Hyacinths on a gramophone.
Alone
They stood
On polished wood.
Their scent carrying me back
Down childhood’s track.
The flower’s smel
Blossoming in a wishing well
With a plastic handle.
My thought tangles
With the ivy that
In a bowl sat.
As a boy
My goal was joy.
The earth was good as the man.
I can
Recall
Honeysuckle on a garden wall
And roses, their scent
Is long since spent.
My grandfather went away
Yet in my heart he stays
As I lose myself, in spring days
A thought provoking take on the cult of celebrity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9RunljdHow
I was concerned to see that my collection of poetry, “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind”, which is legally available on Amazon only (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01AF5EPVY), is (seemingly) being offered on the website of Lilplay, (http://www.wcano.com/lost-in-the-labyrinth.html), without my consent.
A search for Lilplay brings up an extremely high number of customer complaints, including those by authors who state that their copyright is being infringed by Lilplay.
In terms of resolving this matter, I will be following the advice set out in this helpful link, (http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/authors-resources-central/copyright-infringement-actions-to-take/), which is, in essence to submit a DMCA via the ISP of the company hosting the copyright infringing material. My thanks to The Story Reading Ape for this helpful resource.
Kevin
This is an amusing and interesting take on the life of a writer. Kevin
My thanks to Jayne King for sending me a link to this interesting article on rhyming traditions, (http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/07/the-rain-in-spain-rhyming-traditions-from-early-china-to-modern-day-rap/).
Kevin
I am planning to attend the Poetry Unplugged event, together with fellow poet Toby Wheeler, on Tuesday 22 March and read some of my poetry.
The event takes place at the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street in London’s Covent Garden.
If you are in the vicinity it would be great to see you there.
For details of Poetry Unplugged please click HERE.
Kevin
I have received the below, from my author friend, Victoria (Tori) Zigler, who’s books are enrolled in “Read An Ebook Week”. Please do check out Tori’s books.
Kevin
“Some of my books are on sale this week as part of Smashwords Read An eBook Week.
Please welcome Sally Cronin, author of a short stories, a copious and impressive blog, novels, and a number of books on health, wellness, weight loss, and media training. Her most recent book is called Tales from the Garden. I’m particularly thrilled to have Sally on Reade and Write because she is a tireless and selfless promoter of other authors.
Hi, Sally!
Thank you so much Amy for inviting me along today to talk about my books and blog.
Tell me about your new book.
My latest book is a collection of fairy stories called Tales from the Garden and the stories cover the usual fairy story themes of love won and lost, evil witches and handsome princes.
Who is the audience for the book?
Judging by the comments it would seem that fairy stories appeal to all ages and I was surprised by the reaction from men and women…
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I am pleased to publish the below poem, “Lazy? No Miss-Judged”, by Jayne King. For Jayne’s poem, “Dreadfully Drained” please visit http://newauthoronline.com/2016/03/03/dreadfully-drained-by-jayne-king/.
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People think I’m lazy,
Sleeping until noon,
They don’t see my misery,
Making judgments, too soon.
They don’t know that I have been
Laying awake for hours.
Tossing as well as turning,
Underneath the covers.
Finally, as the world around starts waking,
My eyelids feel like lead,
Now, what I’ve been waiting for all night,
I have to fight, instead.
How easy to judgement pass
As we sit in our house of glass
Watching the foolish trip by
On heels high.
How simple it is to sneer
At those who in joy and fear
Lose
Themselves in shoes
Passing near.
With our clear view
We watch the stupid stew
And smile
In denial
For ‘Tis not me and you …
