Manuela Cardiga's Blog, page 47
February 14, 2015
THE CAMEL FINALLY YELLEDthe blood the bloodit thumps thro...
THE CAMEL FINALLY YELLED
the blood
the blood
it thumps through
my veins
flower of anger
erupts in my brain
could it be
i heard you say
what you said?
surely madness
surely sadness
unhinged me:
years of this
quiet acceptance
of what i could not
change,
believing
endurance
was virtue,
god-blessing
the pain
and today today
i overstepped
the edge
finally i stand
on the narrow
ledge
could it be
i heard you say
what you said?
help me:
unsay it, i pray
before this heat
of hate
goes to my head
before my hands
stop stoppering
my breath;
before my scream
becomes blood
before my peace
becomes
violence
instead
Manuel Cardiga
the blood
the blood
it thumps through
my veins
flower of anger
erupts in my brain
could it be
i heard you say
what you said?
surely madness
surely sadness
unhinged me:
years of this
quiet acceptance
of what i could not
change,
believing
endurance
was virtue,
god-blessing
the pain
and today today
i overstepped
the edge
finally i stand
on the narrow
ledge
could it be
i heard you say
what you said?
help me:
unsay it, i pray
before this heat
of hate
goes to my head
before my hands
stop stoppering
my breath;
before my scream
becomes blood
before my peace
becomes
violence
instead
Manuel Cardiga
The Ink-Blot Guest Spot Proudly Presents: VALENTINE IN LOVE by Ami C. Samuel!
BLURBBeautiful Valentine Dupond is haunted by her name.“Valen-teeen…”she keeps telling people in her scrumptious French accent, “My name is Valen-teeeeen!”
And Valentine doesn’t just have a romantic name; she speaks French the language of love…
Only, her love life is very far from exciting, in fact she does not have one.
Lovely Valentine is a vegetarian veterinarian in Perth, Australia, and lives with a fat cat and a dance crazed-housemate with two left feet.
So where is “l’amour”,you may ask?
Where is the wild romance?
Where, oh WHERE is the French kissing!!!
Well, hold your horses, girls, cause gorgeous red-hot millionaire Joshua Hudgewich is about to enter stage-left and sweep Valentine right off her dancing shoes. Though not without some Drama, of course, and leaving a few dents and bruises on Valentine's tender heart...
BIO
Ami C. Samuel is the pen-name of a beautiful, bubbly Mauritian lady; so lovely you'd be forgiven for mistaking her for one of her heroines! Living in Paradise has inspired Ami to write deliciously funny and light-hearted romances, all with a Tropical twist... Valentine in Love is her first novel published with WDA, with a second delicious romantic adventure Crystal-balls & Croissants on its way, and a third already in the works! freshly been published, and a third is already in the works.
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February 13, 2015
February 12, 2015
Excerpt from Manuela Cardiga's TURQUOISE MOON, Book 2 of African Triptych
The women lay on their mats, waiting for sleep, the one surcease; the one punctuation on the endlessly dull recitation of the tedious days.
Jen-Jen turned and tossed on her mat. Turning, turning, tangling herself in her too-short blanket; then shaking it out, carefully covering herself, then tangling it again, until exasperated Marie cried out: "Stop that! Have you fleas? You are like a dog, scratching, scratching!"
"No fleas...I have another itch." Jen-Jen laugh-sighed, "I miss a man."
"Which man?"
"Any man. You know, just a man.The way a man smells and feels. I miss a man. Don't you?"
Marie laughed softly, sultry and low. "Yes...Oh yes..."
Jen-Jen sat up in her mat "What about you, Whitey, did you have a man?"
Alberta closed her eyes. Michael, her heart cried out: the taste and the touch of Michael, the silky sand and his silky hands. "Yes, yes I did."
"Well?" Marie's curious voice demands, sleepiness forgotten in the avidity for gossip, "And?"
"And I loved him," Alberta whispered softly, pressing me to her mouth in a secret kiss.
"Oh love!" Marie snorted, "That is the big mistake. It just makes trouble. Look at me! Because of a man I am here!"
"Why? What did you do?"
"I stabbed a woman. Because of a man." she snorted again, "Ai wena! I should have stabbed him.
"What did you do, Jen-Jen?" Alberta asked.
"I stole." Jen-Jen replied, "What else would I do?"
"Of course!" Alberta laughed, hesitated, then sheltered by the dark she asked the question that had been on her mind for months. "And you, Mama Sara? Why are you here."
A profound silence fell, even Jen-Jen's itch was stilled.
"I stole too."
Alberta gasped in shocked surprise. "You? Mama Sara, what did you steal?"
From the thankful dark that tranquil voice replied: "A life."
TURQUOISE MOON
Manuela Cardiga
Jen-Jen turned and tossed on her mat. Turning, turning, tangling herself in her too-short blanket; then shaking it out, carefully covering herself, then tangling it again, until exasperated Marie cried out: "Stop that! Have you fleas? You are like a dog, scratching, scratching!"
"No fleas...I have another itch." Jen-Jen laugh-sighed, "I miss a man."
"Which man?"
"Any man. You know, just a man.The way a man smells and feels. I miss a man. Don't you?"
Marie laughed softly, sultry and low. "Yes...Oh yes..."
Jen-Jen sat up in her mat "What about you, Whitey, did you have a man?"
Alberta closed her eyes. Michael, her heart cried out: the taste and the touch of Michael, the silky sand and his silky hands. "Yes, yes I did."
"Well?" Marie's curious voice demands, sleepiness forgotten in the avidity for gossip, "And?"
"And I loved him," Alberta whispered softly, pressing me to her mouth in a secret kiss.
"Oh love!" Marie snorted, "That is the big mistake. It just makes trouble. Look at me! Because of a man I am here!"
"Why? What did you do?"
"I stabbed a woman. Because of a man." she snorted again, "Ai wena! I should have stabbed him.
"What did you do, Jen-Jen?" Alberta asked.
"I stole." Jen-Jen replied, "What else would I do?"
"Of course!" Alberta laughed, hesitated, then sheltered by the dark she asked the question that had been on her mind for months. "And you, Mama Sara? Why are you here."
A profound silence fell, even Jen-Jen's itch was stilled.
"I stole too."
Alberta gasped in shocked surprise. "You? Mama Sara, what did you steal?"
From the thankful dark that tranquil voice replied: "A life."
TURQUOISE MOON
Manuela Cardiga
February 8, 2015
I WILL NO LONGER BE GOODLoved, not loving Seen, not seein...
I WILL NO LONGER BE GOOD
Loved, not loving
Seen, not seeing
Cared, not caring
Spoiled, not spoiling
Nurtured, not nurturing
Adored, not adoring
Dreamed, not dreaming
Because I have
Spent my life
Being loving, not loved
Seeing, not seen
Caring, not cared for
Nurturing, not nurtured
Adoring, not adored
Dreaming and not being
The lovely dream.
I will no more be
Understanding
Without being
Understood,
I don’t want that.
I want to be
Lonely alone,
And enjoy
The solitude.
Manuela Cardiga
Loved, not loving
Seen, not seeing
Cared, not caring
Spoiled, not spoiling
Nurtured, not nurturing
Adored, not adoring
Dreamed, not dreaming
Because I have
Spent my life
Being loving, not loved
Seeing, not seen
Caring, not cared for
Nurturing, not nurtured
Adoring, not adored
Dreaming and not being
The lovely dream.
I will no more be
Understanding
Without being
Understood,
I don’t want that.
I want to be
Lonely alone,
And enjoy
The solitude.
Manuela Cardiga
TO MY DEAREST DARLING VALENTINE
Oh love, love love…
Oh love sublime!
Must we believe
Those same old lies?
To be honest,
I’m too tired.
My feet hurt,
And my back
Is buggered.
I’m just too old,
Did I mention tired?
Tired, yes,
And frankly
Uninspired.
So a man
Tells me
A story
About his
Latest victory
Sporting glory
Or (horror)
A gory agony
From his past
And I am agog
My mind reeling:
“REALLY!”
(gasp)
“INCREDIBLE!”
But when I tell
MY little story,
Why do I get
The sudden feeling
He finds it all
Quite boring?
“So happy for you…”
What kind
Of an answer
Is that?
“I don’t actually
Give a crap”
Is what it means
In men-speech…
Stuff that!
Get your pants
On, buster,
Get out of my life,
Go be bored
With your wife…
Manuela Cardiga
Oh love sublime!
Must we believe
Those same old lies?
To be honest,
I’m too tired.
My feet hurt,
And my back
Is buggered.
I’m just too old,
Did I mention tired?
Tired, yes,
And frankly
Uninspired.
So a man
Tells me
A story
About his
Latest victory
Sporting glory
Or (horror)
A gory agony
From his past
And I am agog
My mind reeling:
“REALLY!”
(gasp)
“INCREDIBLE!”
But when I tell
MY little story,
Why do I get
The sudden feeling
He finds it all
Quite boring?
“So happy for you…”
What kind
Of an answer
Is that?
“I don’t actually
Give a crap”
Is what it means
In men-speech…
Stuff that!
Get your pants
On, buster,
Get out of my life,
Go be bored
With your wife…
Manuela Cardiga
4 STAR REVIEW for SAMSON by Danie Adendorff on AMAZONBy ...
4 STAR REVIEW for SAMSON by Danie Adendorff on AMAZON
By Janet Riehl "Riehlife Village Wisdom for the ... (St. Louis, MO)
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Samson (Kindle Edition)
Danie Adendorff's writing in "Samson" is forceful and lyrical. It is apparently simple, yet sophisticated, as it presents so many facets of South Africa: its natural beauty, the intricacies of village life, love and struggle in the extended family, and the ravages of HIV/AIDS. It's a novel of social protest of the structure of South African society which allowed Apartheid to exist--and eventually begin to heal through the formation of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Courage and deception. Love and brutality. Community and the fear that destroys it. Gentleness and strength. Wisdom and ignorance. "Samson" gives its all to present the complexity of a society that folded in on itself and distorted the goodness in people, tribes, and a country. In 1948 Alan Paton published "Cry, the Beloved Country." Later that year the passage of a land law institutionalised Apartheid. More than 65 years later South Africa still staggers with that history of betrayal, secrets...and, yes, redemption.
http://www.amazon.com/Samson-What-cannot-other…/…/1507746652
February 7, 2015
WDA Short Story Competiton
Enter our SHORT STORY COMPETITION and have YOUR story published by WDA as an e-book!
The WINNER will get his or her story (up to 5.000 words) published by WDA Publishing as an e-book, and included in a PRINT end-of-the-year anthology of short stories by our Authors.
To enter write a one hundred and fifty word synopsis of your own true STARCROSSED love story, and buy a copy of Suzanne Carroll's STARCROSSED (it's on PROMOTION on AMAZON for 0,99$).
http://www.amazon.com/Starcrossed-Suzanne-Carr…/…/B00S34234G
Please send your Synopsis to us at
http://www.wdapublishing.com/contact-us.html
The winning entry will be selected by WDA Editorial Department, and announced, at the STARCROSSED BOOK PARTY on the 20th of February.
Entries must be in by 18th of February!
GOOD LUCK!
The WINNER will get his or her story (up to 5.000 words) published by WDA Publishing as an e-book, and included in a PRINT end-of-the-year anthology of short stories by our Authors.
To enter write a one hundred and fifty word synopsis of your own true STARCROSSED love story, and buy a copy of Suzanne Carroll's STARCROSSED (it's on PROMOTION on AMAZON for 0,99$).
http://www.amazon.com/Starcrossed-Suzanne-Carr…/…/B00S34234G
Please send your Synopsis to us at
http://www.wdapublishing.com/contact-us.html
The winning entry will be selected by WDA Editorial Department, and announced, at the STARCROSSED BOOK PARTY on the 20th of February.
Entries must be in by 18th of February!
GOOD LUCK!
Enter our TRUE LOVE STORY competition and have YOUR story...
Enter our TRUE LOVE STORY competition and have YOUR story published by WDA as an e-book!
To enter write a five line synopsis of your true star crossed love story.Suzanne Carroll, the author of STARCROSSED, will pick the winner.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1393419004299164/
The WINNER will get his or her story (up to 5.000 words) published by WDA Publishing as an e-book, and included in a end-of-the-year anthology of short stories by our Authors.
To qualify you have to buy a copy of Suzanne Carroll's STARCROSSED. (it's on PROMO today and tomorrow on AMAZON for 0,99$)
The winning entry will be selected tonight, at the STARCROSSED BOOK PARTY.
Entries must be in by 18:00 GMT!
GOOD LUCK!
To enter write a five line synopsis of your true star crossed love story.Suzanne Carroll, the author of STARCROSSED, will pick the winner.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1393419004299164/
The WINNER will get his or her story (up to 5.000 words) published by WDA Publishing as an e-book, and included in a end-of-the-year anthology of short stories by our Authors.
To qualify you have to buy a copy of Suzanne Carroll's STARCROSSED. (it's on PROMO today and tomorrow on AMAZON for 0,99$)
The winning entry will be selected tonight, at the STARCROSSED BOOK PARTY.
Entries must be in by 18:00 GMT!
GOOD LUCK!
WIN! Enter for a the chance to have YOUR OWN LOVE STORY published as an E-Book!
Join us for two hours, Febr 7th, at 18:00 GMT at the Facebook Virtual Book Party for STARCROSSED by Suzanne Carroll!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1393419004299164/WDA Publishing’s MANGO BOVEL Division is proud to present Suzanne Carroll’s new book - STARCROSSED.A desperate student deprived by an assignment of her computer and her smart-phone, begs her mother for advice on how to go through life with out Apps or search engines; and ends up learning about the power of persistence, and the lengths an inventive mind and a constant heart and will go to find it's other half.
After all, Romeo and Juliet didn’t have Twitter…
Amazon: http://amzn.to/18WAMvi
AMAZING GIVE-AWAYS!WIN lots of WDA Novels, including a SIGNED PRINT EDITION OF "STARCROSSED" and, as a SPECIAL PRIZE, the chance to have YOUR OWN LOVE STORY published as an E-Book!Buy a copy of STARCROSSED to enter for the SPECIAL PRIZE and the SIGNED NOVEL!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1393419004299164/WDA Publishing’s MANGO BOVEL Division is proud to present Suzanne Carroll’s new book - STARCROSSED.A desperate student deprived by an assignment of her computer and her smart-phone, begs her mother for advice on how to go through life with out Apps or search engines; and ends up learning about the power of persistence, and the lengths an inventive mind and a constant heart and will go to find it's other half.
After all, Romeo and Juliet didn’t have Twitter…
Amazon: http://amzn.to/18WAMvi
AMAZING GIVE-AWAYS!WIN lots of WDA Novels, including a SIGNED PRINT EDITION OF "STARCROSSED" and, as a SPECIAL PRIZE, the chance to have YOUR OWN LOVE STORY published as an E-Book!Buy a copy of STARCROSSED to enter for the SPECIAL PRIZE and the SIGNED NOVEL!
