Poetic Yearnings: February 2018

Monday, February 19, 2018

Tuesday writings~Mine to win

Prompts: underneath, victory, struggles

Mine to Win

Sometimes I wonder why

Others can’t see

The me I see

This hidden illness

That presents to most

As if I were

Like everyone else

I wish I was

But underneath this smile

This tender heart

If you look closely at my eyes

You’d see the struggles

That I have

How much pain

I don’t share

How dead tired I am

Because I try hard to see

The good and not the bad

Ignore the disease

That holds me captive

So I can beat it

In my own way

But from time to time

I forget to fight

Let darkness triumph

Then I look

In the mirror to see

Death warmed over

I purse my lips

And smile

For I won’t let fibromyalgia

Or my autoimmune condition succeed

My life is my own

To be happy or sad

I choose to smile

This victory is mine to win

©Sheilagh Lee February 19, 2018

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Tuesday Writings - Two Hearts That Beat As One

Happy Valentine’s Day to my husband

Two Hearts That Beat As One

On a cold February night

Fair heart was won

A man gallant

Charming and sweet

Could have had fair lady

At his feet

Instead he elevated her

Took her by his side

Smiled his warm brown eyes

Her heart went pitter-patter

In answer to his

He gave the peace

From the uncertainty and turmoil

That she sought

Happiness filled her heart and soul

She never wanted to let him go

He felt the same

She was glad to know

So they began a journey

Together they could meet

Any strife

For life is the foundation

For two hearts

To beat as one

What Will Poor Robin Do?

Carol is distressed and angry at the world as her grandfather has been murdered along with her parents and it seems like her family is fighting for custody of her to get her inheritance. Meanwhile Emmett’s life is in turmoil as his baby mama Sherry-Anne and his son Caleb have temporarily moved in with him and Lily isn't speaking to him. Emmett is however preoccupied with solving the Banks murders and the mayor but is getting nowhere. The teens band together to solve the murder and put themselves in mortal danger again as they all find that family connections are the ties that bind.

The Kelly Murder Mysteries

A Penny Saved A Murder Earned -A series of dead bodies, close to the Kelly's hearts, a stalker's love offerings and the Kelly curse continues. A Diller A Dollar A Really Dead Scholar -A dead Casanova choir teacher and a scared killer pull the Kelly’s closer together as they strive yet again to defeat the curse and survive the killers frantic plans. Betty Blue Lost Her Holiday Shoe- The Kelly’s and the newest Kelly have planned a trip to Niagara Falls and area followed by New Year’s Eve wedding in London, Ontario; but the curse has other plans as Rose finds one of the fellow tourists dead and the Kelly’s are spiralled into yet another murder mystery, as more bodies pile up.

A Stitch in Time- Prequel to A Penny Saved A Murder Earned

Emmett is considered a hero for his actions in Afghanistan, but all Emmett wants is to forget the battle there and get on with his life, in his new job as a police officer. However coming home is as idyllic as Emmett hoped. His seventeen year old sister has gone missing, his father having thrown her out of his home, echoing another sad moment in Emmett’s life. Emmett must fight the fire fights he now faces on the home front and confront his own demons, before he can move on with his new life.

A Penny Saved A Murder Earned-Book 1 of the Kelly Murder Mysteries

The Kelly’s (Lily, Rose, (Lily’s daughter), Great Grandma Katha and Amelia, (Lily’s cousin)) all feel like they are under a curse; but it appears it’s the work of a serial killer that people around them having been falling like dominos. Now as someone is killed at Amelia’s store and others known to them perish, Lily and Amelia become under suspicion by the investigating officer Emmett Rogers. They must fight the impulse to blame the curse and get to the bottom of who caused all their woes, before the killer targets them.

A Diller A Dollar a Really Dead Scholar- Book 2 of the Kelly Murder Mysteries

Lily Kelly, her adopted daughter Rose Brooksfield, her Great-Grandma Katha, and Amelia try to get over their trauma at the hands of a serial killer. Rose tries to overcome the whispers and innuendoes at school by joining in on school events such as basketball and choir. Rose and her friend Carol arrive early to school to participate in choir only to find the choir teacher; Mr. Scholar has been brutally murdered. Rose collapses and is brought to hospital and Lily learns more than she wants to know about Alexander Scholar as she’s drawn into the investigation. Now Lily must help Emmett, and his new partner Kendall Owens, find the killer before he or she, threatens the Kelly clan yet again.

Betty Blue Lost Her Holiday Shoe- Book 3 of the Kelly Murder Mysteries

Love's Labours Won

Sarah is a young single woman in dire straits. Her rent is due, she was fired from her last job and she has no family to turn to. So she accepts the fateful offer of a mysterious job interview, which turns out to be a ruse to steal gifts that she never even realized she had. As she set upon this journey Sarah will discover a world of magic, mystery and the supernatural. As Sarah learns about this new world she is exposed to adventure, danger and intrigue...and romance in the form of the mysterious Demetrious Blackstone. All the while Sarah must learn to control her gifts and suppress her own demons to defeat the perils that await her. Only then can she discover her inner voice and follow her own path that will lead to the true love she knows she deserves