Greetings once again! I know I have been absent for some time, pursuing other endeavors, but I have returned to you all again.
This post is a little different than the typical Quill & Palette topic, today I have a bit of exciting news to report. I am pleased to announce that I have published my first collection of poetry: "Ode to a Whippoorwill." This light chapbook is my debut into poetic verse. The book is 30 pages in length and contains 15 select poems, including
Ode to a Whippoorwill,
Still She Smiles Sweetly, and
The Dryad Nymph. "Ode to a Whippoorwill" is available on Amazon.com for a reasonable price, and I would encourage you to check it out. It was very enjoyable to assemble and organize this collection, a right pleasure creating the prose, and a delight holding the finished product in hand, but the real reward is being able to share the power of words with others. Thank you, and enjoy!
And before I go, I suppose I should tie this post back to art somehow... The cover photograph of "Ode to a Whippoorwill" is one of my personal photographs taken on a nature walk near my home. I have spent many hours in contemplation near that tree, and I could find no better way to memorialize it than by using it as the cover art.
I hope to begin posting more material on Quill & Palette more regularly now, only time will tell. I want to thank you all for your support. Thank you!
Here is a link to "Ode to a Whippoorwill" on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Whippoorwill-Other-Poems-Harley-Benefiel/dp/1503087468/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419276933&sr=1-1
If the link doesn't work, try entering my name in the search box on Amazon.com. Thank you, and happy holidays!
