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Author<\/h3>\nAmanda O. Aller<\/p>\n
Amanda is a lifelong lover of poetry writing and appreciation. She is an artist with interests in pottery and painting. Amanda has a special interest in people and human motivation with diplomas in both counselling psychology and art therapy\u2014her writing style is often personal, observational, and always honest. A grateful resident of North Queensland Australia, she lives with her son Jake and their two cats, Freya and Salem. She is passionate about art in all its forms, nature, and the many mysteries of the universe.<\/p>\n
Apples for Sappho is a collection of sensual verse combining love, sensuality, and relationship dynamics. Within the pages, you\u2019ll find erotic artistry and a beauty reminiscent of Greek arbours and the romantic poets that filled them. Amanda captures the imagination with the gentler side of love and sex, but also, the allure of original sin and a bite into its ever-present apple. Enter the garden of figs, honey, and grape juice where both light and dark sides are omnipresent lovers. Delivered with an artist\u2019s sensibility, Apples for Sappho is a literary after-dinner mint for poetry lover.<\/p>\n
When the Leaves Held True You took me down to the river and we sat under the blue gums We watched fish silver over stones\u2014wet natives -clear\u2014 as our intentions I told you I cared about their shimmy and the green of the moss through the water\u2026 and how the gum leaves held their colour even after the trees no longer held them You showed me you cared\u2014 Your fingers grazing goosebumps on my satin shins\u2026 10 taupe moths fluttering higher \u2014soft landing on silk rosettes -hungry little things pollinating the night Amanda Aller ~ Apples for Sappho<\/p>\n
Genre Poetry Apples for Sappho is a collection of sensual verse combining love, sensuality, and relationship dynamics. Within the pages, you\u2019ll find erotic artistry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-listing","category-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bookcover0010249-600x900-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1697%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63785,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63784\/revisions\/63785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/selfpublished\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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