{"id":460,"date":"2013-03-24T00:16:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T00:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=460"},"modified":"2019-02-11T06:06:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T06:06:17","slug":"fireworks-sonnet-poem-candice-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/fireworks-sonnet-poem-candice-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks. Sonnet.Poem.Candice James"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
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Bold fireworks splashed against a blackened sky<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nFlared up to burn night down to raw red dawn.<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nWe travelled light with broken compass nigh,<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nWith nothing left of value we could pawn.<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nWe trusted in the knowledge of the wind,<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nAnd drifted on the wet silk of her lip,<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nUntil our vows of love became unpinned.<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nUntangled heartbeats.  Unjoined at the hip.<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nAn ancient masterpiece now out of fashion,<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nWe spun beneath the axis of the moon.<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nTwo star crossed lovers in a web of passion,<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nWe witnessed midnight crashing into noon.<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nErased, we\u2019re the collision of two comets;<\/b><\/span><\/span>\r\nNew ink stains blurred on antiquated sonnets.\r\n \r\n \r\n\"IMAG0706\"<\/a>\r\n \r\nCandice James was born in New Westminster, BC and is a poet, artist, musician, and \r\nsinger\/songwriter. \r\nShe is currently serving her second  three year term as Poet Laureate of the City of \r\nNew Westminster.\r\n \r\nCANDICE IS ALSO\r\nPresident of Royal City Literary Arts Society\r\nAdvisory Board Member Muse International (India)\r\nAdvisory Board Member of the Federation of BC Writers\r\nPast President of the Federation of BC Writers\r\n \r\nAuthor of 7 poetry books:\r\n\u201dA Split In The Water\u201d; \r\n\u201cInner Heart \u2013 a journey\u201d; \r\n\u201cBridges and Clouds\u201d; \r\n\u201cMidnight Embers \u2013 a Book of Sonnets\u201d\r\n\u201cShorelines\u201d \u2013 a book of villanelles \r\n\u201cEkphrasticism \u2013 Painted Words\u201d\r\n\u201cPurple Haze\u201d \r\n \r\nAwards Received\r\nWriters International Network \u201cDistinguished Poet 2013\u201d\r\nPentasi B \u2013 Phillippines  \u201cWoman of Prestige 2013\u201d\r\nHonorary Professor International Academy of Arts (Greece)\r\n \r\nKeynote speaker\/panelist at\r\n\u201cWord On The Street\u201d Vancouver, BC\r\n\u201cBlack Dot Roots Cultural Collective\u201d Vancouver, BC\r\n\u201cWrite On The Beach\u201d White Rock, BC\r\n\u201cWriters\u2019 Etc\u201d Los Angeles, CA<\/strong>\r\n \r\n\"Phoenix<\/a>\r\n \r\n
\r\n \r\nThis Sonnet Fireworks appears in the The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: \r\nAnthology of sonnets of the early third millennium<\/i><\/span> \r\n= Le Ph\u00e9nix renaissant de ses cendres : Anthologie de sonnets au d\u00e9but \r\ndu troisi\u00e8me mill\u00e9naire<\/i>.<\/span> \r\nVallance, Richard, Ed-in-Chief. Victoria, British Columbia: Friesen Press, \u00a9<\/span>\r\n  \r\nSome 300 sonnets and ghazals in English, <\/span>French, Spanish, German and Farsi \r\n\u2015<\/span>published at \r\nFriesen Press, and now available.<\/span>   \r\n   \r\n<\/span><\/span>Friesen Press will do all the marketing and distribution. \r\n   \r\nTo be available <\/span>in major bookstores & <\/span>through all major online order channels \r\nsuch as Amazon.com, Alibris.com,<\/span> Smithsbook's, Ebay and Barnes & Noble: \r\nFor more information on the anthology, please visit our site.<\/span> \r\nThe Phoenix Rising from the Ashes = Le Ph\u00e9nix renaissant de ses cendres \r\n\r\n<\/i>http:\/\/vallance22.hpage.com\/<\/i><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
 
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