Musings and more written over the course of a year, month by month. What is it like to go through life as a poet, or to view every day things in a poetical way? 

Excerpts from the book:

“There’s more than one kind of ukulele. Tuning one of them is just like tuning some of the strings on a guitar. All of them: soprano, baritone, pineapple sound different. “

“Ice doesn’t melt in the shade even when it gets warmer. “

“Everyone is a winner! I got a winning flyer for a new car or $25K and another one in a different box where I get mail! Yay! I’m a winner! My Mom went to the dealership and they gave her 2 scratch off tickets. I told her later the fine print says void if there’s a misprint or error on the scratch off mailer – i.e. everyone gets the winning number.
I am not a winner!”

“There’s a mailbox at the end of Sunset Beach a few miles past the pier. It’s stuck up in a corner. People leave notes for their loved ones. It’s a beautiful view of the ocean, the sound, and the mail always needs to be collected even though no one is collecting it.”

“It’s Halloween! The last day of October! Time for trick or treating and such fun. We do trick or treat. I don’t particularly like candy unless it has peanuts or peanut nougat in it. I’d rather have something salty! We have had a pumpkin sitting on the kitchen table that had to be thrown out – it was a small one. The big one outside we just never did decorate or carve! I have one of those pumpkin carving kits, but I haven’t used it in a while. Instead we have a blow up inflatable purple dragon that breathes fire! Much better than any old pumpkin! Happy Trick or Treating day – happy adventures with dragons! May all your dragons be princesses ready to be saved (or princes)! Thank you to my favorite poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, for letting me borrow his line, well sort of!” 

Bridge Ices Before Road by LB Sedlacek

New fishing poetry book (all about fishing) now available!  The Greatest Fish Story Never Told

Scenes from me and other wonderful poets reading at Poetry Rendezvous 2019.  The event was held in Black Mountain, NC.  The first day was at White Horse.

The story of “Intent”:  Vinton Ferguson pulls into the Richmond, Virginia area rest stop in his faithful royal blue Ford pickup truck. He hadn’t been late to work in over 40 years. He finds an abandoned car in the parking lot only to be shocked at what he finds inside. Julia Wells and her sidekick assistant Roger gets the case of the accused, Meghan Wright.

Two sisters, Anna and Meghan, were on their way with their parents to the former Heritage USA, but they never make it. Somewhere in Virginia, they pulled off the side of the road after a lengthy argument. Meghan gets out of the car and the Wright’s drive off leaving her there on the highway. When they finally turn around to go back for her, she is gone. The next day the Wright’s are found much like what Vinton found in the station wagon at the rest stop where he works.

Lawyer against Lawyer, a faithful employee, two sisters, a pastor and his wife, a troubled marriage, and a deep religious faith … or not. Is Meghan guilty? Did she have intent?

Find out in the psychological thriller set in Richmond, VA and Morganton, NC from award winning poet and author, LB Sedlacek.

Intent

Now available:  new poems in the Things to Do with you Dog series – “Government Shutdown!”  This poetry book is a sequel of sorts to “Things to do on Vacation in Washington DC with your Dog.” We visited Washington, DC in early February right after a government shutdown had temporarily ended. It’s only been lifted for a few days. The shutdown went on for about a month, the longest in US history. Technically, the government wasn’t shutdown when we arrived, but because it was a weekend a lot of things were shutdown anyway. This is sort of an insider’s guide to what do in DC if you want to do something a little different or if you do indeed visit during a shutdown.

Things to Do on Vacation during a Government Shutdown