March 18 will be free download day for my new book, Poems for New Mexico. This makes seven books total! My goal for 2014 is to finish Fire Drifter 3, 4 and 5 in the series so watch for those! And I will also be unveiling a brand new series about a sixty-year old woman on the run from America.

http://www.amazon.com/Poems-New-Mexico-Carol-Bellhouse-ebook/dp/B00IPYQWPA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1395117050&sr=8-4&keywords=carol+bellhouse

Today, Saturday December 21st is a free day on Amazon.com for both Fire Drifter 2, and my latest poetry book.  Click on the covers below or search for Carol Bellhouse at Amazon.com for all of my titles.

You come to me in
Dreams at night
In the snapping of the
Logs afire
In the quiet stillness of
Big fat fluffy snowflakes

There are no lights
But stars
The sheen of moon
On curtains

The real you is a
Thousand miles away
Tired and angry
Cold and closed
Locked in for eternity

But I—
I have the best of you
When you slip through the
Bars of your dark prison
And hold me in the
Meadow by the
Silvery alpine lake

The way it was supposed to be
The way it was set out
On ancient stone
Millennia ago

You come to me
When I close my eyes
Appearing through all that
Separates us—the madness
Gothic horror, shadowy veils

In dream-state you touch
My face
You trace my skin with
Your fingertips
You love me
Purely, sweetly
With fervent kisses

Because that is
What should have happened
But didn’t
And the gods know it

Until the night gives in
And daylights gets the
Upper hand
I will feed logs
To the fire
And chocolate to
My tongue

 

Waiting out winter at the
Edge of a dream

 

The cold constricts
Breath like a scarf
Tightly knotted

 

Memories of your mouth
And lightning-laced kisses
Creep into bed with me
Every night

 

The wind rattles the rafters
I can almost taste
The plushness of
Your neck
Almost but not quite

 

Like frost on the windowsill
You linger out of reach
Disappearing in the
Light of day
Leaving no trace of your
Delicate touch

 

I’m waiting out winter at the
Edge of a dream

I am proud to announce the release of Fire Drifter 1: Meteor Shower!

Click here to download Fire Drifter 1: Meteor Shower.

In honor of the publication’s release, it is available free Feb. 23rd and 24th.  Subscribe or like Carol Bellhouse on Facebook for news on free days.

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Touch-and-go landing

You show up every few years

Sometimes two, sometimes ten

With those brown eyes

Rimmed with green

Eyes that stole my

Heart at fifteen

And hold it still

 Some forty years hence

 

It is seamless and stunning

As the tires brush and smoke

You now have gray hair

I laugh at your memories

And you kiss me

Just the same

 

You are good for three days

The way it’s always been

Unsafe to be grounded for long

Too dangerous for mortals

 Which we are

After all

 

Flesh and blood

Perfect fit

It drives us insane

It can’t be like this

For more than a set of hours

 Touch down

Throttle and go

 

We close our eyes as we

Open our hearts

We love again

Furiously

Because tomorrow will

Prove too much

 

We will touch our fingertips

On the tarmac and turn–

Touch and go

 

Check out my poster going out to local coffee shops and bookstores in Colorado!