August 22nd Andrew presented Zayra's Mystical Poetry:

http://www.spirituality-and-religion.com/2011/08/let-today-be-day-we-celebrate-love_22.html

September 9th he presented "Color Me Pomegranate":

http://www.spirituality-and-religion.com/2011/09/color-me-pomegranate.html

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Thank you!

Zayra's art will be on display at the Artist's Alley
from March 26th to April 1st.

The details are on the poster, which was
masterfully created and designed by

Kevin Barnard (www.barnardgraphics.com).

The Artist's Alley Gallery
863 Mission Street, San Francisco
Between 4th and 5th Street, across from Bloomingdales

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
www.galiara.com
www.theartistsalley.com

http://www.ultrafeel.tv/zayra-yves-abandon-burning-erotic-poetry/

Faded Hieroglyphs by Zayra Yves

"This poem is a surreal and exceptionally powerful poem that explores tribal and ancestral belief systems, and highlights the respect and awe that lions once had. Congratulations Zayra, for this and the other poems you entered they were all wonderful to read." Michelle Stewart & Judges

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Faded Hieroglyphs

There are eternal images somewhere I have been in my dreams.

I long to return to the sands where lions roam,

sit as sun statues, and roar in the night winds.

I have heard them singing of golden rings,

of fire in my belly, while ashes and petals

blew in the alleys with yesterday's news.

Red with ceremony was the light

and women's bodies did not harden

as they stood in the shadows

watching the winos commune with jackals

and the children play with paper sails.

Among the kohl eyes and black draped women 

shopping in the bizarre,

I long to wander free as a winged creature

in the shape of a hieroglyph,

in the shape of mystery, in the curve of linen…

I long to see the women in the streets who speak to me from their eyes;

hear them as they say:  Welcome home my sister, my brother.

I feel their presence now and know that we are one.

If this life is fragile and we are often too easily broken,

then let today be the day we celebrate love, so beautifully transparent

with its perfumes and melancholy vines.

Come me with where the lions roam free

and give over your weary heart to rest in mine. 

I long to be once again in ancient sands, in pristine gardens,

in God's country listening to the wild things speak.

Let us be where the journey is loving,

where the tribesmen know secrets we have forgotten.

Come with me now where the white lions are walking. 

          I have heard them calling your name.

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If you are not familiar with Linda Tucker's White Lions, please clink on this link:

www.whitelions.org

In addition to the award winning poem, Faded Heiroglyphs, two more Zayra's poems have been generously included in the African Legend Series: Leopard Song and Tears of Lion.  

All proceeds from this compilation will go directly to aid the conservation of these showcased beings.

For more info, follow this link: http://www.aquillrelle.com/magazine.htm 

Tonight Zayra heads back into part two of the interview and intimate dialogue with Suzanne Barnett for the studio series, which features interesting, wacky, and "hot" new artists (as Suzanne likes to say) in the pursuit of perpetuating dreams, fun and nonsense that inspires.  Stay tuned for the show's release date.  In the meantime, feel free to visit Suzanne's website to read all about her exciting line up of artists, cooks, dancers and musicians all creating something in the great madness of being passionately alive!

http://www.suzannestvshow.com/

It takes about two or three months for the show to be release but when it does, we will post it here first, so stay in touch! It is something you will enjoy!

Zayra's newest book "Leaving You Unpainted "is the story of love shared through poetry in an unpretentious and unadorned style, yet it is profoundly provocative with its visual sensual feast of beauty, art and love in its myriad of expressions. It is both haunting with sorrow and lyrical with divinity. Once you begin, you will be addicted to the end. It is a must read for those obsessive passionate souls and art lovers who understand that mystery is as much a part of love, as the obvious.

It is a must have for true romantics...