Martin's Mariner Materialises
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Martin Parker's The Wrong Ancient Mariner will be under sail on the 9th of November. Now available for pre-ordering through Amazon at £7-99p or, currently and more immediately available from the author via www.martinparker-verse.co.uk OR email to
His cargo includes Shakespeare's plan for a weekly 'soap', a viciously modern Jenny's prosecution of one whom she had kissed long ago and a statement of amatory intent from a team of Dairylea Cheese Triangles. A stocking-filler and all-year-round gift for those who deserve something more original than the usual socks, golf balls, chocolates or pot-plants.
Martin Parker's Mariner Is In The Offing
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LUPO’s founder-editor has a second collection coming out this autumn, namely The Wrong Ancient Mariner – (and other variant verses).
He writes: “Abandon disbelief all ye who venture into this less trodden left-field of English verse. Prepare to encounter wild parties at Pooh's, Larkin's views on child carol singers and Noel Coward's thoughts on Council Flats. Meet Pam Ayres and her teeth awaiting Judgement Day, John Betjeman as a part-time trapeze artist, and listen to Maya Angelou's inexhaustible Christmas turkey . . . et al.
Hear also from a motley crew of word-smiths including Old Nokomis, Tennyson's garden-phobic Maud, Cleopatra's Executor, Mrs. Polonius, Eeyore, The Bard's Dark Lady and a cheese and pickle sandwich.”
See 'Dreams Of A Perpetual Twelfth Man' In LUPO 63 for a taster.
Publication date and availability to follow, so watch this space.
Time Spent With Kent
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LUPO contributor Steven Kent’s I Tried (And Other Poems Too), a collection whose ‘primary purpose is to amuse’ was published by Kelsay Books in July. Its five Acts cover personal relationships, the aging process, philosophy, the news of the day (including a couplet on Liz Truss – remember her?) and ‘random discursions’, from limericks to longer pieces, on such topics as miniature golf and tourists. Available from Amazon and Kelsay Books
Gail White - Cats and Cynicism
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Gail White, a long standing LUPO contributor and , according to Richard Wilbur, ‘the essence of wit’, has a new chapbook-sized collection out from Kelsay Books called Paper Cuts. It has “new cat poems, plus sonnets, lyrics, and general cynicism.” Available from Amazon and Kelsay Books.
New Crane Collection
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You Will Remember Me, a 92 page paperback book of ekphrastic sonnets by Barbara Lydecker Crane, will be published on October 13 by Able Muse Press and will available there or at Amazon. Each poem is in the voice of a particular artist, from medieval to modern times, and many colour reproductions of portrait paintings are included. Barbara writes: “ Only a few of the poems are humorous and some are downright gloomy. History is like that! “