New Book Release – ‘A Particle of You: Love Poetry’ – 50% Discount Until 29th September 2022!

I am super excited to announce that Cendrine Marrouat and I are about to release a new poetry book! A Particle of You is all about… You guessed it: love. But the uplifting kind! A few months ago, I mentioned to Cendrine that I was interested in releasing a collection of love poetry. Since I…

Submission Calls for Auroras & Blossoms – We Pay Royalties to Our Published Artists!

Hi there everyone. We still have some very exciting Submission Calls available at my inspirational platform Auroras & Blossoms, so if you have any art, photos or stories you want to submit then check out the fantastic opportunities below! Founded in 2019 by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to:- Promoting positive, uplifting…

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 194 #SYNONYMSONLY – “A Maiden Voyage” by David Ellis – A Found #Nonet Series Poem Inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Hello there friends. I’ve been writing poetry again, joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Today I have written a Nonet Series Poem, which incorporates a Double Inverted Nonet and regular Double Nonet too. I have also made this a found poem as well. Since…

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 193, #POET’SCHOICE “Spirit Awakened” by David Ellis – A Found Crown Cinquain Poem Inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley #CinquainPoetry

Hello there everyone. I’ve been writing poetry again, joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Today I have written a Crown Cinquain Poem, which has a series of five individual cinquain poems that form a larger poem themselves. I have also made this a found…

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 192, #THEMEPROMPT – “More Than Quiet Waves” by David Ellis – A Found Reverse #Nonet Poem Inspired by Elizabeth Bishop

Hello there friends. I’ve been writing poetry again, joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Today I have written a Reverse Nonet Poem. This means that the lines of the poem can be read either from top to bottom or from bottom to top!…

Announcement: Upcoming Release of ‘Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku’ by Poetry Authors Cendrine Marrouat & David Ellis

Hey there everyone. Today, we are very excited to announce the upcoming release of our new poetry book. Cendrine Marrouat and myself are both extremely passionate about inspirational poetry. This is how we ended up not only writing a collection of poems together but also creating our own inspirational poetry forms too! Rhythm Flourishing: A…

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 180 #Poet’sChoice #MicroPoetry #CinquainPoetry – “Endless Pouring” – A Found #ButterflyCinquain Poem by David Ellis Inspired by John Keats

Hello there friends. I’ve been writing poetry again, joining in the fun over at Colleen Chesebro’s website for her “Colleen’s 2020 Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge”. Today I have written a Butterfly Cinquain Poem. I have also made this a found poem as well. I have used “A thing of beauty is a joy forever…

NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 30 – “Being You for the First Time” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “Courage” by Anne Sexton

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. For my final ‘finale’ poem of the entire month, I have gone back to where I started from and decided to use the incredible Anne Sexton as my inspiration once again. You can…

NaPoWriMo 2020 – Day 29 – “Life Cannot Stand Still” by David Ellis – A Found Poem Inspired by “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell

Hey there everyone. I’m participating in NaPoWriMo 2020, if you aren’t following the NaPoWriMo website already then go check it out at www.napowrimo.net. Today I have selected an interesting romantic poem as my inspiration written by poet Andrew Marvell. You can read the lyrics to his poem below. Read “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell…