Description: In today’s world, voices of the true poets can no longer be heard, muffled as they are by the noise of “Rap-Artists” spouting vulgar rhymes, which degrade women. Mind Locks is a unique collection of poetry which promises an emotional journey for each and every reader.

"Mind Locks are when you find yourself caught up in familiar places that catapult you back in time; where the sweet smells of life's mendacities are relived in observation mode. Just a brief moment, these scenes are locked within your mind, but this time, you control the outcome." - Amias

Mind Locks is a 142 pages, 5 ^1/2 x 8 ^1/2, soft-covered, perfect bound book. It’s a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. This book explores, poetically, the thoughts of a woman relating to her environment. It is written for readers 17 and older. Mind Locks is self-published and distributed only by the author at poetry reading events. The ISBN number is 0-9776450-0-2. If you desire a copy email lindamalonson@gmail.com.



Readers' Comments 


Maggie Lee Scott
Douglasville, Georgia

"People fall in love with Amias' talent, but they become afraid of the dept of her passion. You can wade in talent, but when it comes to passion you got to swim! As Rembrandt was with a brush in hand, is the talented pen of Amias in her first published book by the title of "Mind Locks". In this book, Amias shares her views and vast knowledge in a very poetic manner. One can not define any style of the poems written in "Mind Locks", because Amias is not confine to one style.When reading "Mind Locks", one will smile, laugh, shed a few tears, learn, and reflect as the pages are turned. Poetically, this author takes a reader on a journey in the past, present, and future with many twists alone the way."

Maureen Bastardi
Somerville, Massachusetts

"Mind Locks is a very powerful book full of poetry that will burn memories into your soul. It will forever hold a special place on my shelf. "Never Again" and "Sisterhood" are my favorites."

Connie Marcum Wong
Kapolei, Hawaii

"Amias has the ability to see past the surface, delving deeply into the inner psyche. She uses all her experiences in life with a profound quality which shines brightly through her poetry. As in her acrostic poem "Con.ver.sa.tion" below, Amias reveals her joy of sharing conversation and how it relates to her poetry.

Con.ver.sa.tion

"Conveying thoughts into feelings
Oftentimes are quite revealing
Nothing is more fulfilling, as


Verbal tête-à-tête from willing
Eager minds sharing their joy
Reveling in visions from the heart


Sashaying around like a peacock
Attention to details never stops


Time is not relevant to the clock
In-depth musing always on top
Omnipresent conversation is there
Nudging silence out of everywhere"

"In her poem "In Appreciation of Self" Amias expresses candidly her spiritual values of herself in this excerpt from this poem:"

“Until at last a still voice within my soul
whispers to me in a soothing voice
and with joy I hear
"Be still and know you are god”


And I discover in wide-eyed wonder
that there are no beginnings
or endings to my life
--there is just life."

“Mind Locks will take you on a captivating journey into Amias’ world and you will relate to her sorrow and her joy through profound words of veracity, sometimes shared with humor, but words that always reflect the beauty of life through the colors of reality. You won’t be able to put it down."

"I highly recommend this book to anyone who is seeking truth and wishes to explore the fascinating realm seen through the eyes of a wise woman who has lived her life through challenges and learned from them, and has come out on the other side with the grace that has made her one of the best new poets of today."

Nasra Al Adawi
Oman – Middle East

"My first encounter with Amias was through her Blog Liquid Plastic. Personally I'm not so much into prose. With Amias' prose, you linger into the air and you seem to find your soul is disconnected from your physical being, traveling with words. This is an experience that come only with mediation, at least to me, but Amias' writing carry me as feather in another reality. As you read her prose and poetry, like me, you would hope for the chance to know her quite close, to discover the person behind the poetic words."

"I'm glad to get that chance and be among those to receive a sisterly love from her through countless miles standing so far away in the heart of Arabia and knowing as little of who she is, but our bond is connected with her poetry and prose.If you wish to taste the voice of silence, sip into Amias' words only then you will know how words really taste."

Linda Diane Mayfield-Hayes
New Castle, Delaware

"The word "poet" doesn't begin to describe Amias. She is a storyteller extraordinaire, and "Mind Locks" is a perfect example of that. This is not your ordinary poetry book, where you just flip through and read randomly, although it can be enjoyed that way. This book of poems is uniquely different, in that it should be read from cover to cover. That is the only way you will fully appreciate the journey that these poems take you through. Step aside Maya Angelou, make room for Amias."

Wm. Scott McKinney
Charlotte, North Carolina 

"I would like to offer up a review of the Book "Mind Locks".

"Amias has done something that is rare for one to do with a book of Poetry, she has created an instant Classic of Modern Times. Like an alchemist she has taken words heavy as lead and turned them into gold, which she refines before our eyes with new and deeper meanings than we might have known previously. This is talent derived from a soul level that speaks from beyond socio-political boundaries and lifts one up to new dimensions of thought and feeling."

"Being the alchemist of words that she is, she transforms the meaning of the mundane into a mystical experience of joy by reading just one of her poems. I have seldom been speechless, yet she says what so many of us think but were not able to express with the cadence of rhythm that flows from her Mind. "Mind Locks" unlocked for me many of the irrational puzzles of what it means to be a human being in this day and age, and an American. This is one book that will move you into another realm of being just by reading aloud a poem or two, don't miss out on your chance to be changed by living poetry. This is what poetry is about, changing our world views that our MIND LOCKS have chained us to for too long. BRAVO and ENCORE PLEASE!"

"Amias will shift your consciousness with each poem you experience, read at your own risk of Being totally changed!!"

Don Iannone
Mayfield Village, Ohio
Business Strategy Consultant

"Mind Locks hypnotizes you with its raw poetic honesty and cobra-like dancing between light and darkness. Written in a style and with words that most of us would like to forget, "Mind Locks" forces us to remember our own frailty and pain. Powerful moments of love and healing rise and fall throughout the collection of poems. You find your own deepest tears in "Mind Locks", and you catch startling glimpses of Amias in the flesh and spirit; glimpses of veracity and courage that few of us have really known. Recommended reading for all needing help in shedding their rose-colored glasses to see life as it really is."

Suzanne Horne
Meridian, Mississippi

"Mind Locks by Amias --- How can anyone possibly explain the miracle that is a poem? How is one to understand what really takes place in a poet's heart and mind before, during and after a poem is born? I will now share with you a wealth of new and rich understanding to that very question."

"I have been inspired by a very special woman who is so much more than just a poet. Amias is a writer who feels all that she touches and sees, capable of pulling you inside of yourself where she then begins to sing to you, her song. She is to pen and paper as is the heartbeat of a mother to her unborn child. I can just imagine all the words of our language sitting patiently with both adoration and with hope, waiting to be chosen so that they too may flow from the ink of her pen. To explore this amazing relationship and to personally experience the ballet created by this talented woman’s poetry, please read her book, "Mind Locks"."

"I challenge you to taste the purposeful juice that flows from every single page of "Mind Locks". My dearest friend, Amias, is just that. A wondrous grape. Lush and ready to be picked. Laden with such flavorful juice fed from her ancestral roots. Ready to share with us freely, her passion. Unadorned and free from flashy tinsel. Clear, solid, fully rounded --- a gift to us from the Heavens above."

Dominie Bennion
Independence, MO

"It is said that what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger. It is also said that we aren't given any more hardship than we can take. Amias book, “Mind Locks” is a mountain of words. Words like polished pebbles glued together with tears, and blood, and Mississippi mud. She is a towering monolith worn smooth by the passage of time. She is majesty forever in the making. As I am as I am ... I am ... a mere grain of sand at the foot of her towering might."

Sandra Wejroch
Bellevue, MI

"Amias, your book is beautiful and full of positive and enlightening energy. I enjoyed reading it from cover to cover and appreciated your thoughtfulness. Much success to you. Your mother is smiling down on you. A very special thank-you to very special you. Sincerely, with love."