Leah Bailey Livres

"Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning." -Giotto di Bondone, Renaissance Painter Walk the streets of the eternal city with a modern traveler through ancient ruins. Each verse of Chasing Apollo is a step through, under and around the paths of Rome. Like photographs or paintings, sculpted with words to share the experience of a week-long holiday. As well as the main journalistic poem of thoughts, emotions and experiences, you'll find a number of stray daydreams and passing fancies inspired by the same visit to Rome during warm February days. A unique kind of travel writing, this book is a project of the heart from one traveler to those who want to walk the paths of memory with company, until it can be walked again in reality.

"Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon." Raymond Chandler * Writing is a constant, living, breathing thing. Everyone has something worth saying; something worth listening to. We are told one person can't change the world, that one voice in a crowd isn't loud enough and that truth can be in the eyes and ears of the beholder. Some writers, however, disagree. This is a collection of stray thoughts and daydreams, poetry and prose, fueled by caffeine and punctuated by the papercuts we get when we try to turn the pages of our life without being careful enough. Speaking up can change the world... but even when it doesn't what we have to say is still worth saying. Even if the difference is only to one person. Enjoy the efforts within, let them make you smile and laugh, or think carefully about experiences shared. After, consider writing your own. Whether it's serious or silly, intellectual or idiotic, make a brew, pick up a pen and enjoy what happens next.