are not writing, then you
must be reading at least. You can consider reading a new book from an author
whom you admire and inspired by. That alone, can brainpower your low
concentration, and put you right back on the writing scale.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-91358896208848243182014-04-23T07:51:00.001-07:002014-04-23T09:43:09.880-07:00How I Met Writing #writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">How I met
Writing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century","serif";"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;">Inside
each and every one of us have little voices that want to be heard. Depending on
the level of our imagination, some of us choose to remain silent and others bring their stories to life. As for me, the true meaning to being a
writer is about making connection with words and writing stories that are generated
from within the guts. Real stories are strong
and usually delivered with details, compassion, full </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 34.20000076293945px;">captivation</span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;"> and abstract imaginations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">I started
having the motive for writing right after the death of my father who was
brutally murdered by a few dictatorship men. As a result of his death, my
mother had to leave the country for safety purposes. I was just a young girl
and witnessed such dreadful scene was not easily to process. In the same vein,
I was grief-stricken over his death. That kind of took a toll on my daily
activities, my schooling, my relationship with others; my childhood and you
could name it all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Century, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;">I
literally became depress like the hollow child. Then, nothing seemed to
interest me. I </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 34.20000076293945px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;"> see the purpose in living. I was always gloomy, uncontrollable
crying under the veil. Not wanting to
get out of bed for no good reason. Coming from my culture and environment,
people were not aware of depressive disorders. There </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 34.20000076293945px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;"> any reach out for this
kind of help. And I was not allowed to speak of such feelings. Otherwise, my
Grand-Mama would wash my mouth with soap. This might sound like a convoluted
metaphor. But seriously, she </span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 34.20000076293945px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 25.65pt;"> want to see me looking down and under.
She would say, “Little girl, don’t you bring shame to this family; and you too
strong for that.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;"> I do remember, being punished for reported
feelings of depression and anxiety. On numerous times, she would keep me behind
closed door for long hours. While being in locked down, scared and lonely, thoughts
started racing inside my head. It felt like a wave of pressure travel to my inner
ears. I remembered, having excruciating headache; it felt as though my head was
splitting in two. It was then; I started scribbling things down on paper. And overtime,
I found myself dabbling in writing. I would write about everything: my anger,
sadness, my concern for the world, from dark to light, slave narrative, named
it all. That’s how I met writing and our relationship is still on the upswing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">My first
poem titled “My archived friend” originally written in 1988 and later published
in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> I have neither gold
nor silver to give you</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Neither one would serve your purpose</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But...</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I'm happy to be part of you.</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">~~~~~~~~~~``</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I have no title or a background of the
well-known</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">You accept me, as I am</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In fact...</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">None of that is matter to you</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">~~~~~~~~~~``</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">When I met you I was bruised</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">My heart was grated from abused of the dear
known</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">With your helped, I sustained my burdens</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And I jotted down, all that bothered me on the
inside.</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">~~~~~~~~~~``</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Then when I trusted in my faux friends with
secrets of the deepen treasures</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">They turned around and spreading them out like
world glorified</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">My inside feels so worthless for having trusted
such untrustworthy foes.</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But what else can be done I'm not the kind that
harboring grudges.</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">~~~~~~~~~~``</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So to you I turn, within the pages my words are
archived</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">They heal my worries each time I read back at
them</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">They are as safe as angels above seven skies</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And sable below deep blue sea</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">~~~~~~~~~``</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">For I have neither gold nor silver to give you</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But you turn around and give me peace and protection
</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">My relationship with you will remain always</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As long there's pen around for me to cast my
thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">© 2009 by _Patricia Etienne<br />
All rights reserved</span></i><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century","serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">My second
piece of writing “The Boogeymen in the Black Boots” originally written in 1989
and made public in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">On this
foul terrain </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
Even the very light blowing wind </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
Bring the strongest man off balance </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
Go figure the heavy black boots predators </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
who spread torture by buckets. </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
They blow fire with burning pressure </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
and oppression with no measure; </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
attempting to meltdown those who are reluctant of their wrongdoings. </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
Like the no kindest, no heart Apocalypses' laws </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
Intimidation is ruled to win souls </span></span><br />
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Rejeanne's father underwent the knife of oppression </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
They totally drained out his activist blood </span></span><br />
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Poor Rejeanne, she witnessed the entire reckless operation, </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
and when her father’s last breath went </span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">flat-lining</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> like a candle in the wind. </span></span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #2e3640; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">
Her mother escaped through the back wooden window<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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With little Rejeanne carried on her shoulder<br />
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Hours later she fled the country,<br />
<br />
and left Rejeanne behind with her Grand-Mama.<br />
<br />
Poor child has carried the cross of her time.<br />
<br />
She felt short-changed to have lost her father,<br />
<br />
and sort of abandoned by her mother.<br />
<br />
She shed tears of broken memories;<br />
<br />
especially, on father's day same for Mother's day.<br />
<br />
Although, her Grand-Mama really tried to act as her parents,<br />
<br />
but at times that didn't cut the drill.<br />
<br />
She really needed someone to call Mom and Dad and she needed parenting love.<br />
<br />
For Rejeanne, being a toddler and life without parents was very upheaval.<br />
<br />
The many distressing dreams she always encountered,<br />
<br />
Related to the traumatic event she has suffered.<br />
<br />
Her nightmares content – the bogeymen in the black boots;<br />
<br />
who were trying to break the door open.<br />
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Horrific dreams, that she often awoken with her heart pounding from fear.<br />
<br />
Through many years Rejeanne spent each day of her life like a
massive morn.<br />
<br />
She grew into an anxious adult<br />
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Nonetheless compassionate...<br />
<br />
Still with the long lasting emotional effects of traumatic experienced<br />
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© 2012 by _Patricia Etienne<br />
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All rights reserved<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="blackClass" id="ws1024">The</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1025">moment</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1026">of</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1027">anguish</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1028">Alley</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1029">of</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1030">betrayal</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1031">Scene</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1032">of</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1033">suffering</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1034">by</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1035">one-man</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1036">greed</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1037">Garden</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1038">of</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1039">lost</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1040">hope</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1041">Awful,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1042">dreadful</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1043">night</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1044">The</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1045">beasts,</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1046">unmerciful</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1047">men,</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1048"><span class="phrase_anchor">armed</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1049">Marched</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1050">toward</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1051">the</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1052">pure,</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1053">innocent</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1054">soul</span><br />
<span class="redClass context_menu" id="ws1055"><span class="phrase_anchor">Gethsemane!</span></span> <span class="redClass context_menu" id="ws1056"><span class="phrase_anchor">Gethsemane!</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1057">He</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1058">was</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1059">tied</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1060">with</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1061">ropes</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1062">and</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1063"><span class="phrase_anchor">arrested</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1064">Accused</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1065">for</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1066">no</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1067">known</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1068">cause</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1069">Pilate,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1070">"for</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1071">I</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1072">find</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1073">no</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1074">fault</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1075">in</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1076">him"</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1077">Thus,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1078">he</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1079">was</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1080"><span class="phrase_anchor">flogged</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1081">His</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1082">garment</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1083">was</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1084"><span class="phrase_anchor">torn</span></span><br />
<span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1085"><span class="phrase_anchor">With</span></span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1086">the</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1087">crown</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1088">of</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1089">thorns</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1090">His</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1091">blood</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1092">dripped</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1093">from</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1094">his</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1095"><span class="phrase_anchor">forehead</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1096">B</span><span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1097">athed</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1098">his</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1099">face,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1100">body</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1101">and</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1102"><span class="phrase_anchor">sweat</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1103">Put</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1104">to</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1105">shame,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1106">degradation,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1107">pain,</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1108">and</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1109">sorrow</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1110">Condemned</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1111">and</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1112"><span class="phrase_anchor">crucified</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1113">O</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1114">Bethlehem!</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1115">O</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1116">Bethlehem!</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1117">The</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1118">Lamb</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1119">of</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1120">God</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1121">He</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1122">came</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1123">to</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1124">save</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1125">us</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1126"><span class="phrase_anchor">sinners</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1127">We</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1128">gave</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1129">him</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1130">deception</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1131">and</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1132"><span class="phrase_anchor">death</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1133">O</span> great <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1137">virgin</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1138">lady!</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1139">For</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1140">your</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1141">martyrs</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1142">and</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1143"><span class="phrase_anchor">torments</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1144">For</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1145">witnessed</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1146">the</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1147">great</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1148">sacrifice</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1149">of</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1150">the</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1151"><span class="phrase_anchor">lamb</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1152">You</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1153">stood</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1154">the</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1155">pain</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1156">with</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1157"><span class="phrase_anchor">fortress</span></span><br />
<span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1158"><span class="phrase_anchor">And</span></span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1159">with</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1160">great</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1161">compassion</span><br />
<span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1162"><span class="phrase_anchor">Blessed</span></span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1163">be!</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1164"><span class="phrase_anchor">Blessed</span></span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1165">be!</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1166">O</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1167">Jerusalem!</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1168">O</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1169">Jerusalem!</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1170">Sadness</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1171">has</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1172">overtaken</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1173">your</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1174"><span class="phrase_anchor">land</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1175">The</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1176">deep</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1177">dark</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1178">sky</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1179">cried</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1180">of</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1181"><span class="phrase_anchor">despair</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1182">For</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1183">our</span> saviour <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1185">was</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1187"><span class="phrase_anchor">sacrificed</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1188">We</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1189">all</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1190">are</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1191">sinners!</span><br />
<span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1192"><span class="phrase_anchor">With</span></span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1193">his</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1194">compassion,</span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1195">He</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1196">took</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1197">the</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1198">part</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1199">of</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1200">a</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1201">man</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1202">for</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1203">our</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1204"><span class="phrase_anchor">sins</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1205">The</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1206">prophecy</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1207">has</span> <span class="greenClass context_menu" id="ws1208"><span class="phrase_anchor">accomplished</span></span><br />
<span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1209">He</span> <span class="blackClass context_menu" id="ws1210">defeated</span> <span class="blackClass" id="ws1211">death!</span><br />
<span class="redClass context_menu" id="ws1212"><span class="phrase_anchor">Maranatha!</span></span><br />
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I just finished writing the general plot points of my upcoming project. “The undercover of darkness.” Book 2 of a trilogy. This work is not any easier. Even to create the plans were a bit gnarly. Well, I'll have to wear my determinate suit on. Here it goes again! Back to square one.Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-39619398009032769832014-02-28T00:01:00.003-08:002014-02-28T00:01:50.880-08:00The Undercover of Darkness- Book one of a trilogy #ebayhref="http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-The-Undercover-of-Darkness-And-So-It-Begins-Etienne-Patricia-/301108285048?_trksid=p2054897.l4275"></a>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-50812290184475309602014-02-20T20:41:00.002-08:002014-02-20T20:41:31.484-08:00Indian Women Cry "Great st. Essa"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBL33ZhqT7cGNirreFE4EZ0VES4Pdg0Q3vMIZu8ycL0YxJHwhOIy5kyIjohr4r-GvQoiLVgHDxFgmbX5m_2AC8hR49IsUzTr9ZK86lM5G-Sdp8tEPjCqYvHbTLuZQv6ESe_Wv9yv9tXrk/s1600/traditionalbeauty.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBL33ZhqT7cGNirreFE4EZ0VES4Pdg0Q3vMIZu8ycL0YxJHwhOIy5kyIjohr4r-GvQoiLVgHDxFgmbX5m_2AC8hR49IsUzTr9ZK86lM5G-Sdp8tEPjCqYvHbTLuZQv6ESe_Wv9yv9tXrk/s640/traditionalbeauty.png" /></a>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-44113235689198389862014-02-14T08:53:00.002-08:002014-02-14T08:53:40.649-08:00The Undercover of Darkness (Book One) #booklaunched in FIVE days
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vNMbko_re8W5NoB6qFWkCMeRh1SyVK7sEltPw6HxO8MHLvJedxsGmndldIP34NOucgkId7TDSfrYAjLIxit3nJ6qXeZyNWAxEs6s1-vaMLiGgN_88EEskBFpo0eNDmBWCm0MP0VudhYU/s1600/frontcover_4551115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vNMbko_re8W5NoB6qFWkCMeRh1SyVK7sEltPw6HxO8MHLvJedxsGmndldIP34NOucgkId7TDSfrYAjLIxit3nJ6qXeZyNWAxEs6s1-vaMLiGgN_88EEskBFpo0eNDmBWCm0MP0VudhYU/s320/frontcover_4551115.jpg" /></a></div>One woman’s chance to start over is marred with evil in Patricia Etienne’s adrenaline-pumping young adult novel, The Undercover of Darkness. Faced with a horrifying discovery, a young widow must fight for her life—and the lives of her children—to stop an unspeakable terror from taking over the town.
Bonise-Ann is a recent widow just trying to get back on her feet. With her three young children in tow, she flees the heartbreaking memories that linger in her hometown of Norwalk, Connecticut, and sets out for a new destination: Gleeson, Arizona. A veritable ghost town, Gleeson is where Bonise-Ann is determined to start her new life. There she’ll stay in the house of her late husband’s relative, the devastatingly sweet Aunt Nellie.
Upon arriving, the house Bonise-Ann expects turns out to be a sprawling mansion. Gorgeous but eerily empty feeling, the mansion gives Bonise-Ann a strange and unsettling feeling. Instead of leaving, however, Bonise-Ann struggles to make sense of her surroundings—all the while trying to keep calm for her children’s sake.
But things take a turn for the bizarre when Bonise-Ann stumbles across a horrific secret: buried underneath the benign exterior of the lonely town lies an underground witch’s coven that has entranced most of the male population in Gleeson. This terrifying plot extends even to the authorities, who prove no help to Bonise-Ann at all.
Having unearthed the coven’s identity, Bonise-Ann and her children are held hostage within the cavernous mansion. Denied some much needed medicine, Bonise-Ann must find a way to escape her makeshift prison or risk losing everything—and everyone—she loves.
Can Bonise-Ann find a way to fight against the undercover of darkness? Or will she be doomed forever in a town wracked with evil? Find out in this taut thriller that will leave readers guessing until the very last page.
Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-23097078826891447082014-02-13T21:52:00.002-08:002014-02-13T21:52:27.958-08:00The Undercover of Darkness #booktrailer<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1hMN7-e6BNI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212018972476680184.post-36883561974520858802014-01-28T15:39:00.002-08:002014-01-28T15:42:28.231-08:00 "The Undercover of Darkness" ( Book 1) #soontobereleased
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Antagonist character of the soon to be released Suspense/Thriller/Paranormal "The Undercover of Darkness" ( Book 1) authored by Patricia Etienne
See what her character footpath is all about~
A villain psychopath, a male basher, she conducted an underground witch’s coven that has entranced most of the male population in Gleeson. she preyed on young boys who have no voice, or common sense to speak out. With ruse, power and money, she could retrieve their souls on the purpose to gain masculinity strength. Their auras of youth could be stolen and added to her body through using witchcraft. Ti lakou baya wonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808897973240217273noreply@blogger.com0