Showing posts with label #BlackSwanPublishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #BlackSwanPublishing. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Author Announcement:



 
Author & Poet  
Until . . . 

Latest book 

Dreaming Of A Place
"On The Wings Of My Imagination"

Never quit your daydream. As that is the declaration of Until when she says "Daydreaming through life is what got me here." Dreaming Of A Place "On The Wings Of My Imagination" is an opus that displays the playful, daydreamy side of Until. Butterflies, flowers and feeding fishes in the sea, what else could there be? Creativity, intelligence and shared musical inspiration. A light-hearted tome to bring you joy in these current times.

This book will be published on Until's birthday, May 23rd and you can pre-order now or gift her with your purchase of her book. If you would like to purchase Dreaming Of A Place "On The Wings Of My Imagination" please visit our website at www.untilnomore.net.
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Monday, December 17, 2018

Shades of Afrika - Feature Poet Until. . .

I was invited to be a feature at the beautiful Shades of Afrika "Griot Cafe" by Darryl Lewis known as Subject Matter. This was my very first twenty (20) minute feature as well as my first time attending here and it was enjoyable. Loved the atmosphere, the welcoming of everyone, including the owner. The establishment is airy, arousing with aromatics and just speaks to your soul of creativity. 

To be surrounded by such creative beings, like Subject Matter, ShyButFlyy, Felicia and more was sweetly nice. I will return in the New Year. However, meanwhile, I need you to check out this place; it carries essential/body oils, they do custom framing, they have a salon and book store along with many other trinkets to buy. 

Shades of Afrika
1001 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90802

Follow creative beings:

Darry Lewis as Subject Matter

Felicia Cade


Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Until It's Gone: Dreams...

I was commissioned to write this poem for the company QS Simple Treasures Greetings and Collections for their newly launched product called Dreams "Are Meant to be Lived" Oolong Tea.
Please read below and for more of my poetry and others please visit this link: Until No More .
Enjoy!


I have aromatic wishes
Fragrant dreams of desire
My favorite flavors intertwined
Speak to my soul to become inspired

When I open the box of my
Dreams "Are Meant to be Lived" Oolong Tea
I let the smell escape to run free

Within my home

It invokes happiness
Spark ambition
As the essence of relaxation 
Continuously roam

While I sip and enjoy
the texture and the taste
of such a perfect blend

The infusion of;
Strawberries, peppermint
and who would've thought
Jasmine

Reeks in my senses
Reeks relentless

and leaves me 
to daydream
to chase dreams

Until it's gone.



~Until... 
(c) 2017

Monday, August 7, 2017

My Life As A Sheet


As I lie here taking on the burdens of the world
The dreams of individuals
The presentations of foundations and organizations
The business and marketing plans of enterprises and small owned entities
Soon to become entrepreneurial treasures of all nationalities.

I sing logistics, time, effort, togetherness and patience that brings about fruition
   of long-awaited cherishments for years to come to be recycled and embedded for a guide,
    a base for others to utilize ...

To later enhance what started as a beginning present and later became futuristic ideas 
     to grow into a mass of variety.

As I just lie here consuming secrets good and bad from ancient times to the most recent diaries,
 of slaves, inventors, geniuses, young boys to young girls to travelers, writers and generational notes
 of ancestors. I exude, antique to modern to contemporary form. I show the finest of calligraphy, the drawings that are to be pressed and scanned, different hand writings  done hand after hand;

Soon turned into, type that is now, known as what we call, fonts on the computers to print upon me
 and last but not at all least, I come with the highest of security, national government because I provide you with your necessities and desires, you can't buy anything without me. I am what we call paper, cheddar', green, dinero, moolah or the simple term, muhn-ee.

As I continue to lay here mesmerized by the sight of music notes like treble clef's and lyrics grammatically prepared to be put to music or an already made melody for the whole world to hear, sing and dance along to; I am nationally universal, for I soothe souls all over the world.

As I lie here with expressed dreams of many and wishes of plenty I reek ambition, drive, exuberance and vision. Feeling on subjects that may be taboo, goals and ideas of what one wants or is going to do. Mental exhaustion, words rushed in scribble, chicken scratched riddles show pages of dated progress. Though people may have said "you can't do it" or "you'll never make it", the white sheet with blue lines soulfully manifest, careful research, step by step instructions, recorded journey of my stress, though, conquering my quest still,  however exposing how I am blessed by my dream finally being made palpable.

As I lie here, I'm overwhelmed and humbled by this whole experience because I've come so far, I've had a long road. Especially when I think long ago to the beginning of my career, my very first two projects. I'll never forget it. They're one of the my greatest achievements to date. To be honest, I was nothing before all of this; I didn't even exist. My whole existence was born when my creator built the world in six days and later created the Ten Commandments to be transferred and the Bible to be printed.


As I lie here . . . I am generationally ubiquitous.
I am timeless.


My life as the sheet.


written by Until...
(c) 2017


***This poem was originally published in the book called "I Just Want to Write!" written by Poet and Author Until in the year of 2014. If you've purchase the book, then you will find this poem on page 92 but the story that goes with the poem called " A Dialogue Between Friends" begins on page 90. Thank you for all those who has purchased, read and shared.  Love Until..

Monday, February 13, 2017

Aunt Florie (Reignites) "Poetry 4 Every Occasion"

Hey my Simple Treasures/Black Swans: I just thought I would stop in and share something about me, poetry and another dimension. So, years ago beginning at 14 until the age of 18, I created an unofficial small business for myself called "Poetry 4 Every Occasion" and I would customize poems for people who lost their loved ones.

It was something I enjoyed but it was sad when I would have to ask questions about their beloved in order to create the poem that was needed. However, when my brother passed away, that was the last time I did customization for that area of life because it became too hard and I knew then just what they were going through as me being my own client. Because though I enjoyed making people happy with the combination of my words and there thoughts mixed with emotions and nostalgia it was also sad because it hurts to want to begin to remember that a loved one is gone and are never to return.

But, when your best friend asks you to write a poem for her family do to their recent loss, you do it, and truth be told, well, I was honored. I couldn't even believed they remembered I used to do that, as it was so long ago, and though I haven't done it in a long time, it really did come back as natural as it started. Only this time was different, I wrote the poem and then as a Poet, I was asked to deliver the poem at the repass. God blessed. They were more than happy with the poem, overwhelmed with the delivery and to top it off I presented them with an autographed poem with all of the bells and whistles. They loved it and I love them and I'm humbled, grateful and blessed.

Thank you Lord for allowing me to bless others that has always supported me. Always help where you can.

The poem is called "Aunt Florie"...
written by Until...

"Poetry is me. Therefore I am Poetry." ~Until...

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

A Poetic Uprising (August) Pictures

"A Poetic Uprising"
August 1st of 2015 
Max Blooms Cafe Noir
Fullerton, California
Signature Pieces Performed:
I gotta' go. I gotta' leave. Drunken Spill, 
Until No More, How to Love and book title "I Just Want to Write!" (Closer Poem)
Photo Credit: Kim C. Martin Photography 






Thursday, July 30, 2015

Until No More

I just want to write
For the rest of my life
Pen and Pencil
Flirt with me, and,
  I'm so enticed

I want us to run away together
Question loyalty no more
We'll be together always
With many life subjects to explore

Until someone ask's
Do you take this Pen and Pencil
  to be your lawfully wedded quills?

I will respond with,
 I do, forever, always Until

Someone will ask, Until what?

I will say, Until we both die
Until we both lie
In the coffin together
No more for my quill
No more for I


Written by Until...
(c) 2014

*This poem has been published in the book called "I Just Want to Write!" written by Until in July 2014. *This poem performed in Max Blooms Art Gallery and Coffee House in Fullerton, California on Saturday, August 1st of 2015. If you would like to find out more about Max Blooms Cafe Noir please visit the linkhttp://www.maxbloomscafenoir.com/.

#Ijustwanttowriter #untilnomore #MaxBloomsCafeNoir #LovePoetry #JasonFairhurstWall

Monday, July 13, 2015

Poet and Newly Turned Author Until will be featured..



This is going to be such an exciting event. I can't wait to share some of my gems with you. I will be performing my infamous poem "I Just Want to Write" and many more.  I hope to see you there!!! 

Love 
Until...

"Remember Poetry is me. Therefore I am Poetry."


*If you would like to purchase Until's book entitled "I Just Want to Write!" please visit her website at


Thursday, March 12, 2015

HBO Access Writing Fellowship Submission

 I tried to do the HBO Access Writing Program Submission: But something happened with the site and then all kinds of other complications. So, I was not sad, just looked at it as, it was not meant to be. However it was a great experience because it was a writing exercise to answering their question "How has your background influenced your story telling?" I enjoyed writing about it. Please see below:

How Has Your Background Influenced Your Story Telling?

The question was raised; how has your background influenced your storytelling? The answer is simple, my family and friends, television, elementary school and my imagination. As a child, my family always shared stories of plenty, experiences were many and that was quite exciting to me. Because, if you knew my family, you’d know that no story is boring, for animation and demonstrations play a big part in delivery. It was then I learned that there were different types of fun and intensity when it came to furnishing a narrative.  

So, when I began elementary school, turns out, writing was apart of me, actually it’s who I am. I won a few essay contests and it was there I honed my aptitude of combining my animated yet fun inherited personality with the ability to create pictures with words. An illustrational art form I’d manifest on paper. My own experiences with friends in and out of school while growing up were memorable and as those moments passed I would relive them in my head time and time again to hold onto what it was for me. I would write about them to immortalize my monumental moments and feelings to keep, and you can say that was the beginning of me knowing just how powerful writing could be.

I began to love and cherish everything. Life became my biggest inspiration because I knew I could form my world the way I wanted it to be seen, through my eyes but from my perspective, and how liberating. From the most painful heartbreak, to seeing a beautiful butterfly flutter by, or someone passing away, I’m engulfed by it all. My indulgence is great. I find it astonishing how you could imagine something and make it apparent, or remember a food you tasted years ago and can instantly taste it again and make people feel this with words. Wow! That is strong; what a pinnacle point to arrive at, and when you add reading and writing to the equation, that is truly what made my imagination even more vivid, with a mixture of mild and dramatic, sometimes enhanced with a sweet edge. This is why I always say writers rule the world, because they can make you feel any way they want to, persuade you to think and see differently, they have control and there is nothing anyone can do about it. I’m proud to be apart of that club. As you can see my background is colorful without in depth detail, I still believe I should have resonated with you, at least my writing should have.

(Smile)

Though true enough my background doesn’t reek of many accolades (in society) to solidify being an official writer, however, my passion, imagination, animation, brightness, cleverness and just my love of/for writing; allows me to be open, provides me fast catching ability with the right guidance and direction, makes me a great candidate.

This is how my background influenced my storytelling.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Dr. Maxine Thompson interviews Until...

Did you catch my interview with Dr. Thompson? If not please visit the website to hear me discuss my inspirations,  what writing means to me and the feedback I've been getting back on my very first book. Thank you for your support and may you enjoy this interview as I did.

 http://66.49.193.35/ArtistFirst_Maxine_Thompson_2015-02-09.mp3

To purchase I Just Want to Write please visit www.untilnomore.net. See you soon.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Awesomegang Interviews Author Until...

Awesomegang interviewed Author Until to find out all about her book, what inspires her, who is her favorite authors, favorite books and more. If you would like to read the whole interview please click the link: http://awesomegang.com/just-want-write/


If you would like to purchase Until's book I Just Want to Write! Please visit her website at www.untilnomore.net.
#AuthorUntil #Untilspeak #IJustWanttoWrite #QuandaRGraves #BlackSwanPublishing

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I am someone who is attracted to paper and aroused by my thoughts and feelings which are connected to my pen. I am someone who is enlightened by what I and others write down and often surprised about how I and others think. I am somone who believes that I am all that my poetry speaks, all that my poetry bleeds, all that my poetry reeks, all that my poetry feeds. Poetry is me. Therefore I am poetry. Until...