Seven Embers: Apropos, #9

By Michelle de Villiers

Seven Embers is the ninth bundle in the Apropos: Epic Poetry series. These are the embers that have sparked many a fire in 2020: Black Lives Matter; Covid; climate change; politics; poverty; violence; intolerance. A fire can be cleansing, and it can also destroy. The poems in this collection were composed with the Words of the Day from online dictionaries, using the Pomodoro technique. They are the break-of-dawn word briquettes that fuel small preventitive fires in the mind, and prevent huge devastating ones from overwhelming us: a poem a day keeps our sanity in sway.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Star Bear Publications
• Release date: Dec 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781777228989

Michelle de Villiers

I  scribble , dribble and doodle. I sculpt in clay for bronzing; paint anything under the sun; write children’s stories and illustrate them. I read a lot. When I’m not in the studio covered in paint; working on a new picture story; doodling cartoons, or reading; I reluctantly go to the gym. (In the basement, now!) Or travel to far-off places. (BC)  I once lived in a rainforest. Once upon a time I worked as an engineer on secret projects. And also underground in a gold mine. I have a lot of Neanderthal DNA. Relatively speaking. I can wiggle my ears. I have two cats.

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