Poetic Yearnings: May 2018

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

My friend

For Rose whom I dearly miss.

Six years, how can it be?

I know you are safe in heaven above

But my friend I miss you

I look up at that blue sky

Remembering all the good times we had

Singing in choir

Taking about our hope our dreams

Talking love and future

Speaking of our families

Our children

The love we have for them

The love that even death cannot divide

For I’m sure you are with them

I look up at that blue sky

And I think how appropriate

That you send love our way

I hold you close in my heart

And in my memories you live forever

©Sheilagh Lee May 30, 2018

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Summer in the City

Searing invisible flames

Sizzle, dancing and whistling

Through the air

Heavy and oppressing

The sun beats down

Sucks up all moisture

The once fragrant lilacs

Wilt along with the humans

Which dare to wander

In the city to work

Or to play

On this steaming hot day

©Sheilagh Lee May 29, 2018

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Beloved sister

Grace

Your laugh made me smile

Your kind heart

Reached out to all

To encompass them in your life

You were lively and fun

We were proud to have you as a friend

Even happier to call you family

We will miss you Grace

Rest in peace

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