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WHERE DO THE WORDS COME FROM…?

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SO SWEET IS THE SUMMER~The emergence of writing poetry coincided with my return to JSU to begin work on my Masters in 2004. I remember driving to Jacksonville one afternoon and looking out across the undulating grasses of farmland the words of a poem flitted along my mind. I immediately pulled over and rummaged through the jeep’s glove box to find an old envelope to write on. As pen touched paper, the words magically came.
That evening, I curled up in my writing chair and worked through the poem. As I typed it up, it began transforming. And when I sat back and reread it before determining it ‘done,’ I’d wondered at the mystery of it. Where do these words come from? Do they float out about us in our day to day? If we are consumed in thought or inattentive, are we unable to harness them?

SO SWEET IS THE SUMMER
So sweet is the summer
Feel
But fleeting
Feet tickled by long
Strands drenched
With emerald paints
Little girls
Dancing the fields
A semblance to
Grapes being stomped
Hands grasped tight
By fingers so small
Laughter bubbling, bouncing
As angels stand
Guard
Wanting to be
Like them

So sweet is the summer
Breeze
But fleeting
That nips against
Exposed skin
Young ladies bask
Gleaning rays to bronze
Sensual lengths
In hours that stretch
Without end
Abandonment
In thoughts
Of pungent males
And friends that have known
Touches
Wanting to be
Like them

So sweet is the summer
Time
But fleeting
Mothers lying
With harbored knowledge
Languidly
Chatting that talk
Too small
Hinting at ghosts
Promising
Roses in December
Tipped in variant corals
Like sips stolen of wild wine
By youthful girls
Coveting
Wanting to be
Like them
ELIZABETH MOZLEY PARTRIDGE
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It’s Almost Christmas!

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Christmas is around the corner, but it’s not too late to purchase a #book for the #bibliophile in your life! Available On Amazon #ElizabethMozleyPartridge

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Somewhere in Bama~~~~~

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Prerequisite to writing – the #Bushwhacker. The darker the skies get, the happier I get. And in the background, someone is singing old #WillieNelson. #AlabamaGulfCoast #writing #Solo #RoadTrip

DON’T Let Go Of A GOOD THING To Get To THE NEXT THING!

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I am not writing. I am relaxing!
There was a time -when looking upon trees – that I wanted nothing more than to climb to the highest branches, or curl up beneath with a good book. (Part of that was a long time ago.)
I am soaking up every minute I have of these peaceful mornings. Thank goodness for the trees and the birds, and the books.

ElizabethMozley

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Yes, WE do SHARE THE SAME SKY!

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#WeShareTheSameSky Join me for a week in #NYC, visiting historic sites, enjoying the history, famous eats & reflecting on growing up in the #DeepSouth

~Ah, and the battle for best cUpCaKe between Magnolia Bakery & Sugar Sweet Sunshine; my quest for the tastiest rice pudding & frozen custard! What a satisfying trip!

💛 In pApERbAcK & #KindleUnlimited

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Almost Spring!

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Wordsworth had his Tintern Abbey—- I have Dunaway Mountain.

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—Did you say, “battle for the best cupcake?!”

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#WeShareTheSameSky Join me for a week in #NYC, visiting historic sites, enjoying the history, famous eats & reflecting on growing up in the Deep South. ~ Ah, and the battle for best cUpCaKe between Magnolia Bakery and Sugar Sweet Sunshine; my quest for the tastiest rice pudding & frozen custard! What a satisfying trip! WE SHARE THE SAME SKY, a memoir is Available Here: https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Mozley/e/B00J7KJWIU

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Signed copies available!

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Signed copies of DANCING ALONG THE FRINGES TO THE SIGN OF SILENCE – CENTIPEDE- WE SHARE THE SAME SKY – & FROM HERE TO THERE, THE LONG WAY HOME —— available in Gadsden, Alabama at The Stone Market!

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SOUTHERN GOTHIC, THROUGH & THROUGH

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Dancing Along THE FRINGES To The Sign Of Silence is Southern Gothic through and through.

A subgenre of Gothic fiction in American literature, the story takes place in the American South. The elements of deeply flawed, disturbing & eccentric characters, hoodoo, decayed & derelict settings, grotesque situations, & sinister events stemming from poverty, alienation, crime & violence are knitted like a finely spun web.

Join me in the reading of Dancing Along THE FRINGES To The Sign Of Silence!
ELIZABETH MOZLEY @ElizabethMozley

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REVIEW:

“Put down that Harlan Coben or James Patterson book you’re reading and instead pick up this novel by Elizabeth Mozley.
Why? We read to escape, but we also read to connect with characters who are a little bit like us. The distance that words written on a page provide allow us to experience excitement and danger vicariously.
There is plenty of treachery in this novel, and there is an abundance of love. There is something about stories set in the American South like this one is.
Like any good Southern Gothic there are graveyards and bastard children and nostalgia for the past. Through the five women around which this story unfolds, Mozley examines the values of the South such as loyalty and deeply ingrained decorum.
That is not to say that all is well in Memphis. With the mix of strong women and coarse men, violence is never far away and the bonds of loyalty fray. There are entanglements aplenty with the usual culprit at the center…money and sex.
The passages of dialogue ring true and the pacing of the story keeps you turning the pages. There is even travel to a place far away from Tennessee–both distance and culturally–that came as a surprise.
If the old adage to write what you know is true, Mozley knows a thing or two…
I think this book is worth your time reading…compelling dialogue makes an interesting movie.
So what are you waiting for Hollywood? Option this book. It will be a hit on Netflix… Seriously, order it today.”
Don Jacobson @BigSurfDon

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Take time to reconnect with who you truly are!

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For me ~ I have begun with an early morning walk, followed by a cappuccino & blanket on the front porch, warming in the golden sunlight and fleshing out the second Memphis novel.

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