Month: October 2023

This dark autumn day,
steel-rippled skies above a world
shot with the colors of farewell,
you could walk
into the shadowed ambit of loss
we create
from the worn palette of hate
and travel forever
through the season of dying dreams
falling like leaves

peace
may grow where we bury them

but for now
the body turns
from crescendos of pain
into the silence
of falling dreams,
stunned by the ways
we fail

over and over
choosing exile.

Beyond the falling,
somewhere in the rising twilight
within the mystery of rising itself
the voice calling

loving the other
is the only way home.

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Exciting news from Full Moon Cottage and all my friends at Tra Publishing:

My new book, Oliver and the Night Giants, will be available Tuesday, October 24, at online sites and in bookstores everywhere.

That night, I’ll be debuting Oliver with a virtual reading/pajama party, courtesy of Miami Dade County Library. Given the world’s time zones, it could also be a midnight snack party, a breakfast party, brunch, tea, or dinner party…but please consider registering here and joining us from wherever you are in the world:

https://mdpls.org/event/9180508

Here are the “local” US times for the reading:

7-8 Eastern

6-7 Central

5-6 Mountain

4-5 Pacific

Oliver’s nighttime adventure teaches him how he can nurture and protect the fragile seeds of his artistic vision and develop the strength to follow and stay true to his dreams. I would love for children to be encouraged by Oliver to name their gifts, discover their unique art, and explore ways they can grow, tend, and share these with the world.

And I would love for all of us to be empowered by our own creative gifts to continue to mend the world. Never has she needed our love-in-action more.

Here’s to the healing power and love we receive from our inner (and outer) Night Giants, if we listen for their call!

Hope you and your beloveds will have a chance to read and enjoy Oliver’s story. I’ll look forward to hearing readers’ feedback. And if you can leave a positive review on Amazon, that monster arbiter of book sales, I’d be very grateful.

Gentle Peace to you, gentle peace to all.

© Copyright of all visual and written materials on The Daily Round belongs solely to Catherine M. O’Meara, 2011-Present. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited, without the author’s written approval. No one is authorized to use Catherine O’Meara’s copyrighted material for material gain without the author’s engagement and written permission. All other visual, written, and linked materials are credited to their authors. Thank you, and gentle peace.