Delighted to welcome Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis to the Cafe with their poetry/photography collection – Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku
About the book
Welcome to a very special collection of positive poetry that embraces elements of nature, romantic ideals, and inspirational vibes.
“Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku” showcases two unique, brand-new poetry forms created by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis, the co-founders of Auroras & Blossoms, a platform celebrating positivity and inspiration in art.
By taking elements of found poetry and Japanese poetry forms, Cendrine and David have developed a style of poetry known as the Kindku. The collection also features a selection of gorgeous images and poems from Cendrine’s own visual poetry form — the Sixku.
Enjoy a divine series of poems inspired by a variety of well-known poets including Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Emma Lazarus, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, William Butler Yeats, Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Maya Angelou, Sara Teasdale, Pablo Neruda and many others.
Learn how to write your very own Kindku and Sixku by reading this book and when you are done, consider submitting them to Auroras & Blossoms for publication.
One of the reviews for the book
Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis inspire and sooth in their brand new type of poetry book Rhythm Flourishing! This book introduces two new poetry types developed by the authors: the Kindku and the Sixku. The Kindku has a syllable scheme similar to Japanese poetry and explores positive messages while the Sixku is more of a visual poetry style. It is so much fun exploring a new type of poetry (with a super catchy rhythm) and I loved the overwhelming positivity of the poems in this book! Poet or non, come find some inspiration and joy in the upbeat musings of Marrouat and Ellis!
Head over to buy the book: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – More reviews: Goodreads
A small selection of other books co-written by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis and as individuals.
Cendrine Marrouat is a French-born Canadian photographer, poet, and the multi-genre author of more than 30 books. In 2019, she founded the PoArtMo Collective and co-founded Auroras & Blossoms with David Ellis. A year later, Ellis and she launched PoArtMo (Positive Art Month and Positive Art Moves) and created the Kindku / Pareiku, two forms of poetry. Cendrine is also the creator of another poetry form (the Sixku) and a type of digital image (the Reminigram).
Cendrine writes both in French and English and has worked in many different fields in her 17-year career, including translation, language instruction, journalism, art reviews, and social media.
Read the reviews and buy Cendrine’s books: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – Website: Cendrine Media – Twitter: @cendrineartist – Facebook: Cendrine photography – Instagram: Cendrine Artist – YouTube: Cendrine Marrouatt – Follow Cendrine: Goodreads
David Ellis lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in the UK. He is an award-winning poet, author of poetry, marketing workbooks/journals, humourous fiction and music lyrics. He is also a co-author and co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms, and the co-creator of PoArtMo (Positive Art Month and Positive Art Moves) and the Kindku / Pareiku.
David’s debut poetry collection (Life, Sex & Death) won an International Award in the Readers’ Favorite Book Awards 2016 for Inspirational Poetry Books.
David is extremely fond of tea, classic and contemporary poetry, cats, and dogs but not snakes. Indiana Jones is his spirit animal.
Read the reviews and buy David’s books: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – Website: Too Full to Write – Twitter: @toofulltowrite – Facebook: Creativity Resources – Follow David Ellis: goodreads
Thank you for visiting today and it would be great if you could share the post.. thanks Sally.
Thank you for featuring our book, Sally!
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Pleasure Cendrine and look forward to sharing more books and reviews in the future.
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Thank you so much! I will be back 🙂
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This looks like one for me to check out. Great share, Sally. Thanks for introducing Cendrine and David and their poetry. Hugs xx 🙂
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Thank you very much for checking out the book! We can’t wait to read your review. 🙂
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Thanks Harmony.. I do enjoy seeing collaborations working well. xxhugs
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Me too! David and I have a wonderful partnership!
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TY ever so much Harmony, I’m sure that once you see the simple intricacy of the forms, you will fall in love with them and won’t be able to get enough of them! David
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Thank you for another great introduction. Positive poems one cant have enough, Sally! Will put this on my list, for very soon buying, and reading. Have a beautiful week, and a nice day! Michael
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Thank you, Michael! We hope that you enjoy the book!
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I am sure, i will do so, Cendrine! Thank you for writing and publishing it. Michael
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Thanks Michael.. looks amazing..hugsx
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Yeah! :-))
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Glad to hear you are a fan of positive poetry Michael – Cendrine & I have released many books of positive poetry and this is one of the most inspirational we have ever written. Sincerely hope you enjoy it but am sure you will absolutely love it! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Pattys World and commented:
This week, during #SocialMediaMonday I’m pleased and privileged to welcome this new poetry to the #PoetryPlace.
Thank you Sally, for introducing me to this facinating concept of poetry.
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Thanks for sharing Patty.. and always interesting to learn something new..xx
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Thank you for sharing Patty! Cendrine and I really appreciate it and are both sure that you will really enjoy the positive vibes that our poetry entails 🙂
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This sounds pretty interesting. A new form of poetry–that takes courage! I like your description of David–“David is extremely fond of tea…”
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Thanks Jacqui.. it does take courage… and is very interesting..x
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Thank you! Which poetry form are you referring to?
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TY Jacqui! When I wrote that description of myself, I thought it neatly encapsulated the most important part of my character and that is an obsession with tea drinking, along with biscuits and cake, they really are the finer things in life! Any new writing form takes courage to put out there and in this book we have the best of both worlds, a visual form created by Cendrine & a found poetry form co-created by us both. The world needs more inspiration and courage and we are both the people to give it to them! Hope you enjoy reading the book 🙂
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What fun, to create whole new poetry forms!
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I agree Dorothy.. very creative and interesting..xx
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It is fun, indeed! We have created another poetry form since then. And I am about to announce my new literary genre.
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TY Dorothy! They were a huge amount of fun to create and the results are very unique. Cendrine & I love expressing our thoughts with these forms, they are short but very sweet, positive and beautiful. We sincerely hope you enjoy reading the book!
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Congrats to Cendrine and David for joining the cafe and bookstore. Thanks Sally for introducing these two authors and their poetry book. 🙂
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Thanks Diana.. they are a very welcome addition..xx
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Thank you for reading!
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Very kind Diana, TY! Hope you get a chance to check out our work, Cendrine & I write very inspirational and romantic poetry, it is our passion to bring joy and positive vibes into a world that sorely needs them right now.
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Sounds lovely.
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How amazing that these two invented a new kind of poetry. Wow! My hat is off to them. Thank you for sharing, Sally!
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Thank you! We love inventing new poetry forms. The two in the books are fun to try. And we have invented more forms since then. 🙂
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Thank you Jan.. delighted to welcome them both to the Cafe.. xxx
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TY very much Jan! Cendrine & I have found that now that we have created multiple forms together there is no stopping the urge from creating more of them. We sincerely enjoyed creating this book because of how versatile the forms are. We sincerely hope you enjoy checking out our work and dig the positive vibes that we put out into the world 🙂
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This is extremely kind of you Sally, I just wanted to let you know personally that I sincerely appreciate you sharing this beautiful book of poetry with the world! Cendrine & I really enjoy creating new poetry and writing forms. To us there is nothing more exciting or fulfilling in life than when we are writing and trying to inspire everyone 🙂
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Delighted to share your collaborations and individual works David.. will share more in the near future… enjoy the rest of the week.
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Oh, that sounds rather intriguing. As I want to dive back into my love of poetry this year I keep that one in mind. Thanks for sharing 🙋♀️🐝
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Awesome, Bee! Let us know if you have enjoyed the book.
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TY Bee! The Kindku and The Sixku are very rewarding poetry forms that can be picked up quickly. Our book contains simple instruction on how to write them, so if you have a hankering for trying out new forms, our book is sure to give you the creative boost that you need! 🙂
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I definitely try to challenge myself here and there 😊. Looking forward to reading as it is now on my reading list 🙋♀️🐝
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Fantastic thanks Bee..
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Thanks Bee..
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Wonderful to have Cendrine and David joining the Smorgasbord Cafe. Welcome! ❤
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Thank you!
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Most welcome 🙂
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Thanks very much Debby ♥
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❤
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TY Debbie, you are very kind 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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There are some new authors on the shelves of the Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore. Check them out via this post from Sally Cronin
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Thanks for sharing Don..enjoy the rest of the week..x
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You’re welcome
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Cheers Don, that is very good of you to do so 🙂 / David
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You’re welcome.
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Great to see poets Cendrine and David at the Smorgasborg cafe. Awesome. ❤
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Thank you very much!
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Welcome. ❤
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Thanks Marje..xx
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❤ Have a lovely day. ❤
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TY Marje, we are super excited to be here 🙂 / David
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Awesome. Enjoy! ❤
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Welcome to Cendrine and David. Nice to come across two new poetry forms!
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Thank you, Alex! We hope you will give them a try!
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Thanks Alex..xx
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TY for the warm welcome Alex! Cendrine & I are never happier than when we are creating, we are addicted to creating new writing forms and these two new forms are easily are favourites!….so far 😉 We give clear instructions in the book on how to write them as well, we would love for you to give them a try and see where your creativity takes you! 🙂
David Ellis
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Hi Sally, this sounds like another lovely work by Cendrine and David.
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Thank you Roberta!
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Very unique.. and a terrific collaboration. .thanks Robbie. x
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