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Treasuring Poetry – Meet fantasy author and poet, Diana Peach and read my review of Sunwielder: An Epic Time Travel Adventure

I’m delighted to be the guest of wonderful author and blogger Robbie Cheadle on her first Treasuring Poetry post of 2021! I share a poem, its inspiration, and a few thoughts on how poetry influences our prose. If you have a minute or two, stop by. And thank you to Kaye Lynne Booth for hosting us. Enjoy! ❤

I’m closing comments here, so please pop over if you want to say, “Hi.”

Writing to be Read

Welcome to the first Treasury Poetry post of 2021.

Today, I am delighted to welcome fantasy author and poet, Diana Peach, who is sharing one of her own poems and discussing poetry.

Which of your own poems is your favourite?

Thanks so much for the invitation to participate in your Treasuring Poetry series, Robbie. I’m honored. I think of myself as a writer of prose and a dabbler otherwise, but I love poetry and believe no creative effort is ever wasted.

This is a super hard question! I have poems that I think are well-crafted, poems that evoke personal feelings or memories, and poems that reflect a particular time in my life. Since “I don’t know” isn’t an acceptable answer, I’ll go with this one:

Flight of faith

When I was a child, I could fly

you and I hopped in dirt-road afternoons

faithful

and the dust-wind flung us over…

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12 thoughts on “Treasuring Poetry – Meet fantasy author and poet, Diana Peach and read my review of Sunwielder: An Epic Time Travel Adventure”

  1. Teagan Riordain Geneviene says:
    January 25, 2021 at 7:44 am

    What a lovely idea. Clicking over now. Hugs on the wing.

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  2. Jacqui Murray says:
    January 25, 2021 at 7:40 am

    This is one of my favorites, Diana. So much character growth, understanding, and action.

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  3. Tessa says:
    January 25, 2021 at 7:25 am

    This is very cool! How wonderful of Robbie to host ❤️

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    • D. Wallace Peach says:
      January 25, 2021 at 7:36 am

      Thanks so much for the visit, Tessa. I was flattered when Robbie asked me, to say the least. I enjoyed browsing my poems and writing about one. Have a lovely week, my friend. Happy Writing and Reading. 🙂

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  4. Meg says:
    January 25, 2021 at 7:13 am

    Your poem is lovely and poignant and I can see why you chose it. I hope you will fly again!

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  5. Jill Weatherholt says:
    January 25, 2021 at 6:20 am

    Thanks to Robbie for hosting!

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  6. Laurie Graves says:
    January 25, 2021 at 6:00 am

    Wonderful! And I really like the David Carradine quotation.

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