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Please tag yourself with Second Chances. There will be a giveaway at the end of the month for two lucky winners! You can put your picture on Facebook or Instagram or send it to me in a private message ! Two $25 Amazon gift cards to two lucky winners!

Interview With Poets United

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I am here, http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/05/blog-of-week-ayala-zarfjian.html

Please go check my interview with Sherry Marr and be sure to leave a comment so I know that you stopped by! Thank you for your continued support!

Book Release

Second Chances: Poetry from a Sun-Kissed Life

by Ayala Zarfjian (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1732577299

ISBN-10: 1732577293

 

 

Dear Friends,

My book is out!

I am thrilled!

All my hard work in these pages

 

 Friends wanted to remind you that all proceeds from my book are going to charity. The first charity is WriteGirl it is a Los Angeles-based creative writing and mentoring organization that spotlights the power of a girl and her pen. I feel it affords girls freedom that is much needed in their community. The other charity is Hope Outreach which we have been involved with for years. For the hundreds of families in the HOPE Outreach Center service area that live with daily stress of facing hunger or homelessness, the staff from the charity may be able to help. The charity organization, which is based in Davie, has some limited support services for low income families and the working poor in Broward County, as noted below.
Those residents that are struggling to provide adequate food for their families can turn to HOPE Outreach Center’s Pantry. This service offers them a lifeline. It does so through the distribution of non-perishable foods and vouchers that have been donated.

 

It means the world to me to have your support. Thank you!

 

 

 

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Second Chances Book Reveal

So excited to share my book reveal!

May 7

All proceeds will be donated to charity.

I want to thank my publisher.

I want to thank all of you!

Living The Questions

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The birds cheerfully sing,

their joy is undeniable.

They hold the answers of the universe,

while I am living the questions.

Their conversations with the world,

allow me to surrender to the unknown.

My crown is tarnished,

while theirs glimmers in the piercing 

morning light.

I am happy to announce that my poetry book, Second Chances, will be published by Golden Dragonfly Press. The release date is, Tuesday May 7. All proceeds will be donated to charity.
I have missed being in this space and sharing with this community. I have been busy juggling life, and being present in the life of those that need me. I always reflect back on my journey here, and how this community has always lifted me. I am also forever grateful to my friends that shared with me how  my words have resonated with them and have made them feel less alone. Thank you!

Pittsburgh

Today I am reposting The Color Of My Blood which I wrote for the victims of Pulse nightclub. Today I feel it is fitting after another senseless act of violence. My thoughts are with the people of Pittsburgh. The victims woke up Saturday morning and all they wanted was to practice their faith, to observe the sabbath. I have no words.

The shape of my eyes,

the sound of my voice,

the shade of my skin,

my sexuality.

The color of my blood

the same 

as yours.

If you saw the light in my eyes,

if you saw my mother's tears,

if you felt her fears,

grief engraved on her skin.

Would you have yanked me

like a weed from the
garden of life,
Would you have shattered
me in pieces
 leaving me
to bleed out in the dark.
Ideologies differ,
dreams unalike,
my diversity
makes me
unique,
beautiful,
majestic,
a beacon in the fiber
of humanity.
The shape of my eyes,
the sound of my voice,
the shade of my skin,
my sexuality.
The color of my blood
same as yours.

This Is All we Have

The divine exists in the details,

in the mornings,

in the tangerine sunrise.

If we lay our lips to it

we could taste life for a moment.

We could succumb to the truth,

that today is all we have.

The certainty that tomorrow

we will mourn today.

Today with all its

grace,

fear,

challenges,

humility,

and shame.

We must grasp it fiercely,

feel it in our marrow,

hold the vision of it in 

the mantle of our minds.

This,

here and now,

is what we have.

It is not lost on me.

Watch my bright eyes,

wild with anticipation.

See the nectar roll off my chin,

listen to me roar loudly,

and know that

I am aware

that this is all we have to hold on to.