Marje @ Kyrosmagica
Hi.
Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon - Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.
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M J Mallon YA Author and Poet 
Thank you, I am London. 💜
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Today has been a real shock. Your words cut deeper than ever. What is becoming of the world? *deep sigh*
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Yes, I just don’t know anymore… it gets to the point that you just want to barricade yourself in your home and not go anywhere. But, we can’t live our lives like that. Life has to go on… but it does make me worry. 😦
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A touching Tanka to reflect the times we continue to live in Marje.
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Sad but true, Denis. I am concerned about our youngsters growing up – my two and countless others, and future generations too… worrying times.
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Oh, Marje. Your Tanka is so poignant. My heart hurts for all of my UK friends. We live in a strange world now. ❤
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You captured the sadness so well. A beautiful poem in the face of tragedy 😦
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Poetry and sadness tend to work well together. Unfortunately… I wish we could have a more stable, gentler world. These tragedies are all to often. 😦
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Poignant Marje and sad that inspiration for this Tanka came from (censored) tragedy. I agree with your reply to Terri entirely!
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Yes indeed Gary… thanks for stopping by to comment. 🙂
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My pleasure Marje. keeps me in touch with blogging if I’m not posting lol.
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This is intense. I can find no other words… ♥
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Sadly, I felt pretty intense when I wrote it. Life has a way of doing that to you from time to time. I am all about the light and the dark, and this was definitely a dark moment.
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