If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive.
My guest this week is a very talented poet. Many of you have read her work and enjoyed it. Please give a warm welcome to Dawn Pisturino. I’ll let Dawn take over:
On May 1, 2025, I released my new poetry collection, Ancient Voices: Poems About Ancient Egypt, which achieved #1 Amazon New Release status in African Poetry and History of Egypt. I’d love to share a poem from the book:
The Blue Lotus
Send me to my tomb with a blue lotus in my hair.
My heart will dance with joy as I run through the Field of Reeds,
Free of pain and disease. Limber as fallow deer, I will run,
Ecstatic in my youthfulness.
Open my nostrils with a gift of blue lotus, my dear,
And I will come to you in the night,
Fragile as a flower, fragrant as incense,
But strong and sturdy as a papyrus reed,
Eager to join you.
Infuse my wine with the essence of blue lotus.
Hold the cup to my nose and let me breathe.
Fill my bath with blue lotus petals.
I will cool my feverish body in the water for hours,
Calm and tranquil, cooing with the doves.
Massage my tired limbs with healing balm
And lull me to sleep with promises of you.
Amazon Blurb
The Ancient Egyptians loved life and celebrated it with joy. Their deepest desire was to live an honorable life and achieve immortality in the afterlife, where they could exist in perfect harmony with the cosmic order and never experience pain, suffering, and hardship again. These original poems by Dawn Pisturino reflect the hopes and dreams of people who were not much different from us. They worked, loved, raised families, worshipped their gods, honored the dead, enjoyed festivals and celebrations, imbibed beer and wine, danced, sang, and played, aspired to better themselves, and appreciated the beauty and wonder of nature. Take a journey back in time to explore the minds and hearts of the Ancient Egyptians.
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Author Bio:
Dawn Pisturino is a retired registered nurse in Arizona whose international publishing credits include poems, short stories, and articles. Her first poetry collection, Ariel’s Song: Published Poems, 1987 – 2023, debuted with five-star reviews and reached #60 on the Amazon Bestseller List for Haiku & Japanese Poetry. Her short chapbook, Lunar Gazing Haiku, became a #1 Amazon New Release in six categories. Her Halloween collection, Haiku for the Midnight Hour, achieved #1 Amazon New Release status in three categories. Sun Haiku: 365 Days of Sunshine, released in December 2024, quickly climbed to #1 Amazon New Release status in Japanese Poetry & Haiku. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Arizona Authors Association.
http://www.dawnpisturino.wordpress.com
Thank you, Esther, for giving me the opportunity to be one of your guest writers!
Esther Chilton 
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