poets

  • Lit. and Social Update, plus some love

    I’m happy to say that the problems I have been dealing with for the past several months are being resolved. Updates have been posted to my new facebook page, and links have been revised. To other news – I have been busily trying to balance to fairly large writing projects. One will be released online,…

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  • Poetry: “Choosing Sides”

    Poetry: “Choosing Sides”

    I awoke one day to find a cryptic lie had seized my mind. I awoke one day to see illusions claiming I was free. I awoke one day to feel the seven deadly, putrid seals. I awoke one day to think how near my soul came to the brink. I awoke one day to do…

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  • Social Media Issues

    For the past several months, I’ve been having one problem after another with my social platforms – namely facebook. (How interesting that this happened seemingly out of the blue immediately after my first book was released.) For now, it seems most of the issues have been resolved; but I’ve had to make a new page.…

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  • Lit. Update: Future Steps

    Lit. Update: Future Steps

    It feels good to finally have my poetry book released in some form. However, the work doesn’t stop there. Now I face the challenges of promoting it. As I already knew, “self-publishing” requires you to fund most of the work yourself. It gets disheartening and a bit stressful, but it’s what I have to do…

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  • Poetry: “New Chances”

    Poetry: “New Chances”

    Seeds sprout Watered by new lessons learned Strengthened by apparent obstacles Leading to a kingdom of Virtue From The Ocean’s Made For Swimming Copyright © 2021 by Ena Whiteraven  All rights reserved. Image found online and does not appear in published work. No copyright violation intended.

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  • My first poetry book, The Ocean’s Made For Swimming, is officially available for purchase on Amazon! Click the link to see. E.W.

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  • Lit. Update: The Ocean’s Made For Swimming , Official Poetry Release Tomorrow!

    The official release of my first volume of poetry, The Ocean’s Made For Swimming, will be celebrated tomorrow – Dec. 21st, 2021 (Yule/winter solstice)! It will also be available to international readers. Further information will follow in the update I post tomorrow. I’ve been in the process of connecting and updating information across all of…

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  • Lit. Update: Social Platforms and Poetry Announcement!

      I will cease to operate on My Poetic Side, as I no longer have time to manage that space. However, I do plan to stay on Medium for the foreseeable future. All other social media platforms remain in effect until further notice.   Now for the big announcement: my first poetry book will be…

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  • Lit. Update: Poetry proofs on the way!

    I’m excited to announce I will be receiving the proof of my first poetry book in a few weeks. I have been hard at work making several necessary revisions and am so excited to have a bound copy of my work to hold in my hand. Stay tuned to hear my final decision! E.W.

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  • Lit. Update: S.D., Mystery, Poetry, and Publishing Options

      While I am still querying agents for my first novel, I’m also considering releasing the poetry book through another medium. My goal is still to be traditionally published, as there truly is no such thing as “self-publishing”. In my spare time, I’ve also discovered other educational resources which I will share at a future…

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