Franki deMerle
Franki deMerle was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. She now lives in the Pacific Northwest. Her name is on the Wall of Tolerance at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. She is a founding member of the Build the Dream Foundation, building a memorial to Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Washington, DC. She is a former professional musician and a retired civilian employee of the United States Army. Her hobbies include yoga, gardening, knitting, and, of course, music. As well as poetry and novels, she has also written music and songs.
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Child of the Universe
Poetry
Franki deMerle's latest poetry book Child of the Universe could have been written by Emily Dickinson. This vast collection of verse is a wonderfully written edition to Ms. deMerle's other books. "We, like all living creatures, are all children of the Universe, and like many, I am a child of the verse."
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Franki deMerle's latest poetry book Child of the Universe could have been written by Emily Dickinson. This vast collection of verse is a wonderfully written edition to Ms. deMerle's other books. "We, like all living creatures, are all children of the Universe, and like many, I am a child of the verse."
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A Call to Contemplation
Poetry
The third in a series of poetry by Franki deMerle. Ms. deMerle's poetry has been compared to that of Emily Dickinson in content and style, but may surpass Ms. Dickinson in the nature, spirit, and heart of her poetry.
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The third in a series of poetry by Franki deMerle. Ms. deMerle's poetry has been compared to that of Emily Dickinson in content and style, but may surpass Ms. Dickinson in the nature, spirit, and heart of her poetry.
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Five Flowers
reincarnation/historical fiction
Five women find themselves drawn together through several lifetimes. The challenges they face deal with love and betrayal and finding their way to personal independence. What is the strange attraction they feel toward the sinister man around whom they orbit like satellites? Which of them will break free, and which will fall victim to him again and again?
The five women, each symbolized by a different flower, start out as the first five wives of King Henry VIII. Then they reincarnate in Victorian London and again in California in the 1960′s. All are historical figures. I very much enjoyed having to dig deep within myself to experience their life events and choices and to understand what motivated those choices. This is very much a character driven novel. I hope the readers enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Five women find themselves drawn together through several lifetimes. The challenges they face deal with love and betrayal and finding their way to personal independence. What is the strange attraction they feel toward the sinister man around whom they orbit like satellites? Which of them will break free, and which will fall victim to him again and again?
The five women, each symbolized by a different flower, start out as the first five wives of King Henry VIII. Then they reincarnate in Victorian London and again in California in the 1960′s. All are historical figures. I very much enjoyed having to dig deep within myself to experience their life events and choices and to understand what motivated those choices. This is very much a character driven novel. I hope the readers enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Ripples on the Surface
Poetry
Ripples on the Surface by Franki deMerle is a compilation of poetry written from 1969 through 2005. The author’s proceeds go directly to Global Partners for Development to help women in Uganda with HIV/AIDS start their own businesses. This enables them to provide for their families, send their children to school, and help break the cycle of poverty. The poetry itself is in the author’s own style, which disregards common punctuation, and deals with the author’s perceptions and emotions about life, Nature, and the human condition. This collection was self-published to avoid editorial intervention and as a fundraiser for women in Uganda with HIV/AIDS.
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Ripples on the Surface by Franki deMerle is a compilation of poetry written from 1969 through 2005. The author’s proceeds go directly to Global Partners for Development to help women in Uganda with HIV/AIDS start their own businesses. This enables them to provide for their families, send their children to school, and help break the cycle of poverty. The poetry itself is in the author’s own style, which disregards common punctuation, and deals with the author’s perceptions and emotions about life, Nature, and the human condition. This collection was self-published to avoid editorial intervention and as a fundraiser for women in Uganda with HIV/AIDS.
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Deception Past
As a child, Sand remembered living before. She remembered her death in Dachau, but she didn't have a name for her past life identity until a former friend claimed it as her own. She is haunted by her past death and recurring premonition of another death to come as she grows up in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and early US spaceflight. Her past life memories put her in conflict with the religious beliefs of mainstream society. The convergence of conflicting cultures results in race riots at the high school Sand attends. Sand's friend, Chrissie, remembers writing poetry in 19th century Amherst, Massachusetts, as Emily Dickinson. After Sand graduates from college and goes to work for a local newspaper, her childhood premonition of another death comes true. Meanwhile, a package that she has kept a secret suddenly resurfaces, but what does it mean? She discovers that her next door neighbor, a rising rock star, is a bigamist. Sand's story is told by Brenda Campbell, who is the daughter of the bigamist rock star, through the symbolism of her Tarot cards. Deception Past is a story of betrayal and forgiveness.
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Dragonfly Dreams
Dragonfly Dreams by Franki deMerle is the story of two sisters and the man one of them falls in love with. Daphne ignores the dream she has on her wedding night and finds herself trapped in an abusive marriage. She dreams that there is a man somewhere who will truly love her and treat her with respect, but she doesn’t know how to find him. Thanks to the sacrifice made by a stray cat, she finally finds the courage to escape her abusive husband.
Deandra, her sister and an army officer, sends a friend to rescue Daphne. He is a retired officer, and he turns out to be the man of Daphne’s dreams. When she meets him, the Major is preoccupied with his recent retirement. He and Daphne fall in love, and then she and Deandra discover their hidden pasts. Together, while living in the Pacific Northwest, they explore their past lives and what the past means for them in the present. This is a romance novel about dreams that connect us, dreams that come true, and dreams that reveal the past. “There are places we can only reach in our dreams while our bodies sleep.”
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Deandra, her sister and an army officer, sends a friend to rescue Daphne. He is a retired officer, and he turns out to be the man of Daphne’s dreams. When she meets him, the Major is preoccupied with his recent retirement. He and Daphne fall in love, and then she and Deandra discover their hidden pasts. Together, while living in the Pacific Northwest, they explore their past lives and what the past means for them in the present. This is a romance novel about dreams that connect us, dreams that come true, and dreams that reveal the past. “There are places we can only reach in our dreams while our bodies sleep.”
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