Is To Wish To Be Wrong?

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

To not live alone and be apart

To welcome love and share a heart

To take a blow without complaint

To offer peace without constraint.

To be pure when morals scream

To only see the beauty in all you dream

To show compassion to those in need

To be content with no thought of greed.

To wish for nothing and ask for less

To live a life without duress

To offer silence in a raging storm

To be yourself and not conform.

To accept the pitfalls along your path

To smile and always be willing to laugh

To see the good where others see bad

To be happy and never be sad.

To be complete with love to spare

To live in colour where nothing’s bare

To encourage and abide

To be humble and not full of pride.

To wish that fear could always abate

To offer friendship and speak no hate

To stand straight and strong beside the weak

To give the innocent a chance to speak.

Perhaps these words come from misty-eyes

And most of the things have been tried

But sentiment or not I know this much is true

I wish for a future that is better than the life I now view.

© 2019, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved.

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#Blogtour – The Quest for Home by Jacqui Murray

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

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Today Robbie’s Inspiration welcomes author Jacqui Murray as part of her blog tour for her new prehistoric fiction book, The Quest for Home, Book 2 in the Crossroads series, part of the Man vs. Nature saga.

The Quest for home is available at: Kindle US   Kindle UK   Kindle CA   Kindle AU

The Quest for Home (Book 2 of Crossroads trilogy) by [Murray, Jacqui]

Short Summary:

Chased by a ruthless and powerful enemy, Xhosa flees with her People, leaving behind her African homeland, leading her People on a grueling journey through unknown and perilous lands. As they struggle to overcome treachery, lies, danger, tragedy, hidden secrets, and Nature herself, Xhosa must face the reality that her most dangerous enemy isn’t the one she expected. It may be one she trusts with her life.

The story is set 850,000 years ago, a time in prehistory when man populated Eurasia. He was a violent species, fully capable of addressing…

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Audiobook

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

I received news this morning that my publishers are having What Happened In Vienna, Jack? made into an Audiobook at their expense.

Here is the first chapter read by Simon Hester, the narrator.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfG0rXqul-nnFXVbLjTw2qo5xaQgpIOT/view

The book itself can be found here–

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The Seasons

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

The Seasons

As seasons pass and slip away,
So does life in a similar way.
Changing seasons entombed in time,
That mirror the life of both yours and mine.

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Moments

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

 

A raindrop sliding down a windowpane.
A laugh shared running from the rain.
A tear shed in a moment of despair.
A hand stretched out in an offer of care.

Moments in life can never be the same.
Moments in life in the memory can remain.

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Homicide for Three (1948)

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

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vt An Interrupted Honeymoon; vt Whispers in the Dark
US / 60 minutes / bw / Republic Dir: George Blair Assoc Pr: Stephen Auer Scr: Bradbury Foote, Albert DeMond Story:A Puzzle for Puppets (1944) by Patrick Quentin Cine: John MacBurnie Cast: Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Grant Withers, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor, George Lynn, Tala Birell, Benny Baker, Joseph Crehan, Sid Tomack, Dick Elliott, Eddie Dunn, John Newland, Billy Curtis, Patsy Moran.

It’s a very long time since last I read Patrick Quentin’s A Puzzle for Puppets (1944), but as I recall it was a perfectly respectable little mystery novel. Unfortunately the geniuses at Republic chose to adapt it as a comedy mystery. The result is something that’s undoubtedly (mildly) entertaining throughout but that hardly satisfies someone in need of a Quentin/Duluths fix.

A year ago Peter (Douglas) and Iris Duluth (Long) married, but Peter was called off to…

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When Life Is Done

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

If you show me a love

Like I’ve never seen,

And show me kindness,

That has never been.

 

Then I’ll give you my loyalty,

Trust and faith.

I’ll give you a love

That you can taste.

 

That taste will stay

After my death

You will never know the same

Until your last breath.

 

 

Then when we meet in

Some final place,

Remember how your

Heart did race.

 

 

We will love for eternity

And be as one

When our earthly lives

Are over and done.

 

 

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To Write

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

One could use a pen to write a story, but it’s a heart that bleeds the words.

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#Openbookbloghop – The Writing Process

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

Have you any thoughts on the matter?

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What is the most difficult part of your artistic process?

This is an intriguing question which I can only answer if I first break down what I think my own writing process is.

I have only published one young adult book, While the Bombs Fell, and I have recently finished a much longer work for a young adult audience, Through the Nethergate. I am currently working on a novella called A Ghost and his Gold which is set during the Second Anglo Boer War in South Africa and the first book in a trilogy about a world in the throes of climate crisis and the fallout from the fourth industrial revolution.

My writing process for WTBF was rather experimental as it was the first longer and more complicated story I attempted. It involved a lot of historical research which was enjoyable but time consuming. I learned a lot about developing…

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Two Old-Fashion Poems Of Love

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Daniel Kemp

A heart that was broken then laid to rest
Will slowly rot before it reaches its time for death.
Sailing high from its sorrow it must rise above,
And search for the happiness it once found in love.

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As love was forsaken and buried in the past
So passion burnt out and did not last.
But life is never over because of that which fails
Life is on hold until love prevails.

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