International Poet releases first book, Waking the Muse.

Poet Melanie Simms announces the release of her first book of poetry, Waking the Muse. Availability through national and international distribution, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.

Melanie Simms' poems transcend international boundaries as her poetry regularly sees publication in countries such as Wales, India, Canada, England and Australia. You will enjoy her poems best with your heart open.

Ms. Simms poems speak of diverse themes that reach the cosmic heart, unveiling a symphony of image. — Bam Dev Sharma, Poet and Dept. Chief, Campus of International Languages, Tribhaven University, Nepal.

Melanie Simms' moving poems, the best, are well observed, telling, timely and truly speak from the heart. — Robert Sward, University of California, Santa Cruz.

This collection of poems speak to the many emanations of the muse as Melanie Simms has experienced them. As a whole, they capture the various lights and shadows that compromise the complex and always mysterious timbres of her life— the dissonant sorrows and the rainbow dream. Waking the Muse is an ode to the constant hope of the morning sun. — Michael S. Glaser, Poet Laureate of Maryland, St. Mary's College.

Deeply rooted in the Romantic tradition, her poetry is by turns humorous, mocking, serious and heart wrenching.—- Gary Young, Poet and Printer, Greenhouse Review Press