C.F. Joyce

http://www.amazon.com/Persephone-Hell...

C.F. Joyce is a novelist and poet. Persephone in Hell is her debut novel. She's currently working on The Mind of Moses, another work of literary fiction. She also writes a lot of poetry which will someday be published if all goes well. Here is a sample:

I Find the World a Wonder

I find the world a wonder
A place of suspect substance
No weighty exchanges
Only smiles
Wheezing, joking, tickling
Aching sides, laughing
Cameras clicking
Documenting joy
Eyes shining in disbelief
Craving to stand together
To be
To live

And touches of happy caresses
Such touches
Clarity
Euphoria
Transcendent bliss

Most wondrous of all, authentic talk
A marvel, unheard of
In this modern age
Of strategies
Meant to disarm and conquer
None of that
Sorrow and melancholy revealed
Mellowed, rounded
Accepted
With unselfish consideration
With humanity
With tender kindness

None of the horrors of the times
Only a return
To the garden
To desire
To ecstasy

These surreal moments
Of myth-like legend and confident faith
Can’t be real
I must be dreaming
Or wishing
Desperate for the click click
Of the clock to mean anything
Beyond the misery
Wanting this world to exist
Searching for wonder
Poet’s fancy