The Poem Factory

About the Book

Lava of My Soul is a collection of Iolanda Scripca's poetry and essays inspired by her life, seen through the eyes of her Soul. Life is a volcano - impressive in color, damaging in magma, nostalgic, curious, sad and happy…

All humans have “wings”… Let's put them on…  

A sample poem

                 One Last Dance

              Weeping willows on dead Swans’ Lake

    Ballerina shoes too small, hanging on rusted nails

    I keep on waking up from giggled dancing lessons

      Mother still alive in the waiting room––proud…

    Shaking fingers crossed, holding my fans’ bouquets

            My hair not gray, teasing life on pirouettes

    It started snowing glitter of way long childhood gone

I scream a violent silence through a double paned sliding dream

    It’s time––the time when clocks face me without hands

I shyly grab some “What if’s” and remember to tie my shoe laces

        “Stand straight, chin up”––a stage light on a solo swan

        A last and gracious slide on an untangled musical key…

About the Author

Iolanda Scripca lived in Eastern Europe for the first 24 years of her life, in a loving family.  Her mom was a teacher, a high school principal, and a cultural promoter. Her dad was a published novelist, poet and TV producer. An unforgettable moment was her collaboration with her Dad in the translation and adaptation of a children's book by the Bulgarian author Leda Mileva. She is a graduate of Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Bucharest/Romania.  Nowadays she enjoys Southern California and possesses a CA Teaching Credential.  Ms. Scripca publishes in several Romanian-American Newspapers both in Romanian and English.  www.scripca.com Iolanda Scripca's latest poetry book is:

Order your copy

Available on: www.scripca.com  

Lava of My Soul

ISBN: 978-1-4489-5343-1

# Pages: 68 pages

Dimensions: 6 x 9

Format: Softcover

PublishAmerica LLLC