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The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Focus on Nichola Napora & Tom Heath

Welcome to our mini-series on The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology, which celebrates the poets featured in volumes 1-3.

Today, Nichola Napora and Tom Heath are telling us what inspired the haiku they sent us.

Nichola Napora

Nichola Napora is full of surprises. She shares awe and magic with effervescence and deep love. A curious writer and a multidisciplinary artist, she mixes awareness and dedication with an intuitive response to the craft at hand. She is continually evolving how she creates and interfaces with life on this amazing planet.

Website: https://www.mysticpeaks.com

Nichola has five haiku featured in Volume 1:

Connection is our medicine. Poetry, especially in short form like a haiku, is akin to a capsule of medicine. Nectar from a wildflower. The sweetness of life extracted. Writing, sharing, and reading poems is a balm for the heart, soul, and body-mind all at once. It makes my spirit sing.

This depth of connection creates a spark overflowing with reciprocity. Creativity is the new currency and when rooted in generosity it is pure magic. Auroras and Blossoms is abundant in this as they bring innovative and playful work into the world with care and intention. It is my pleasure and part of my activism to be a part of this beautiful and inspired offer to the collective.  

Tom Heath

Tom Heath is a poet and stage writer based in Nottingham, UK, who specialises in live performance fusions of music, poetry and digital art. He focuses on transforming derelict and industrial spaces into places of performance, creativity and accessibility. He is currently working on his first anthology of work.

Website: https://thepennydream.wordpress.com

Tom has ten haiku featured in Volume 1:

I often struggle to express myself because I don’t focus on the small things enough. The unnoticed and the tiny movements of the everyday speak volumes. That’s what I find so liberating about Haiku, and how I went about writing these pieces as a way to embrace that.

Nichola and Tom, thank you for sharing what inspired your haiku. We are honored that you sent us your work.

See you next week for the next instalment in our series.

In the meantime, don’t forget to pick up your copy of The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Volume 1!

Cendrine & David

The Warm Mug of Cozy Anthology: Cover Reveal Day!

Hello everyone!

We are back with another exciting piece of news.

It is Cover Reveal Day for our Warm Mug of Cozy Anthology!

As you can see, we went for something simple but that totally fits the cozy mystery mood. That’s how we enjoy reading our favorite stories anyway. 😉

Once again, we would like to congratulate the writers whose stories will appear in the first volume of our anthology. Their names are below.

Saffron Amatti, Jake Collins, J. Ivanel Johnson, Denise Johnson, Natalie Klein, Caitlin McColl, Sam Morris, Julie A. Sellers, and Ian Tucker.

We are now in the last phase of manuscript editing and should be done in a couple of weeks. And then, we will announce a release date. So, watch this space…

We don’t know about you, but we cannot wait for this wonderful book to be out in the world. The variety of content is phenomenal—to say the least.

In the meantime, be sure to leave a comment below to congratulate our featured contributors.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cendrine & David

The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Volume 1 Is out Today!

The wait is over! The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Volume 1 is here!

Welcome to an incredible series of haiku and senryu compiled by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis from Auroras & Blossoms.

Feast your senses on a unique collection that is moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, hauntingly beautiful and deeply insightful.

This anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that is extremely easy to get into but handsomely rewards the reader with each subtle nuance and twist. It is like spending time with loved ones and old friends, comforting in the extreme, endlessly endearing and so compelling, you will never want the experience to end!

Contributors to Volume 1 include Sergio Coronel, Paula Frew, Precious Gauthier, Joelle A Godfrey, Tom Heath, Molly James, Stephanie Jane, Diane Meyer Lowman, Steven-Mark Maine, Isabella Mori, Kari Moss, Nichola Napora, Samantha Ortega, Felicia Prevo, Marjolein Rotsteeg, Pallavi Suri, Ellen Tandojo, Amanda Weir- Gertzog, Jamie Wimberly, Julia Yong LaFrance, and Jade Young.

Price: $3.99 $1.99. (This limited offer ends on August 1, 2023.)

NB: We do not accept direct payment for the anthology. You have to purchase directly from one of the online stores on the page. That is how our contributors can be paid.

If you don’t see your favorite online store in the list, please wait a couple of days, and it should appear.

Promo Banner for Our Contributors!

For those interested in sharing the news with their audiences, here is a promo banner. Display it proudly on your website, blog, and/or social media!

Don’t forget to link to the book’s page: https://abpositiveart.com/haiku

What’s Next?

The next two volumes in our series will be released later this year:

  • Volume 2 – August 22, 2023
  • Volume 3 – September 28, 2023

Next week, we will start a series of blog posts, in which some contributors share what inspired the haiku we selected. We know you will love it.

That’s it for today! We hope you will enjoy Volume 1 as much as we do!

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Announcing the Release Dates for Volumes 1-3!

Hello everyone!

That’s it, The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology will soon be here!

How soon? Well, check out the answers below:

  • Volume 1 – July 18, 2023
  • Volume 2 – August 22, 2023
  • Volume 3 – September 28, 2023

Check out our trailer!

A Few of Your Questions Answered

Many of you have emailed us with questions regarding the Haiku Anthology. Here are our answers.

  • Special release price: People interested in purchasing copies of each volume of the anthology, will be able to do so at 50% off of the retail price for two weeks, starting on publication day.
  • Availability: Each volume will be available for purchase from every major online bookstore except for Amazon. The company has a zero-tolerance policy towards non-original content. If something is freely available on the Internet (and social media), Amazon does not allow you to use it in a paid ebook.
  • Print copies: There are no immediate plans for print versions.

That’s it for today! We cannot wait to release Volume 1!

In the meantime, have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

It’s Cover Reveal Day!

Hello everyone!

We are back with a new announcement.

Today, we are unveiling the cover for the three volumes of our upcoming Haiku Anthology.

(Feel free to click on the image to see the full-size version.)

At Auroras & Blossoms, we believe in simplicity. As such, we feel that this cover reflects both the essence of the haiku and the message of our platform.

Next week, we will share the release dates for all the volumes in this series. We can barely wait!

Before we go, we would like to, once again, congratulate the contributors whose work will be featured in our anthology. Check out their names below.

Volume 1

Sergio Coronel, Paula Frew, Precious Gauthier, Joelle A Godfrey, Tom Heath, Molly James, Stephanie Jane, Diane Meyer Lowman, Steven-Mark Maine, Isabella Mori, Kari Moss, Nichola Napora, Samantha Ortega, Felicia Prevo, Marjolein Rotsteeg, Pallavi Suri, Ellen Tandojo, Amanda Weir-Gertzog, Jamie Wimberly, Julia Yong LaFrance, and Jade Young.

Volume 2

Sissel Almgren, Kristen Balyeat, Julie Blitzer, Bonnie L. Boucek, Bill Cox, Prisha Dalal, Erinola Daranijo, Mawadda Elbanhawy, Hanna Melo Fugulin, Patricia Henery, Jane Hunter, Tom Islava, Raveena Kaur Potiwal, Jim Landwehr, Robert Miller, Sean Patrick, Abby Pepple, Larissa Pereira Moraes, Moe Phillips, Nicole Reese, Lydia Ruanna, Isabella Stoddart, and Jasmine Wang.

Volume 3

Sarah Ambata, Ruby Appleby, Flo Au, Papp Győző Benedek, Joshua Blaine, Sierra Conn, Lauren Cuppy, Danny Daw, Mary Beth Defer, Timothy Dillehay, Connor Flinn, Darby Goulden, Farah Aqeelah Marwilis binti Helmi, Edward Cody Huddleston, Govind Joshi, Chris Langer, Ella Leith, Leo Liu, Fionntán Macdonald, Jemma Marie, Beth McCoy, Alex McMahon, Templeton Moss, Yvette O’Kay, Siddhi Pawar, Vishnu Rai, Archer Roehrig, Ayodele Sasegbon, Thomas Shaw, Ruben Whitter, and Ting Ze Zhi, Isaac.

Be sure to leave a comment below to congratulate our featured contributors.

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

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