Poetry for your mother (freebie too)

Just in time for Mother's Day, She Wore Emerald Then is free, but only until May 1st.  This book was a USA Book News Best Books Award Finalist, and won an honorable mention from the Military Writers Society of America.

JR Mcrae called She Wore Emerald Then:
"A book of finely cut gems to hold, admire, let their multi-facets flash their messages to mind, and the fine sharp edges of each plane hold the image indelibly. The poets take us either side of motherhood and all the pain and joy held in between"
Helena Harper said: "the reader is taken on a journey from the sublime to the commonplace and you can't help but smile".

Here's a sample poem:

Mother’s Bed

In the restless night

when mortality lurks in every shadow

the blanket won’t cover your fear

and morning is a half-forgotten dream

vague and uncertain,

slink into my bed

the pillow holds a mother’s secret

whispered charm

you can sink your head into.

There are no demons here;

no whirlwind of memory and anticipation clouding sleep

only eternal warmth

a shared space

free from the ticking illusion

of time, motion, and change.

Here, where you are always welcome

nothing matters

except this peace

this place

containing every possible now.

For a free copy just visit here: http://bit.ly/MotherDayKind.  There's still time to get hold of a paperback version as well, which can be popped into an envelope for mailing.