The book is available on Amazon here.
Leslie Lippincott Hidley is retired from the safety business and lives in a small town in southern California. She has published poetry in Sparks of Calliope and other writing in the Ojai Quarterly and Ojai Monthly. She has just published her first long poem, “The Burglars’ Ball,” available on Amazon and a YouTube video of the same title.
. A Sleepless Night Lest I should suffer sleeplessly this night Of loathsome loneliness, whose strength severe So weakens me...
. Hard To Tell With attributes that only those who know him understand, A countenance deceptive, and a being hard...
Interesting, Margaret. My alma mater, Grinnell College in Iowa, had no such tradition. Just many wonderful women who were far…
Great stuff, Russel. I must say, though, the family member who enjoys and is best around the kitchen, is my…
Some wonderful lines and turns of phrase in this epic poem. 'The ashes of the life I had with her…
I enjoyed your poems, MJ, though alas, I can offer no learned appraisal of them. Thanks for the reads.
I liked how in The Garden Hermit's confession you expressed how he viewed himself firstly 'like some small merlin on…
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this. It’s entertaining, beautifully designed and heart-warmingly innocent. Thank you so much, all three of you.
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Peter Bellwood did the narration on the video and I think he nailed it. I should mention that Burle Avant did the video itself – nice job! Now let’s hope for book sales!!! We had so much fun writing it!!! We laughed through the whole thing.
I agree with Martin; it’s a wonderful and enjoyable story! And with lovely illustrations.
thank you so much!
Lucy Bellwood did a beautiful job on the illustrations, didn’t she. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
A festive piece of poetry in an age old style calculated to leave the reader in a good mood.
Thanks for the read and the visual feast.
You are most welcome.
A charming, and yes, classical, children’s book in verse. I want to read it in book form myself before I give it away. Festive entertainment, Leslie and Peter, with beautiful illustrations by Lucy.
Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it.