My dear readers,
I hope everything is going well with you. In early August Literary Revelations will release Building Sandcastles: A Book of Short Poems authored by C.X. Turner and James Welsh. The book has received plenty of advanced praise some of which you can read here. It’s a marvelous book. It comprises haiku, senryu, and several splendid sketches by C.X. Turner.
Below please find a short foreword I wrote for the book.
featured image: Water by C.X. Turner (included in the book).
Building Sandcastles: A Book of Short Poems – Foreword
There has never been a collection of short poems and haiku that stirred so much beauty and so many emotions in my soul like Building Sandcastles: A Book of Short Poems by C.X. Turner and James Welsh.
I want to be clear from the beginning. There is always a certain degree of disparity between the consciousness of a poet and reality. C.X. Turner and James Welsh fill that gap with intricate feelings, fragrances, colors, flowers, birds, and memories, until we do not understand anymore where dreams stop, and reality emerges.
The delicacy of their word and sound impregnates every poem.
around a bend
on a woodland path
the chime of bluebells
river walk—
the gentle weeping
of white peony petals
Make no mistake. Their poems are not only delicate and breathtaking in imagery. They are also philosophical. Moreover, the authors steer clear of “fixing” feelings. They live the good and the bad, a remarkable move in a world in which commercialism and slogans bombard us every day; a world that denies an entire repertoire of human feelings to replace it with the today’s socially engineered state of “happiness.”
weeping cloud
I don’t try to fix
melancholy
a grieving friend
love, blown from a candle
in the wind
C.X.Turner and James Welsh transform the impossible into possible. They transmute the physical world into a world of magnificent beauty and depth that will forever mark those who read them.
Gabriela Marie Milton
author, editor, publisher
Please stay tuned for the release date.
Literary Revelations’ works will always find a place on my bookshelf. I’m looking forward to sandcastling through these wonderful pages.
Thank you Robert. I really appreciate the support.
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Thank you Christine.
This sounds like a collection worth buying 😊
I love the cover 💖
Thank you so much hon. I really appreciate the wonderful words and the support.
My pleasure 💕
It’s a wonderful collection and I love all of the wonderful press it’s getting already
Gabriela. Congratulations to all of you 💗👏
Thank you so much Cindy. I truly appreciate your kind support. Enjoy the rest of your evening.