We are happy to announce that Loralee Clark’s debut Chapbook “Solemnity Rites” is ready for you! Also, on June 28 at 1 p.m. is the Virtual Book Launch.
Solemnity Rites, by Loralee Clark, is an account of reimagined myths and truths of who we are as humans and how we live our histories. In the first section, Clark poses questions such as what does a stromatolite’s birth, the forming of a desert, the process of grieving or a ritualized Neolithic funeral contribute to the ways in which we are an ecotone of the living world? In the second section she answers how we practice these histories through our personal powers and sacrifices, through the mysteries that our blood holds.
Clark sifts through what it means to live in relation to culture and landscape, to see into the magic that each moment holds. Solemnity Rites takes the reader on a journey through humanity, ending with the belief that even after death, life holds amazing mysteries.
About Loralee Clark
Loralee Clark is a writer who grew up learning a love for nature and her place in it, in Maine. She resides in Virginia now as a writer and artist, with two awesome kids and a loving husband. She writes poetry and non-fiction. Myth is her love language. You can learn more about her at:sites.google.com/view/loraleeclark
Purchase your own copy of Solemnity Rites by going to Prolific Pulse.com
This is more than just a book but a reference point of education in all seasons. Once you read it front to back, it serves as a place of motivation, restoration, and celebration of your journey. From an educator of literacy, have fun, be inspired, and see the possibilities. Yasmin is purposefully intentional with her words to spark emotion to act toward a bright future. You do not want to miss the authentic rhythm of this unapologetic beacon as it shines with guidance, encouragement, cheer, and goodwill.
Meet Yasmin Brown
Yasmin S Brown launched her publishing career in 2018 and grew to become an International Best-Selling Author and poet. She also published an extended line of books and contributed to several poetry anthologies. Brown’s stories provide personal growth to readers. She is a Guinness World Record participant and has been featured in several magazines including Shout Atlanta, Intellectual Ink, RPG Muse, and Soul Pitt Magazine.
She trained through Toastmasters International to polish her skills as a public speaker. There she combined compassion and empathy for others at her public speaking events. Through this, she received her Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award.
While striving to be effective through her work, Yasmin founded Power Her Forward Ltd., a proud sponsor of Yiry-Elements LLC. She is dedicated to advocating for women’s mental health, as a certified life coach, specializing in trauma
and resilience. As a public speaker and healthcare professional, Yasmin draws on her personal and career experiences to assist others in life, business, and community. She utilizes literacy to encourage women to move forward through the concept of R.O.A.R. (Restoration, Overcome, Awareness, Resilience).
Born from a shared love of dark humor and playful wordplay, Seesaw is a delightful balancing act of wit, whimsy, and poetic mischief. Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox first crossed creative paths in the Thursday Night Poets group, where their mutual knack for quirky, offbeat humor sparked an unexpected collaboration. What began as playful exchanges-plucking words and phrases from each other’s poems to craft something new-quickly evolved into a collection that swings between the light and the dark, the serious and the absurd.
Seesaw is poetry at its most spontaneous and fun, a reminder that even in life’s heavier moments, there’s always room to laugh, twist the narrative, and dance on the edge of meaning. Dive into this collection and let the playful push and pull of their voices keep you balanced-right in the middle of the seesaw.
Review of “Seesaw” by Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox:
“Seesaw” is a captivating and engaging poetry collection designing the collaborative efforts of Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox who blend their distinct voices to explore the themes of love, loss, and memory sauteed with a ‘quirky sense of humour’.
“Why am I so hard on myself?
That’s it, today’s the day!
I’m going to write a book called On Being Sympathetic to the Apathetic Empath.”
The same quirky sense of humour flows raw and poignant throughout the pages of the book. Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox have done a wonderful job with their shared experiences from the “Thursday Night Poets group”. The poems are arranged in a unique stanza pattern where Nolcha’s right-aligned stanzas complement Ken’s left-aligned stanzas. This visual distinction enhances the reading experience to a lofty level.
“And now I want a sandwich,
but it won’t make itself.
Maybe I can train the rats
how to cook.”
These lines remind me of Remy, the rat in the movie “Ratatouille”.
Celebrating a variety of themes from mundane life struggles to whimsical reflections on human existence this book is punctuated with a playful absurdity. Throughout the collection, the tone oscillates between melancholic and whimsical, giving way to a rich emotional tapestry.
Poems like “All I Can Think of Is Food” and “God Drops the Ball Again” reflect the authors’ penchant for irony and wit. “He is a house” and “I come to a door” permeate a lingering sadness that overshadows my senses for a long time. Poems like “Ghosts Glimmer” and “Where the Wild Goose Goes” evoke a sense of longing and nostalgia while others such as “Chimes” reflect the inevitability of change and the bittersweet rhymes of memories. “As surely as” is an anthem on the ubiquitous power of gravity on us.
The poems are like different strokes of brushes on the canvas of poetic mindscape evoking different colours of human emotions,
“Blue is the sadness
when we say our goodbyes.”
Sometimes the promised humour has turned into a grave philosophic enigma,
“Past and future,
like the branches of a tree
lead to different paths,
sometimes the same regret.”
Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox have played on the subtlest of chords to bring out the most mesmerizing music in the world. They play with words with such charisma that ‘sharp words slice the sunlight into little parts of butter’.
This collection is for everyone whose wallet is full of bugs and cobwebs and for those who prefer to slouch on the couch with a ‘slab of apathy sandwiched between their pillows’, or someone infected with flue sharing every small piece of him or her with each cough to this world. Ken and Tomaro have taken their readers through the rollercoaster of raw humour with an urgent poignancy of human passion, where the complexities of our decisions and the ultimate helplessness of our life left us to feel the eternity of a bottomless well.
Munmun “Sam” Samanta, Author of Yellow Chrysanthemum
As a teacher, I will always remain a student. In the classroom of life, l wish to work with and educate others. Whether you’re a teacher, student, or just your average person, here are a few of my "TEACHERble" moments.
