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Poem comparing war and propaganda to natural disasters
nuclear winter clouds all
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Well explained update on new wordpress features.
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Folding Mirror Poets Featured on New Poem Forms Image
FMPoetry is proud to see two poets who have created Folding Mirror poems alongside many famous poets in an image on Lewis Turco’s Odd and Invented Forms blog. Caroline Gill and Claire Knight had Folding Mirror poems accepted for the new book of Odd and Invented Forms as examples of the Folding Mirror form.
Both poems were first featured on this site. Caroline Gill’s accepted poem was Thalatta, Thalatta; Claire Knight’s was Hourglass of Time. Thanks again to Lewis, Caroline and Claire for their creativity and time.
Here’s the image that appears on the Odd and Invented forms blog. Viewing it as a clock face, Caroline Gill is at about 5 o’ clock and Claire Knight is at about 9 o’ clock:
Blogging Award Thankfully Accepted
Immense thanks to Jennifer at the Step on a Crack (http://steponacrack.wordpress.com/) blog for nominating this blog for a Versatile Blog award. It was a really nice surprise at the start of the new year. On her blog, Jennifer writes about tough subjects, which is what I think blogging is ideal for. According to the requirements of the award I should now:
• Nominate 15 other bloggers
• Inform my nominees
• Share 7 random facts about myself
• Thank those who nominated me
• Add a picture of the award to this post
Here’s 15 other bloggers:
kjpgarcia.wordpress.com
KJP Garcia’s poetry site.
whimsygizmo.wordpress.com
de jackson’s poetry site.
dwrob.com
David Robinson’s writing site.
jakill-jeansmusings.blogspot.com
Jean Knill’s writing and poetry site.
didyoueverkissafrog.typepad.com
Alberta Ross’s writing site.
travelthroughhistory.blogspot.com
Ruth Kozak’s blog for the Travel Thru History website.
trevorbelshaw.com/blog
Trevor Belshaw’s writing blog.
evocativeembrace.wordpress.com
nice newish poetry and writing site.
writingtipsforbetterwriting.wordpress.com
Ledia’s writing and poetry site.
sajeevkmenon.wordpress.com
Sajeev Menon’s poetry, philosophy and photography site.
thepagesandfriends.blogspot.com
Marit Meredith’s blog for the Pages magazine.
zumpoems.com
Zumwalt’s decades of poetry.
asjellis.wordpress.com
Stories by A.S.J. Ellis
amarketingexpert.com/blog
Book marketing advice.
lesleycarter.wordpress.com
Lesley’s bucket list for 2012.
And 7 Random Facts:
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I hitch-hiked a lot when younger.
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I’ve travelled to all the populated continents.
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I have run three marathons.
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I am a published writer and poet.
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I have a PhD.
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I had a trial with a professional football/soccer club.
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I often do stupid things and feel very lazy.
Now, to let my nominees know…
Posted in Blogging Awards, Evolution of the fmpoetry site
Tagged Blog, Blog award, facts, memoir, poetry, versatile blogger, Wordpress, writing sites
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Poem Inspired by Ancient Britain Stone Circle Culture Documentary
Marc Latham hadn’t planned any new Folding Mirror poems this week, and wanted to focus on other writing work, but Suzi Quatro’s Search for Jim Morrison inspired a poem yesterday, and Neil Oliver‘s History of Ancient Britain documentary last night (http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01971gm/, available until 10:04PM Sun, 8 Jan 2012 in the UK; don’t know about any other availability) had an exciting archaeological find in Orkney that seemed perfect for a Folding Mirror poem. As the documentary is only available this week it was thought that a quick publishing was needed. Sorry if it’s a poetry overload so soon after the holidays!
Spiritual Portal found between Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness
The Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness have long been fascinating attractions on Orkney, off the north-east coast of Scotland. An archaeological dig between the two circles, called the Ness of Brodgar, has now found a large temple complex, which they think was a portal on a procession route from the Land of the Living – Stones of Stenness to the Land of the Dead – Ring of Brodgar.
It is thought that there was a similar relationship between Stonehenge and the nearby Durrington Walls, with a procession route between the two via the River Avon.
It is believed that the Ness of Brodgar was destroyed when the Bronze Age brought a new political and religious system, and the inhabitants lost faith with the old Stone Age rituals.
The poem is structured in line with the order of the ancient procession rather than geographically; as shown in the above map on the Orkney Jar website, the Ring of Brodgar is north of the Stones of Stenness. Here’s the poem:
When Life Looked into the Mirror of Death
Land of the Living
Stones of Stenness
carefully crafted circle
spiritual lea
pathway between sea
Ness of Brodgar, purifying portal
respecting ancient lessons
pathway processions
alms around ancestors
Ring of Brodgar
Land of the Dead
Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk).
Posted in Culture, History
Tagged ancient Britain, BBC documentaries, Durrington Walls, Neil Oliver, Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stenness
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Jim Morrison Documentary Opens Doors of Poetry Perception into 2012
Marc Latham’s latest fm poem was written on New Year’s Day while listening to the BBC Radio programme: Suzi Quatro in Search of Jim Morrison, (http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b018b6gj/) which is available in the UK until 10:02PM Wed, 4 Jan 2012. Don’t know if it’s available anywhere else.
The poem is about two very different kinds of lifestyle either side of a warm, dry and comfortable contented reality. One of the alternative bipolar lives would be of pampered luxury in a pleasure palace and the other a rough living hitch-hiking hobo.
Contented Living, Contents of Dreaming
playboy mansion
is where I’d like to be
surrounded by women
all sweet as honey
roof under rain, wall in want
the long winding air
flying catapult kingdom
calls my mind on the wind
sunshine freedom
Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk).
Posted in Culture, Mind, Social
Tagged BBC Radio, hitch-hiking, hobo, JimMorrison, New Year's Day, palace, Playboy Mansion, pleasure, Suzi Quatro
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2011 in review: WordPress statistics for the FMPoetry year
Thanks to all the contributors and readers for making 2011 another great year at fmpoetry; for providing content and inspiration. Thanks to WordPress too, for making the blog possible, and Zemanta for providing easy access to quality images; and wikipedia for its information about just about every topic.
I just received the report from WordPress about the blog in 2011. Special thanks to those who commented and linked here the most, and the zen zebra fans for making it the most read poem. Cheers, Happy New Year, and Best Wishes for 2012!
Here’s the statistics that WordPress has just kindly and efficiently provided.
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Warning: 2 of the sites that sent readers here have brought up security warning messages, so please don’t click on the haprak and istermetro links in the report.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Posted in Evolution of the fmpoetry site
Tagged 2011 review, mirror poems, poetry market, wikipedia, Wordpress, WordPress.com Stats, zebra poem, Zemanta
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