Going for It: A Book of Poetry
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Critically acclaimed romance author and Heart of the Pamlico Poet Laureate finalist Michelle Garren Flye finally goes for it in this collection of her poetry. Poems span the gamut of odes to nature and art to politically oriented and world event inspired poems. Join Michelle, if you dare, on a tour of a less-than-perfect world that is nonetheless all we have.
Michelle Garren Flye
Michelle Garren Flye is an award-winning romance author. Sort of. She consistently scores in the top fourth of the Romance Writer’s Association’s RITA competition. She might win more contests if she entered them because reviewers have described her work as: “an engaging novel with charming and likable characters”, a story that “will make you believe in love and second chances”, and a “well-written and thought-provoking novel” (that’s her favorite).Anyway, Michelle placed third in the Hyperink Romance Writing Contest for her short story “Life After”, so now she can call herself an award-winning author. Her short stories have been published in print and online. Google her name. You’ll find her. Also, she has proudly served on the editorial staffs of Horror Library Butcher Shop Quartet and Tattered Souls.For what it’s worth, Michelle has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She lives and writes in New Bern, North Carolina, where she often feels she is a miniscule blue dot in a red sea, but she doesn’t really care because she’s close to the blue sea and that’s the one that really matters.
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Going for It - Michelle Garren Flye
For Pam
Oh my brain just couldn’t comprehend
But my treacherous heart heard the news
And held it close and took it in
Oh today is gray because you’re gone
Taking your light and helpful spirit
And you won’t be coming around
And oh my heart keeps reminding me
You’re gone.
Oh my friend what you’ve left behind
Has more value than words can say
More than most with twice the time
Oh the legacy of a loving life
The warm work of hands that care
Reminds us soon we’ll see the sun shine
But oh my heart keeps telling me
You’re gone.
Self Portrait
Broad strokes for face,
Not my favorite part.
A finer point for hands,
Nimble and quick—
But the weather changes
And pain sets in.
Pink for the breast
And scarlet for the center.
Let the red run a bit,
Let the heart bleed—
No shame for feeling
The world’s hurts.
The head is hardest,
The brain a smudge of gray…
But changeable, like a thundercloud
On a hot summer’s day.
It’s me, but not.
Not quite, anyway.
I suspect I don’t really know
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