Melica Niccole

Press Release

January 16, 2022

The First Annual Read to Lead/Write to Enlight Book Festival at Otterbein University

Contact: Melica Niccole            For Immediate Release
Email:   Melica.Niccole@gmail.com

The Read to Lead/Write to Enlight initiative is the first annual book festival being held at Otterbein University. It was developed by Melica Niccole as a call to action in which she dares readers to Read to Lead, Write to Enlight and buy books locally from the authors who write them. It is her hope to unite readers with local authors and perhaps a select few authors who reside out of state or the country as well. The festival will take place at The Point at Otterbein University (60 Collegeview Road, Westerville, Ohio) on Saturday, September 17, 2022 from 1 pm to 4 pm.

The event will spotlight 7-10 local authors, which may include 1-3 authors from other states and/or countries. Authors will have the ability to sell their work, talk with attendees, and get the community engaged in reading, writing, and involved in literacy activities. Authors will be provided lunch and one of their books will be purchased to provide as a giveaway to one of the attendees. Attendees will be afforded the opportunity to win one of the free giveaways, such as: a free book, kindle, $25 gift card, or $25 in cash. As a way of giving back to the community, Melica Niccole will also provide a literary organization 10% of the profit received from the event. We are hopeful that this event and gifts will have a great impact on attendees and allow others to share their love of reading and writing with others.

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If you would like more information about the book festival and how to participate, please visit https://www.melicaniccole.com or eventbrite at  Read to Lead/Write to Enlight Book Festival Tickets, Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite. You can also email at the address listed above.

In thinking about poetry, we have to pay homage to those before us. Without them, how can we be? This is the very reason I wrote "Respect". "Respect" was published in my fourth book of poetry, Renaissance of the Psyche, in November 2017. I hope this poem inspires and encourages other poets. 

Respect

I have to give respect where respect is due

This poetry thing has never been new

The greats before us paved the way for us

To lyrically flow and make a stand for us

We have to pay homage to the present and past

Because it’s with past that our presence last

See Nikki Giovanni was an active poet

Created different platforms for others to show it

Sonya Sanchez is world renowned

The love of language created beautiful sound

Edgar Allan Poe, the father of detective stories

The Raven was where he got his glory

Maya Angelou said “Still I Rise.”

Phenomenal Woman with her Eyes on the Prize

William Ernest Henley was a delectable soul

Master of his fate and captain of his soul

Amiri Baraka fought for the rights of his own

Poet, playwright, and very well-known

Sam Walter Foss wrote The House by the Side of the Road

Listening to that poem will never get old

Etheridge Knight did Poems from Prison

And this is where his name had risen

Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize

highly influential and very wise

See these are the greats who we must acknowledge

And this right here is why we pay homage

Thank you @Verdelle Lambert. I am glad you liked it.

Meet me at half of pi

That’s 1.57079632679
Square units from our starting point
It’s half of a moon
Half of the distance that it takes
For my eyes to encounter yours
Half of the time spent letting true love find me
When all I had to do was meet true love half way

If only Pi would have meant more to me
When I was a Geometry test taker
With no real equation to apply
The rationale of it all

Now I sit here
Carefully examining the equation
D = 2r

Which, if calculated correctly
Displays the midpoint between you and I

If this circle that I speak so highly of
Was reshaped with precision and care
It would morph into something so beautiful
That all those like it could see
a heart
Now

I say with such truth and conviction
Meet me at half of pi
Today

Tomorrow

And every day that I breathe this glorious air

Hi @Faith U. I would love to be featured on your poetry blog. Do you have Twitter or Instagram? I can message you my email address. I go under Melica Niccole on both sites.

Hi everyone,

Hi everyone! 

So... I am working on releasing my fourth book of poetry by the end of this year or early next year. This is a poem that I wrote sometime last year. I was all in my feelings about love and how I missed love, but I really didn't know love.

I Miss You

I miss you 
And I really don’t even know you 
My spirit wants to vibe 
And flow with you 
Free style together 
And go toe to toe with you 
Travel to a distant land 
And cuddle with you 
I just want to hold you 
Our bodies come together 
And create a mold of you
Singing Back to life 
Soul II Soul with you 
Bump and Grind 
R. Kelly with you 
Ain’t no mountain high 
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell with you 
I want to fly with you 
Giggle and act shy with you 
Laugh a thousand laughs with you 
Sit on the porch and.... 
Reminisce 
But, I guess I’m infatuated 
Elated 
Vastly gaited 
Emotions precipitated 
So let me slow it down and say... 
Hello... 
How’s your day... 
You good... 
Good bye

Check out my other writings here: http://melicaniccolesrealmofcreativity.blogspot.com/

ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC Presents The Second Annual Children’s Book Festival in Conjunction with PBCIP’s Annual Haddon Avenue Street Festival

Contact: ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC                                       For Immediate Release
Email: iamadckid@gmail.com and Info@HamptonPublishingHouse.com    

ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC have made the Children’s Book Festival an annual event. The first festival, which took place in September of 2016, was very successful in obtaining all proposed authors, acquiring more than 10 sponsors, and providing five book bags to youth in Camden, New Jersey. Some of the festival’s notable sponsors were: Central Michigan University, Volunteers of America, and Butterfly Dreamz. ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC also worked with Councilman Brian Coleman (Camden) to secure sponsors and had the privilege to take photos with key people in Camden, such as Mayor Dana Redd, Senator Donald Norcross, and Assemblyman Arthur Barclay.

In 2017, the festival will again be held in association with PBCIP’s annual Haddon Avenue Street Festival from 12 - 5 PM on Saturday, September 16, 2017. The festival was created for the sole purpose of encouraging children to read, be healthy, and connecting them with authors of the books they read. The children’s interaction with the authors will assist with their growth and development as readers, help spark their creative flairs by partaking in various activities, and encourage them to be children by having fun. We look forward in your attendance and hope you spread the word about this great event of local authors and vendors, children, book readings, activities and more. Learn more about the event by visiting www.HamptonPublishingHouse.com and ADCKid.com.

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If you would like more information about the event, please email us at iamadckid@gmail.com and Info@HamptonPublishingHouse.com   

The Children's Book Festival for 2017 is back!!!

Are you a children's book author, business, or individual who would like to support children based programs? This event is definitely for you then. We are currently looking for 3 more authors or sponsors/vendors for this event. The event will taken placed on Saturday, September 16, 2017 in Camden, New Jersey in collaboration with the Haddon Avenue Street Festival, which is an event with an anticipated attendance of 500+ people.

http://www.hamptonpublishinghouse.com/Sponsorpack.pdf

Ok. Thank you.

As I got back into my workout regimen last weekend, I was in my feelings about all the things that had taken place lately. I needed an outlet, so I decided to write this poem.

Shattered windows. Shattered dreams. Ulterior motives it seems. Pieces of him. Pieces of me. It’s just too bad the blind are the first to see. Legacies undone. A man gone before the sun. Set on his life. Fatherless kids gloom amongst the ranks. Souls torn for they have witnessed the Shawshank before the redemption. It’s sad because some may never get this. The past remain the present with heavily coated makeup. Covering up all the blemishes. Showing the beautiful exterior when it the interior that is “Still under construction.” Keep out and skull bone signs show there is imminent danger, but how can one know when the package has been adorned to protect?

ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC Connects with Affiliates from the Haddon Avenue Street Festival to Implement the Children’s Book Festival in Conjunction with an Annual Event in Camden, New Jersey

Contact: ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC                                      For Immediate Release
Email: iamadckid@gmail.com and Info@HamptonPublishingHouse.com    

ADC Kid and Hampton Publishing House, LLC have been very busy recruiting authors, illustrators, sponsors, and partnerships for the Children’s Book Festival. These companies have been in conversation with the City Council of Camden and Parkside Learning Garden about PBCIP's Haddon Avenue Street Festival. It was decided and accepted by each company that the event should be held in associate with the street festival, which has over 500 attendees each year. The Children’s Book Festival is being sponsored by various organizations and companies, three of which include prominent companies/organizations, such as Central Michigan University, TERK Loving clothing line, and Butterfly Dreamz. This festival will be held in association with the Haddon Avenue Street Festival at Parkside Learning Garden (1221 Haddon Avenue, Camden, New Jersey) from 12 - 4 PM on Saturday, September 17, 2016. It was created for the sole purpose of encouraging children to read, be healthy, and connecting them with authors of the books they read. The children’s interaction with the authors will assist with their growth and development as readers, help spark their creative flairs by partaking in various activities, and encourage them to be children by having fun. We look forward in your attendance and hope you spread the word about this great event of local authors and vendors, children, book readings, face painting, and more. Learn more about the event by visiting www.HamptonPublishingHouse.com and ADCKid.com.

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If you would like more information about the event, please email us at iamadckid@gmail.com and Info@HamptonPublishingHouse.com