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    Signals of Smoke and Ash
    Signals of Smoke and Ash
    Signals of Smoke and Ash
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    Signals of Smoke and Ash

    By Evan Quitelle

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    Evan Quitelle has done it again. This compilation of poetry is a beautiful work of art. Sensual, sultry and sexy Signals of Smoke and Ash seduces with every verse. You will enjoy a romantic interlude starting with the title of each poem, and each line of wordplay is foreplay.

    Evan Quitelles vision and creativity is brilliant. His words of love and affirmation are intense and powerful as evidenced in the selection Dwelling on the Past. / I miss the water near Yesterday how we drank with laughter and you taking a dip / I miss the wilderness with wild honey how I borrowed from you and you paying me back / I miss coming down off of our high horse and casting shadows on the sundial / I miss our native tongues your cardinal points and
    filling the feel of you / I miss standing just outside the frame digging your scene / I miss captured in brief laced hips and satin lips pursed for satisfaction / I miss the pilgrimage south the middle passage how you compass rose and I nourished the bloom / I miss you breaking the fall when I reached out and I held on to holding you /

    Signals of Smoke and Ash will take you to the plateau and then make you soar. This volume of poetry is an intimate caress.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateNov 11, 2011
    ISBN9781466903968
    Signals of Smoke and Ash
    Author

    Evan Quitelle

    Evan Quitelle Brockington is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, He spent over 28 years in the United States Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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      Book preview

      Signals of Smoke and Ash - Evan Quitelle

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      The Angel of Saint Evan’s Parish

      Dwelling on The Past

      And Rain

      The Bells

      Taxiing the Runway

      Rain Check

      The Foundations of Her

      Pardon My Reach for Heaven

      Nursing Her Home

      Amethyst Junction

      Thorns in the Nest of Egos

      Blindfolds

      Down To the Gristle

      She Loves Me Knot

      Clouded

      Raindrops for Synthetic Roses

      Tender Ness

      Fills Me

      The Duke of Diamond Street

      The Truth Naked

      Check Mate

      Pecan Parmesan Crusted Rainbow Love

      Dancing To the Awkward Silence

      Tropical Depression

      An Acquired Taste

      Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

      U-N-I-Verse

      Rainbow Harvest

      Write As Rain

      Lily in Bloom

      The Good Crystal

      Black Lavender

      Life inside the Tortoise Shell

      A Serene Moment

      A Mahogany Still

      Do It Faux Love

      Faithful

      Good Mourning

      Speak Easy

      Puddles

      How to Make Blue

      Delicious in Dance

      Write All the Wrongs

      Uncle

      I the Storm

      Blue You a Kiss

      Turning Iraq Around

      Anyes

      Conversations with the Clif

      When The Chip Is Down

      There Is a Blessing Coming Up

      The High Priestess

      Placing Bet’s

      Even the River Bends in Prayer

      Mauvelous

      The Keeping Room

      Fills My Bucket

      Signs of Rain

      Between Buttermilk Buns

      The Pugilist

      Borrowed Wings

      The Ocean’s Point Of View

      The Scenic Route

      Baby’s Breath

      Lemon Serenade

      Before You Evanesce

      Signals of Smoke and Ash

      To Flavor with Grace

      The Messenger Bag

      Breakfast with D.E.L.L.A

      Tuesday in Mourning

      The Beginning of Her Happy Ending

      A Breath of Fresh Heir

      Honey in Full Moon

      The Southside of Heaven

      Also by Evan Quitelle Indian Summer

      Photography by Evan Quitelle

      This Book is dedicated to

      Linwood and Marlene

      To the

      Wroten’s and the Brockington’s

      Acknowledgements

      JCUR1ST. To Angela Lewis, Qari Dontrelle, Briel Aleja, Kendrick Larenz, Kendra Lanai, Aylisha Marquetta and Aunj^sheline. Special thanks to Jacqueline Rhodes, Kelvin McGhee, Serene Hutcherson and Linwood Wroten (my Halo). To Anjelah Louis and to my fellow poets Adriann (The Pen) Bautista and Michela Wolfe McGhee. To the love

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