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to the previous facsimile
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and my Former is now a
so AWOL A. Wolfhol
seems to be changing ID
like Andy Warhol did
with image artistry.
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Poem about Surviving: Display and Concealment
Marc Latham’s latest Folding Mirror poem needs no introduction.
If you follow the tale
to the end of the tail,
you may get the idea
but you might also fail.
Tale of the Weakness Tail
predators are circling
looking for
easy meals
only show weakness
grown out
of you
wag tail like dog, dispose a la gecko
sing happy
flying free
survival is strength
learn life
looking out
while enjoying views
Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk)
Poem looks for Meaning in Reflection and Shadow
Marc Latham’s latest Folding Mirror poem uses reflection and shadow to reflect on shades of the unknown. And here it is:
As each second of the present passes…
standing facing the sun
not under or above
reflection rolling in reservoir
a vision of future or past
is there clarity amongst ripples
on the surface of the deep
past distorted ahead, future hidden behind
look both ways to seek truth
turn around for another angle
I stretch nearly to the horizon
shadow sinks just short
no heaven or hell
blank image of unknown
Marc Latham’s central site is the Greenygrey (http://www.greenygrey.co.uk)
See Below Sea published for Every day poetry
Marc Latham’s See Below Sea
has now been published on a site of poetry:
Every day poets is yours to see for free.
Enjoy at your own liberty!
Folding Mirror Poem to be Published in May
There was more good news for the Folding Mirror form this week when Every Day Poets announced that a new Marc Latham FM poem, See Below Sea, would be published on May 17th. The site requests first internet rights, so it has not been published here yet, but will be afterwards. Marc Latham has donated the payment back to the site.
Here is the full EDP May calendar:
May’s Table of Contents
May 1 |
A J Smith |
The Last May |
May 2 |
Rumjhum Biswas |
Poetry on a Clear Day |
May 3 |
James Graham |
Meerkat Poem |
May 4 |
Theodore E. Hovey |
Sleeping Beauty |
May 5 |
Charles W. Kiley III |
Metrical Assay: Quatrain Dactylic Tetrameter |
May 6 |
A Keith Walters |
Sea Kissed Sandcastles |
May 7 |
Laura Dennis |
A Mother’s Prerogative |
May 8 |
Kate Gander |
Mother’s Day Confetti |
May 9 |
Marina Lee Sable |
Obsidian |
May 10 |
Neil Willis |
Portrait of a Man with a Book |
May 11 |
Greg Schwartz |
after dinner |
May 12 |
Nicky Phillips |
Runaway |
May 13 |
Marion Clarke |
haiku |
May 14 |
Jerry Kraft |
Downtown Issaquah |
May 15 |
Jennifer Walmsely |
Peace |
May 16 |
Natalie McNabb |
The Best Bite |
May 17 |
Marc Latham |
See Below Sea |
May 18 |
Jeff Jeppesen |
The Axis Mundi |
May 19 |
Sara Bickley |
Souvenir |
May 20 |
Jim Hatfield |
Signer and the Song |
May 21 |
Robert Liska |
Disaster, Disaster, Disaster |
May 22 |
Christie |
Your Dance |
May 23 |
Ed Pereira |
You are US |
May 24 |
Lucie M Winborne |
Remembering Miss Emily |
May 25 |
Vincent O’Connor |
Eileen Sipping |
May 26 |
Heather Holland Wheaton |
untitled |
May 27 |
CD Sinex |
Leaving Home |
May 28 |
Peter Massiah |
Amy’s Morning |
May 29 |
V. Leon |
Valediction (In Cut Time) |
May 30 |
Richard M. O’Donnell |
Graffiti Metropolis |
May 31 |
Kip |
Necessary Phone Calls |
Poem about Middle-Age and Climbing Over the Hill
Marc Latham’s latest Folding Mirror poem is another jolly affair (joke). It is also quite topical, with work sparse in the UK and many middle-age jobless people said to be finding it hard to find work.
Marc Latham is himself middle-aged and not doing very well financially, so hopefully the poem won’t incur the wrath of his fellow poor middle-aged.
Marc couldn’t resist the greenygrey map by the way!
The structure provides something new in that it is to be read from the bottom up, in line with its title and content being about climbing over the hill, with ‘over the hill’ a common phrase to describe people being past it in the UK.
Climbing Over the Hill
Line 9 |
relax, relax, relax |
Line 8 |
lounge, lounge, lounge |
Line 7 |
survive, survive, survive |
Line 6 |
not wanted, salvage anything, no joy |
Line 5 |
Middle-age |
Line 4 |
hold on, grab something, don’t fall |
Line 3 |
strive, strive, strive |
Line 2 |
work, work, work |
Line 1 |
climb, climb, climb |
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