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|  | | Now That I'm Here: lyrics from the mud to the sun
now that I’m here: lyrics from the mud to the sun is a story filled with the joy and pain of remembrance, and the glory of a journey to the sun. Like the lotus flower, the roots of poetess, Brook Blander, settle in the muddy waters of her past.
These seven chapters rearrange the mind and reach for the deepest regions of the heart. The product of a rape and molestation, the collection opens in The Basement of moist walls, singing blues and the marks the end, and the beginning of two souls. Hanging Moss is a meal to remember those gone during a season of unjust killings. Waiting for Tomorrow tells of a child deprived and Girl of a life of growth and acceptance. Making You tells of the desperation for and need for love while A Getting Society shows how selfish behaviors and laziness are inherited. | |  | | Personal: Intimate Comforts of Reflection
You are cordially invited to the intimate comforts of reflection through poetry and prose from poetess Brook Blander in her second lyrical collection entitled Personal. Personal. is reflection in a lounge therapy session.
Personal. is a collection of intimate thoughts and reflection shared through the pen of a poetess. Her memories, views and thoughts are documented in rhythm with the wonderful inclusion of journal entries which detail the inner chatter of a poet living to the beat of her own African drum under the direction of her ancestors. The collection opens with Brighter Days, a short, optimistic piece about days in heaven and the magic of the sun. Freedom in defined in Freedom Is and the love explained in So Necessary. The poem Selective Memory is about Alzheimer’s and the human instinct to cling during | |  | | The Secrets of Mercy
The Secrets of Mercy is the story of an unlikely sisterhood in the name of freedom.
News of emancipation reaches the southern town of Mercy where within its boundaries four women journey to define freedom within their lives. They endure abuse, tend to unrequited love and ache from broken families. Suffering too long, only their dreams, desires and secrets hold them up each day.
Sylvia, the cook and confidant of her former mistress, hungers in silent desperation for a life with her sons who were sold years ago and for her husband who sleeps beside her filled with fury in his fists. She is not the only bruised soul on the plantation. Mistress Vivian Purvis moves about |
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