Radiant Jukebox

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fresh new poems! Poems in this chapbook are brilliant and diverse: cento free verse aubade ode and sestina.... Put a coin in the Radiant Jukebox and pick a poem! You love poetry but want some variety? Poems in this book are inspired by music and nature as well as life experiences. From a conversation with a muse to musings over a teapot the diversity of subjects and forms will keep you engaged. Becky Ventura was a public school music teacher for many years; she has retired from full time teaching. She is a new poet on the scene under the tutelage of respected poet Judyth Hill. Whether you're interested in poetic forms nature poems music poems or free verse Radiant Jukebox's sparkling poems will keep you coming back to read again and again.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Becky Ventura's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Radiant Jukebox </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>meshes the natural world with the poet's rich inner life and we are all enriched and inspired to do the same. Lyrical deep creatively captivating!</span></p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: var(--N4QdCheV6mGo#0f1111)>--</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: var(--N4QdCheV6mGo#0f1111)>Patricia Ritchie author/illustrator of </em><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: var(--N4QdCheV6mGo#0f1111)><em>The Dunehaven Council</em></strong><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: var(--N4QdCheV6mGo#0f1111)> visual artist and professional musician</em></li></ol><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Becky Ventura writes intuitively from the heart. The lyrical tone of her poetry echoes musical cadence. Come prepared to journey with Becky as she shares her vision of resonant imagery. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>--Akira Ellen Hanson visual artist and author of </em><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Mirrored Canopy</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Delightful and gorgeous work. Brava! </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Radiant Jukebox</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a collection of bright surprises.</span></p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: var(--N4QdCheV6mGo#0f1111)>--rm mist poet fiction writer naturalist author of four chapbooks and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: var(--N4QdCheV6mGo#0f1111)><em>When We Were Dragonflies</em></strong></li></ol><p><br></p>