New Poetry/Quote Book And An Invitation To Poets by BJ Neblett

 New Poetry/Quote Book And An Invitation To Poets by BJ Neblett

Check out this great new book of inspirational poems and quotes from my friends at Wingless Dreamer. Just click the image for more info and to purchase the book. And if you look close, you'll find a quote of mine!

Also, I have decided to open this blog to new and emerging poets. I am shooting for a target date of July, but please don't hold me to it. I am thinking of spotlighting three poems from three different poets whose works have received little or no publication. Check back here over the next few days or so, as I am still working out all the particulars. You will be able to submit your work through Submittable. If you are not familiar with Submittable, click here submittable.com to check it out and sign up. It's free.

I hope to be hearing from all the new poets out there!

Peace,

BJ

Random Thoughts by BJ Neblett

Hello again and thanks for clicking in. Enjoy these random thoughts and quotes. And then click over to my writer's blog (the link is on the right) for some updates on my books and stories.Thanks.

Peace,

BJ

“I am just a roadside attraction on your journey down life’s highway, a place you stop briefly before moving on. Years from now, in a long forgotten box of memories, you’ll come across one of my souvenirs and think of me. And maybe you’ll smile.”

                        BJ Neblett (8-2016)

“Every journey must proceed at its own pace, each step following the other in its proper order. For that is the way of life.”

                        Planet Alt-Sete-Nine by BJ Neblett (7-2016)

“It’s not what you see, but what you believe. It’s not what you fear, but what you trust. It’s not what you love, but the love you give.”

                        Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (7-2016)

“It’s not what is said, it’s how it is spoken; it’s not what you write, it’s how it is written; it’s not what’s implied, it’s what’s inferred.”

                        BJ Neblett (from the essay Flash Fiction)

“You’ve got to have ice cream to write good romance.”

                        BJ Neblett

“The half empty container of warm beer in my hand was the perfect metaphor for our relationship.”

                        From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett

“Some of my best writing has come at the hands of heartache and frustration. Being totally crazy about someone you cannot have is great food for inspiration.”

                        From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett

“The two greatest assets a writer can have are an unbridled imagination and to have lived an unabashed life.”

                        From All The Wrong Places by BJ Neblett

“Where exactly lays that fine line between hopeless romantic and helpless fool?”

                        From Beer And Broken Dreams by  BJ Neblett

Charlie Brown On Love

"Love is being happy just knowing she's happy... but that isn't so easy."

Growing up I suffered from un-diagnosed dyslexia. A Peanuts coloring book helped me learn to read. Later I discovered good ole Charlie Brown had a lot more to teach me about life and about love. So for Valentine's Day here are some of the lessons I learned, and a few I probably should have learned from Charlie about love.

"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."

"Love is not giving up on someone when they don't love you back."
"Love is a baseball."
"Love is standing in a doorway just to see her if she comes walking by."
"Love is visiting a sick friend."
"Love is being able to spot her clear across the playground among four hundred other kids."
"Love is wishing you had enough nerve to go over and talk with that little red haired girl."
"Love is getting someone a glass of water in the middle of the night."

Thanks Charlie.
For more on love from the Peanuts gang.