Perpetual Bliss

The night was an empty velvet canvas--
The moon, a budding artist in Gay Paris.
He painted a sheer line for some emphasis
With a few brushstrokes of his palette;


And dotted the blue midnight fabric
With a series of streak-like diamonds
Shining ever so brightly and mystique
Over shimmering , moonlit oceans;

Where the horizon melds with ocean
Upon such a romantic ambiance
Under a shining star in heaven
Two lovers came in Unison,
Caught in a web of sexy, sheer romance;

Pearls of sweat bathed our bodies
On that sensual Eve as we embraced
Merging as two colliding galaxies;
Beating in a crescendo, our hearts raced.

Our scent mingled with the essence
Of the salty, ocean breeze
speechless with the Evening's evanescence;
Begging this night will never cease;

The waves danced upon the ocean
Like sexy, sheer organza;
Likewise our bodies swayed on the horizon
Like silk, in a ballet extravaganza;



Mute by your beauty and sexiness
I am overwhelmed by your silken skin.
Sequestered by your dulcet essence,
My senses fail me as I hold your hand.

Lost forever in a sensuous kiss,
Our hearts entangled by this web of passion.
Ravished by this night of perpetual bliss;
Hoping this night won't fade into oblivion.

Mary Aris, All rights reserved

Books by Mary Aris

The Curse of Anna Greene

Winner of the 2010 NanoWrimo Competition

1298 Waltham Abbey

When a local Village boy is poisoned, the quiet Village of Waltham point a finger at the Greene Witch—the evil spawn of Gunter Greene. Against the admonition of Daniel Goode, the Magistrate, a lynch mob gathers at Waltham Abbey Church and go out to destroy the Greene Witch. The mob chases Anastasia deep into the heart of Epping Forest, stabbing her and her unborn child to death. Looking into their eyes with her emerald eyes, Anastasia places an evil curse on the Village—a curse so deadly that it wipes out half of Europe.
Told in flashback, the story spans several centuries— from the 13th to the 14th century up until the first half of the twentieth century. Fifteen-year-old Anastasia Ėmeraud Greene battles to discover her true identity. Growing up in Langon, France with her father, Günter Greene and Madeline Dupree—a woman whom her father kidnaps from the neighbouring village of Bordeaux to become his infant daughter’s wet nurse, young Anastasia feels isolated and demands to know who she really is. Who and where is her mother? Whom has she inherited her feisty personality and strange urges from? To her surprise, she discovers that she is the daughter of a powerful and sinister Warlock who is accused of kidnap, murder, rape and sodomy......not to mention sorcery both in France and England.

Her father is prosecuted by the Village’s most feared Magistrate, Daniel Goode—a respected pillar of the community who can recite the Vulgate backwards and stain even the purest of souls with one reproachful look of admonition. Günter Greene is sentenced to death by burning at the stake—a sentence so severe, it is reserved for only the most heinous of criminals and heretics. Fifteen- year-old Anastasia witnesses not only her father’s execution, but watches nearby as her twelve-year-old half-sister, Amethyst, is savagely beaten, raped and killed by a group of vigilante.

1926, Waltham Abbey:
Beatrice Brown, a theology student at Heythrop College, hopes to become a professor of theology one day. Her class is recently studying the historical case of the Greene Witch and the legend of the Curse of Anna Greene. When a new student walks into her class, Beatrice shares her text book with him and tells him all about the case of the Greene Witch. At the new student’s insistence, Beatrice shares a cup of tea with him. Soon Beatrice discovers that there is more to this new student than meets the eye......who is he and why does he pursue her?


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Bartholomew

I have just published my new book, ' Bartholomew'. Bartholomew is a cute story about a real talking Bookworm called 'Bartholomew' who was born and live on a shelf at the William Wayne Public Library in Upstate, New York.

One day he was discovered by a little Spanish girl named Elena Marie Guzman as she was searching for a good book to read. Startled, she told her brother that there was a bug in the shelves. Her older brother teased her and didn't believe her....until he discovered the talking Bookworm for himself. Children's Librarian, Ms Duboi, annoyed that the children were making a rukus in her library came over to Charles Guzman and asked him what the problem was? Skeptical at first, Ms Dubois sent the noisy children home. But then, that very Evening she discovered the talking Bookworm between the shelves as she was shelving some books on her trolley. That same afternoon she had discovered an amazing rise to the children's circulation. Then, Ms Dubois had a great idea. She asked Bartholomew to be Story Time Mascot.

The children's Mother saw Bartholomew and screamed 'The library is full of bugs!' thus starting a rumor that the library was infested with bugs. Thus began a Riot which turned into a boycott and the William Wayne Public Library will never be the same again.

Here's a preview of the book on Lulu
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/bartholomew/10909007?showPreview

The Art of Poetry

 

 

Poetry is a form of literary art which uses language in an artistic and eye-catching form. The earliest poem in existence is the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was published in ancient Mesopotamia, and was written around the third Millennium Before Christ. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a piece of literary art that tells the story of the Mesopotamian hero, Gilgamesh and his relationship with a friend. The bible is full of poetry. The Book of Psalms is a collection of poems and hymns in praise of God written by the biblical King David. The Greeks, too, have their own epic poems. The Odyssey, written by the ancient Greek poet, Homer, (Not Homer Simpson) but the legendary Greek poet, depicts the life of Odysseus. This epic poem was written in the 8^th century. Homer's first epic poem is the Iliad, a story about the final years of the siege of Troy and depicts the story of Achilles, the mighty Greek warrior and his fury towards the King Mycenae. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle wrote Poetics to depict his views about poetry. In his work he mentions three types of poetic genres or types.....Comedy, drama, and the tragedy.

 

The use of poetic devises or styles such as assonance, personification, simile, metaphor, rhythm, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhyme help shape poems, and emphasize emotions and also increasing the poem's literal meaning.

 

 

Let's look at certain elements or composition of a poem:

 

Rhythm:

 

Rhythm is a dancer so the song goes. What gives the poem momentum is the element of rhythm. Rhythm is the way each line in a poem resonates the words within a set language in a sing-song pattern. Some call this pattern metre. Rhythm is how the lines within a poem flow. This resonance is set by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse. The most notorious metre is the iambic pentameter made famous by William Shakespeare. The Iamb is a set of five unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of verse. The sets of syllables within a line of poetry are called feet. Incidentally it is said that the English languish is naturally spoken in iambic pentameter.

 

Example:

 

1 2 3 4 5

´ ˘ / ´ ˘ / ´ ˘ / ´ ˘ / ´ ˘

Five sets of iambs (one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable within a line of verse.

 

The poem would sound something like this:

Da-DUM/ da-DUM/ da-DUM/ da-DUM/ da-DUM

 

 

 

 

Rhyme:

 

Rhyme is the element in poetry where the repetition of different words using similar-sounding words are used within a poem particularly end-words within a stanza of poetry. A couplet is a short two line stanza of rhymed end words. This form of rhyme exists within the Sonnet.

 

Now, my dear...I bid you a sad goodbye.
I bet you never knew that a rose could fly.

 

From Wilted Rose by Mary Aris © 2008

 

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of end-rhymes within a poem.

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG is the typical rhyme-scheme of the Shakespearean sonnet, a traditional fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter.

 

 

Alliteration:

 

Alliteration is the element of poetry is a repetition of the first words within a line of poetry:

 

Example:

 

Little Lila Lou, sang a silly song today.

 

Example:

 

By the babbling brook in yonder field

I spied my love lavishly lusting after me;

Under the swanky Swansea sycamore tree concealed,

Earnestly yearning each other voraciously

From Under the Swanky Swansea Sycamore Tree

By Mary Aris ©2008

 

 

 

Simile:

 

Simile is an element of poetry that makes an analogy between two unlike things with the use of the word like.

 

 

Her hair was like the silk of the Orient,

Luxuriously smooth and black like the velvet y cloak of night.

Like an angel she was heaven scent

To make the darkest days merry and bright;

 

 

 

 

 

Metaphor:

 

The Metaphor, like the Simile is an analogy of two different things except that it does not use the word like.

 

Example:

 

Her eyes, two shining stars twinkling in space.....

Two sapphires adorning the beauty of her face;

 

 

Here we are comparing a lady's eyes with stars twinkling in the heavens, and two Sapphires enhancing the lady's face.

 

Personification:

 

Personification is the element of poetry that personifies an inanimate object and makes it life-like.

 

Example:

 

The sun danced upon the heavens on that day,

The moon played the violin,

The sky sang in harmony

Delighted All of Nature joined right in.

 

Assonance:

 

Assonance is the element of poetry that repeats vowel sounds in order to make internal rhymes.

 

Example:

 

Listen to My Kitten meowing merrily

 

 

Consonance:

 

Consonance is the repetition of consonants between words within a line of poetry:

 

Example:

 

Pitter, patter

The mammals all clapped in unison.

 

 

 

 

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is the element in poetry where words imitate the sound they depict.

 

Example:

The bee buzzed; the glasses clinked.

Meow, went the cat.