Part-time Sympathy
After
thoughtfully
rehearsed, well versed
platitudes
flow
from your
vaselined
lips,
you
shift
(uncomfortable)
left to right -
brain-
foot-
cheek to chew on,
You mouth
the words-
“Time waits for no-one..”
Condolences shared,
priorities reinstate
for your
normal routine
..time waits for no-one…
awaits..
© Terri S, 2012
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Unknown Project Book & Exhibition
Please come and have a coffee at Fidels Cafe and have a look at my street photography exhibition. Thanks to Mayra for her great book designing. Mayra is a photographer and Indesign, Blurb, photo junction wiz. She is available for album and book design on request. Email her at mayraguedes_@hotmail.com.
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A reflecting sense
Late one night,
Louisa sat alone in the garden,
On a stone seat in the wall;
And as she looked out across the roses,
The silvery mist rolled in across the lawns
Trailing sweet dreams from the distant woods.
The scent of roses filled the air
And the bright, pale moon illuminated all.
This silvery scene seemed to whisper dreamy
Words of the joys of long hot summers
And the sadness of lost romances…
And amid these fragrant fantasies
The moon’s undulating reflection
Silently sailed across the dark lake,
Until there was nothing left to see,
And no words left to be spoken.
© Paul Hegginson 2012
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Time to go dark and reflective with this one. Paul gives us a glimpse into something otherworldly with this poem, taking us to a scene of both fantasy and familiarity.
If you like your poetry (and we assume you do, as you are here, after all), check out our anthology “Concrete Jungles”, a collection of 14 poems on the subject of the city (details in our “publications” page). You won’t be disappointed, and you’ll be helping support new writers.
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Our first anthology “Concrete Jungles” now available through Smashwords as well as Amazon.
After a small, but successful reception on Amazon, we have decided to extend the availability of our first anthology of new poets to the Smashwords store, which also means that those without a Kindle will be able to own a copy as well.
Concrete Jungles is a collection of 14 poems all based on the theme of the city, with new works from such poets as Ben Johnson, Cathy Bryant, Nigel Paul, Geoff Collinson and Emma Coleman.
So, all you e-reader owners, buy a copy, pass it on, and if you like it, please share with people. If there is enough demand, we will even look at putting this into print for you to own a physical copy. If you are interested, please leave a comment in the comments section below.
Available here: Amazon
“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Anthology “Concrete Jungles” out now
Well, it’s finally here. Our first anthology of poetry, “Concrete Jungles”. A collection of 14 poems all based on the theme of the city, available exclusively through the Amazon kindle store for the low price of $0.99 (77p in the UK, 0.80 euros in the EU). Unfortunately Amazon would not let us list it for free, so we have gone with the absolute minimum to give people a real bargain.
So, all you Kindle owners, buy a copy, pass it on, and if you like it, please share with people.
“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Uisge Beatha
an eely path meanders on, and on
amongst the bushes and rushes, the burn
it bends and wends as time moves on, and on
through woods it guides us twisting turns by turns;
where once the white did grind, down brae, down glen
the lochs lie proud and silent now, as deer
and eagle grace the lofty highland’s ben,
the eely path that leads us on, and on
through sunlit glades and shadowed gloom, and where
the salmon run, onward far from their source,
o’er plains where flowers did once wildly fair,
afore the man came to change ancient course;
‘til waters plainly slowed to seaward firth
path and burn end hundreds of miles, from birth.
© Geoff Collinson 2011-2012
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While we’re waiting for the anthology to go through it’s final edit and then uploaded to Amazon for download, we thought it would be nice to feature one of Geoff Collinson’s pieces on the site (Geoff is in the anthology, you see). This piece is wonderful, there’s a lot of tradition here, but there’s something which speaks much more about the human condition here (Uisge Beatha means “Water of Life” in Gaelic ). Show some love in the comments below, and don’t forget to hit subscribe.
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Yes, we have now extended our reach onto Facebook. So there are more ways to see what’s going on in our little corner of the literary world. As well as new poems featured on the site, news about what’s going on, there will also be quotes from famous poets, and discussions to engage you, the audience.
As always, we are looking for new work for the site, please send all submissions to dagdapublishing@hotmail.co.uk
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Empty Spaces
Detriment
Do you remember?
I remember only the pain.
Can you feel me?
Like it was yesterday.
Do you cry?
Every night I search.
Is it my smile?
A love that hurts.
Did you see?
Only the pack of lies.
When?
I’ve longed all my life.
The last words were?
Nothing, a silence.
What is it you feel?
A craving for violence.
So, I drink.
© John Ashleigh 2006 – 2012
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Submissions welcomed for our first anthology
We are looking for poems based on the subject of “The City” for our first anthology, which we want to publish very soon. We are welcoming both new and established writers to submit for this piece of work, which will be released on Kindle very soon. It will be a free download. so the reward is getting your name out there. We already have some fine pieces of work submitted, we’re looking to “flesh it out” with some more work before committing it to publication.
Please send all submissions (plus a brief bio of yourself) to dagdapublishing@hotmail.co.uk and we will take a look at your stuff.
~ Dagda Publishing.
*** Please note – this anthology is now out, so we are not accepting any more submissions***
