poems - Alicia Brown

A year in the life (and then some…)

It’s been one year today since I started this blog, so I thought I’d share the story of how it came to be and my writing life up to this point. My rebirth as a writer really began three years ago, when my sister gave …

Summer

Do you want to know what it’s like out tonight?I could tell you that the sun has just gone down,That the sky is streaked with pink clouds,That the air is warm and sweet with the smell of honeysuckleAnd a cool, gentle breeze is stirring the …

Please lend this book!

For many years I had a philosophy of never lending books to friends. If you wanted to borrow a book, and it was one I could bear to part with, I’d give you the book outright, but I’d never expect to see it again. This …