Böcker av Dakota McElhinny

Dreams of Glass is Dakota's third poetry book, following Time Frozen Mirrors and Black October. It opens with Act VI Pages Alive, acting as a closing to the acts from his previous books; but it then starts anew with Act I Dreams of Glass, opening and preparing a new path. Additionally, acclaimed poem, Beyond One Step, is showcased in Act VI; it was featured in both Z Publishing's America's Emerging Poets series and Low Country Lives: Poet Corner.

How does time work? The past is forever frozen, like the face in a mirror, but we often visit to reminisce and learn. So what is Time Frozen Mirrors? A poetry compilation, encompassing the aspects of love, heartbreak, religion, nature, life, and death. With previously published and acclaimed poems, Let My Love and Box Full of Wishes, leading the way, emerging poet Dakota McElhinny weaves and crafts his way through Time Frozen Mirrors. The book opens with Act I Time Frozen Mirrors and closes with Act II Speaking Babylonian. This is only the beginning!

Opening with Act III Black October, followed by Act IV Sleeping Suns in Silent Horizons, and closing with Act V Time Ticking Clockworks, Black October's voice aligns heavily along the themes of depression, enlightenment, and life.With his previously published poetry book, Time Frozen Mirrors, Dakota McElhinny continues crafting his way with new acclaimed poems, Deathly Dreams and Screaming Sanctuary, leading the way for Black October.Welcome back to more!

Envoi: An Author's Concluding Thought Tides of Love: I wish for our eyes to kiss, for the soul reflects deep tunes / Silently savoring that stare, even the ocean reflects the moon /Your beam would ablaze my eyes, like dancing, rippled moonlight, bestrewn / For that is what we are-I the ocean, and you the moon. The Heart & The Harp: The heart is a harp, strumming sinews to its tunes / The harp is a heart, beating vibrations to its muse / When we choose to love ourselves, we learn to accept our flaws / For all that matters is what is not that which was. Free yourself to begin anew, life is full of compositional stages / Orchestrate your own symphony, flip to those next pages / There's no wrong if you're trying, even if you are offbeat / For we dance to our own music, penned from our musical sheets. No door is permanent, for the heart is a key to the sage / No foundation is permanent, you merely need love to repave / There will always be an audience, since life is the play offstage / So be the speckled songbird, escape your circular cage. Perched Ponderings: Gazing from this perch, does reflection give life pulse? / Just as the leafless trees, I know who I was once / I've lived many different lives with many different breathes / I've played lover, fool, and brother, and each day bleeds to the next / And when my present seems to shatter, I reach for my bag of pasts / latching onto anything, afraid to begin the next Act. Tasting, savoring, reminiscing, I've enchanted these wordy stanzas / Yet carried by the whims of life, I'm only a poet drunk on nostalgia.

After a failed rebellion, a prince flees his homeland. But his thirst to rule does not cease, and soon, all dark forces across the Seven Plains recognize and follow his command.Realizing the dangers this prince's power poses, the wizard Telezzar visits an old friend for guidance and is thrown into an unlikely situation with four unlikely companions: an elf paladin, a dwarf ranger, a malobathron giant prince, and a leprechaun fisherman.Between meeting Odie the Gneiss, a rock-like creature, and battling spidermites, Telezzar requests his new friends' assistance in defeating the dark prince by finding and reforging the seven shattered electrum swords.The companions run into a wide range of characters and challenges during their mission. Will the motley crew be able to find the electrum and defeat the evil prince?Join the companions in their thrilling quest through a world unlike any other you've encountered.

Chaos has ensued. The wizard, Telezzar, remains missing, and his whereabouts are unknown. Did he perish at the hands of Dentar, or is he in hiding, struggling to survive?Mysteriously, the electrum, Telezzar possessed, has found his companions: Dar Caine the Malobathron Giant, Leda the Dwarf, Troy the Elf, and Lars the Leprechaun. With enough electrum to re-forge three swords, the companions must continue hunting electrum, so they can re-forge all seven swords. But as they continue their task, they find Dentar's evil has spread beyond the Plain of Prixem.Will the companions be successful at finding all of the electrum? Will the armies of Prixem join each other against Dentar? Or will Demon Prince's power spread and fester beyond his own kingdom?Continue your thrilling quest into a realm unlike any other.