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Poetry Reading – A Sampler

Free short story download (ends 4/25/22)

The pursuit of any goal with mindless tenacity seldom ends well. Obsessive behavior blinds even the best and brightest among us until we no longer see the forest or the trees as we trudge blindly on the narrow path of our obsession.

Eternal Quest is one of my earliest short stories written when I was in my second year of college. It is still one of my favorites. On its surface, this speculative fiction short story (7,800 words) deals with one man’s obsessive quest for knowledge and the devas...

Link to a free introductory lecture on copyright law specifically intended for the general public that should be of particular interest to authors, artists, musicians and entrepreneurs. (Runs for approximately one hour)

Podcast reading of my two newest poems

A Poet’s Lament for Poetry Month

It’s Poetry Month,
If poets wail in the woods,
Do they make a sound?

If what we write goes unread,
Why on earth do we persist?
It is madness, I insist,
No one can cure ’till we’re dead.

Will we be silent, or discouraged? No!
Let our voices resonate with our truth,
Be it sweet as a ripe pomegranate,
Or sour as cheap wine left too long uncorked.

We sing as best we can in harmony,
Or screech like rusty nails caressing slate,
E pluribus unum – one family,
Embracing every country, every state.

O...

Free poetry book download ends today (4/4/2022)

Download a copy of my latest poetry book in honor of Poetry Month free, but only at the following link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1035449

Teaser Poems for free two short story download – expires 4/10/22

On Modern Art

Eye is in the eye of the beholder,
Modern art is especially troubling,
Since when anything goes, nothing matters,
When everyone’s an artist, art is dead.

Splotches on paper art? Yes if you wish,
And so are vulvas rendered in a dish,
Mother of God submerged in dung and piss,
Men urinating in men’s mouths is bliss.

Who are the arbiters of this grand farce?
Why art critics, of course, for they know best,
And we, the unwashed masses, must all yield,
Our sense to what their wisdom will ...

To Poets Everywhere (New blank verse poem and free ebook download link – expires 4/4/22)

We are brothers and sisters of the pen,
Toiling in darkness, hoping to shed light,
Clicking away our life’s blood every day,
Passionately crafting words that go unread.

Of all the things in life that we could do,
None would yield lesser tangible rewards,
We do it not for gain, or praise, or fame,
We do it because it is simply what we are.

We write with ink, with toner, or with blood,
To allow others to see through our eyes,
A world that’s stripped of facile, false facades,
And rendered to expose it...

Ends today (3/27/22): free download of Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems

Free download available only at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/181370.

To hear me read a variety of selections from this book and my newest book of poetry, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk, you can visit my podcasts at your favorite podcast hosting site, including https://anchor.fm/victor-d-lopez. You will also find full chapter readings there from my novel and both full and sample short story readings from my short story collections.

Novel preview

You can preview my novel on Amazon at the “free preview” link above. And you can hear me read full chapters through my podcasts through your favorite podcast hosting site. For direct links to my full chapter readings on this site, you can click on the following link: https://victordlopez.wordpress.com/sample-chapter-readings-from-my-new-novel/.