New Mirror Poem Comments on British Class System

Dedicated to the British class system and Islamic gender apartheid elites: to a decade of cooperation and support against the lower class and gender! (That’s irony by the way!!).

While recently travelling, and having time to look around, Marc Latham sheltered from rain, and saw it was falling as snow at a higher altitude. He thought it could be a subject for a Folding Mirror poem, and when it had absorbed into his mind a little later, he also thought it could be a metaphor for the class system. Here’s the poem:

Essentially Water, Landing Dependent

Snow falls on high
icing the mountains
evaporated droplets
randomly settling
above the dividing line
of temperature

Thirty-two Fahrenheit, Zero-degrees Celsius

longer falling
drop below the cut
driving hard
almost invisible
washed down gutters
rain muddies the ground

Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk), and he has books available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/author/marclatham).

Dream Travel: Mirror Picture Story Folds Fact and Fiction

Marc Latham’s blog mixing mirroring images of textured photography by Julien Coquentin and  digital images by Catrin Welz-Stein from the emorfes blog fold fact and fiction into a dream travel narrative. Here’s two of the six images used:

Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk), and he has books available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/author/marclatham).

 

'Strange Rain' Photography by Julien Coquentin

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Vancouver-based photographer Julien Coquentin is in love with images, shadows and raindrops, gray light and stories … In 'Strange Rain' series the photos are textured giving a vintage look and making the rain look more ominous.

Some great greenygrey folding mirror images.

Photo Manipulations by Christophe Kiciak

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Four years ago, french photographer  Christophe Kiciak did not even thought about the work of photographer. According to  Kiciak, inside of him lives a lover of science and a creative person. So, for  not to be bored and not to waste any time, Christophe decided to make photography his hobby. And eventually this hobby grew into a main profession. He takes inspiration from the surrounding world and he is not afraid to create completely unrealistic works, because important for him is to achieve his  goal.

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Nice vertical folding mirror on top photo, and some great horizontals in others...

Poem about Trying to Care in a Global Media

Marc Latham’s latest Folding Mirror poem looks at one of the biggest dilemmas of the modern world: how much can we care without getting depressed. With the global media transmitting the world’s problems 24/7; and bad news generally considered more interesting to the public according to journalistic news values;  it can be depressing watching a lot of news.

This is especially true if there’s little that can be done to alleviate situations beyond our control, or if we don’t have enough money to make a difference.

The poem draws on some of Marc’s personal experiences and thoughts, but mixes them with irony and fantasy. The poem is not telling you to care or not to care; to give to charity or focus on making money; it’s just a personal poem trying to give two sides of an issue with a connection, in line with the Folding Mirror poetry form.

English: This is the official logo of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal – The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lost in Care, Ignore the Repair

I was so crazy
I cared
and what made
it even madder
was that it wasn’t
about myself
or personal things
it was just about our world
life that’s existed since before me
life born while I walked the Earth
life that will emerge when I’m gone

but there was no time for it, I had to wake up to survive

money is the energy fuelling the world
money makes one country richer than another
money was traded before my time
is neglecting duty a selfish act
hidden in delusion
escaping within
telling myself I’m special
beyond insane world
when I’m just
the only
mind I really know.

H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk), and he has books available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/author/marclatham).

Greengray Barcelona Photography by Marc Latham

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Marc Latham is a Leeds, U.K. based writer specializing in fiction and non-fiction books, journalistic articles and structured poetry.
His photos below  highlight greenygrey Barcelona - the greenygrey concept highlights how often green and grey colors occur together, something we don't usually notice as we go around our daily lives - and nature photos from Barcelona and Montserrat Monastery using the direct sun to create  artistic effects.

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Thanks to emorfes, my favourite art website, for forming a post with a collection of Marc Latham's Barcelona and Montserrat photos.

Poetry Narrative based on California Dreaming

Marc Latham’s latest Folding Mirror poem has been brewing for quite some time; since he found the Fog and Smog website. It’s stayed in the to-do tray since then, until an interview for the California-based Dan O’ Brien Project (due to be posted tomorrow, April 2nd) brought the idea to the top of the pile.

The poem’s title references the original inspiration, and there are a few more references too: The Mamas and The Papas song California Dreamin’ and John Cougar (Mellencamp)’s Jack and Diane. The top half, set in San Francisco, references the 1960s counter-culture; while the bottom half, set in Los Angeles, is based on 1980s heavy rock and metal. The rhythm of the poem is also based on American folk ballad on-the-road narratives.

San Francisco sky (Photo credit: davidyuweb)

Fog and Smog, Sun lights Fame

California dreaming, drove down Highway 5
love for freedom, felt good to be alive
I picked up some hitch-hikers, one boy and one girl
Diane enjoyed picking guitar, Jack took his turn
dropped them off in San Fran hills
crossed the Golden Gate
drove down into Chinatown
on way to the Haight
mixed Dim Sum with Summer of Love
and ended up in a stew

The Redwoods cleared my head, felt love for Santa Barbara

emerged like a star on hill
Hollywood bit parts working around temp job
never got the break needed
to enjoy creative freedom
elevated City of Angels
set me down path to Sunset Boulevard
walking the neon streets, night was a blur
I frequented a rock bar, not knowing where to go
my fame exploded, after auditioning for a band
American dream, living the promised land

Hollywood Bowl (Photo credit: Burns!)

Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk), and he has books available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/author/marclatham).