Red Daughters in a Foreign Spotlight: A Collection of Poems (Published November 22, 2008), is Marleen Rita Duckhorn’s first published book. It is a collection of poems in which she delivers a plethora of worldly and lighthearted topics, with just enough humor to be wistful yet amusing with the turn of every page.

Soul Beams: Collected Poems In her second book (Published March 16, 2009) the poet depicts odysseys through life that one weaves with different stages of consciousness. In her book “Soul Beams” she captures expressions that balance reality with humor and joy as only a poet can.

Zoom Lens: The Selected Poems Her third work (Published June 13 2009), Duckhorn’s poems contain from wide angle to a close up of meaningful commentary, where we can develop impressions thereof. “Zoom Lens” will focus you into the big picture including an odyssey of topics ranging from the microcosm and macrocosm of life. The book will leave you with a poetical array of snapshots you will enjoy observing again and again.

Gravel Pit On The Moon: A Collection of Poems (Published March 16, 2009), Duckhorn’s forth book. Moon child that she is, Marleen Rita Duckhorn’s book entitled “Gravel Pit on the Moon” implies there is much work to do here on earth before we ever become true Moon children. This book is an engaging journey through descriptive moon analogy and presents a stellar poetry collection for everyone to enjoy. Find yourself plunging into the exciting, yet colorful world of the poet. So buckle up and don’t forget to breathe as you enjoy this remarkable, extraordinary read.

Double Decked Nature: Selected Poems (Published March 28 2009). The dawn of Duckhorn’s fifth book of poems has arrived. Like it’s sibling “Red Daughters in a Foreign Spotlight“, “Double Decked Nature” is a twin in purpose: to expose the inner workings of different topics as they arrive from the expansion of the ever inclusive and evolving consciousness she conveys through life and deep meditation. The similarities she invents will hit home as she genuinely welcomes the reader along for the ride. The personality of the poet is the understated spirit that surrounds the work and lends much to it’s appeal. The topical range will astonish as well as the degree of her prolific style. There is a sense marked with the quality that there will always be more poems to come.

Rocks On The Road: Selected Poems (Published June 18, 2009) Duckhorn achieves successful sidelines with her sixth book of poems. We all aspire to broaden our awareness and creativity to satisfy our inner nature and understanding our true position in the world and beyond. The rocks, or our planetary system, are stepping stones we travel past. They are our starting point to advance to our totality, all of space. Our inner essence of human nature combines, stirs within the cosmic consciousness and comes across our own curiosity to expand, savor, and discover the self-referral areas of the mind as well. The poems themselves become the discoveries written in an endeavor to understand the universe and what makes it tick, yet are committed to make life functional on the greatest rock of all, our earth.

Poems of Gratitude: A Collection of Poems (Published April 7, 2010) This book is composed of more positive phrases of sundry themes filled with expressions of gratefulness and thankfulness. The poet shares her repertoire in rhyme and creates the flowing odyssey that opens the book to your heart. It is the voice and thought process behind the scenes that makes for such and engaging read. The poems touch upon various topics of life’s lessons such as love, fortitude and gratitude within our own personal universe in a lighthearted tone brimming with imagination.

Written Rhythms of Space Travel and Earthly Things (Published July 22, 2011) This collection of poems is a follow up to Duckhorn’s previous book entitled “Say Yes To Time“. Although “Say Yes To Time” had an encouraging message to bravely embrace life’s discoveries; “Written Rhythms of Space Travel and Earthly Things” nods it head at the bravery, but also points to the dangers along the way, of humanities’ nomadic journeys through space. This book joins hands with the “Times” urging us all to appreciate our soul as having a unique life of it’s own and to appreciate that life here on Earth. The poet encapsulates the idea of space travel, making us light-heartedly aware of the dangers in our cosmos. It could become an angry region and not favor us too much in the distant future. This collection sums this up and is a pensive read. A warm dose of humor, intellectual curiosity and wisdom is seen on the tabula rasa of universal space travel through the lenses of her verse. The poetic encapsulation of things we know about space are done neatly. The highly charged, poetic, emotions have been discarded in favor of cold hard thinking on the last adventure into unrealized, and perhaps unreachable territory. Thus, the poet forces us to appreciate life that much more wherever we find ourselves on our journey.

Say Yes To Time (Published July 14, 2011). After publishing her eight books of poetry (Red Daughters in a Foreign Spotlight: A Collection of Poems, Soul Beams: Collected Poems, Zoom Lens: The Selected Poems,Gravel Pit On The Moon: A Collection of Poems, Double Decked Nature: Selected Poems, Rocks On The Road: Selected Poems, Poems Of Gratitude and Written Rhythms Of Space Travel And Earthly Things: A Collection of Poems) author, Marleen Rita Duckhorn, has written yet another moving forward literary masterpiece for poetry lovers to enjoy.In her latest poetry book titled Say Yes To Time: A Collection of Poems, Duckhorn writes poems about various topics although she resists calling them anecdotes. Through her unique style of writing, there is a consistently conveyed message of aspiration as she shares her affirmative approach in looking at the aging solar system and galaxy while developing an evolving perspective of oneself.It presents a very interesting journey that requires light hearted attendance in the class called outer space and says, “Yes” to the evolution of everything.