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This has been making my hair stand on end today - a Sacred Harp version of Charles Wesley's hymn tune Idumea ( And Am I Born To Die ). This kind of full-throated choral singing is heard mainly amongst rural congregations in the USA, and comes from the "shape note" music whereby itinerant pby Mairi bheag on Nov 22 6:26 AM, 200 words. → 9 comments, Add one?
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... to say that updated news of items selected for publication is now on my web site and my blog . 1 2 M.by Mairi bheag on Nov 21 6:53 AM, 200 words. → 3 comments, Add one?
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Just a note to my friends, and to people on whose work I most often comment. I have been very tired lately, and unable to write. I have decided to stop worrying about the latter and take this opportunity to rest. Please don't worry too much if you don't hear from me very much for a while. I will still come and read yby Mairi bheag on Nov 12 12:20 AM, 100 words. → 19 comments, Add one?
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I just want to share this with you all.by Mairi bheag on Nov 4 11:29 AM, → 8 comments, Add one?
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Old news, I know, but I now have in my hands the back copies of Canadian Zen Haiku in which several of my haiku and senryu appear - four in the Autumn 2008 issue, six in the Summer 2009 issue. They are in English, French, and Scots, and have all been posted here at AP at one time or another. I have updated my webby Mairi bheag on Oct 31 1:08 PM, 100 words. → Make first comment?
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Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from the sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift. Some nights, although we are faithless, the truth enters our heartby Mairi bheag on Oct 11 11:03 AM, 400 words. → 7 comments, Add one?
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... that I could write poetry as good as this . 1 2 M. 3 4by Mairi bheag on Oct 11 1:55 AM, → 19 comments, Add one?
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I believe I may have mentioned this before, but I was honoured to be chosen as "centre stage poet" in a forthcoming edition of the poetry magazine/anthology Decanto . The current issue is out, and there I am! Details are on my web site, which I have updated; follow this link , then have a look at theby Mairi bheag on Oct 8 10:24 AM, 200 words. → 8 comments, Add one?
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I have updated my web site a little again, just to give details of recent haiku published. See the News Updates and Spotlight on... pages. 1 2 Still toying with the idea of a re-write of the home page. Also waiting for the arrival of the October edition of Decanto magazine...&nbsby Mairi bheag on Oct 1 6:02 AM, 100 words. → Make first comment?
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... I'm guest storyteller at Linda's Coffee Break site.by Mairi bheag on Sep 27 11:21 AM, 100 words. → 2 comments, Add one?
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J ohn Keats' sonnet Why did I laugh tonight . Superbby Mairi bheag on Sep 24 2:42 PM, → Make first comment?
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Karl Jenkins is probably known to many of you. For those of you who don't know him, he is a Welsh musician who was part of the avant-garde jazz group Soft Machine . More latterly he is better known as a composer. I want to share this piece of music from his Requiem with you. 1 2 M.by Mairi bheag on Sep 2 12:19 PM, 100 words. → 2 comments, Add one?
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Check out the Spotlight on... page at my web site , for a weird little story... Mby Mairi bheag on Aug 29 6:38 AM, → 4 comments, Add one?
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I just want to share this with you. 1 2 3by Mairi bheag on Aug 26 2:13 AM, → 2 comments, Add one?
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Jem Finer , musician, mathematician, and founder member of The Pogues , has created a piece of computer-generated music which, over 1000 years, will never repeat itself. It is called Longplayer , and can be found here . Click on the link listen to get a realtime streaming. The concept is based on 234 Ti
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Just letting you know that my xonnet I send a wreath of kisses to my minx is now on the Spotlight page of my web site . 1 2 3 4 5by Mairi bheag on Aug 20 3:05 AM, 100 words. → 1 comment, Add one?
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Please check out the News updates page on my web site for my latest news. 1 2 Thank you. 3 4 5 6 7by Mairi bheag on Aug 19 12:21 AM, 100 words. → 1 comment, Add one?
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Just a snippet. My Trijan Refrain In winter-time , has been published in the current issue of Rubies in the Darkness . It's not a great poem, but it fits well in that magazine. For how to get a copy, check out the news section of my web site . 1 2 Meanwhile, one of the fine artists on thisby Mairi bheag on Aug 15 4:58 AM, 100 words. → 8 comments, Add one?
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I was going to see about bringing out a limited run of pamphlets containing my collection the rustle (formerly variations on a theme by 'bird ). However, I have decided to enter the whole canon in a pamphlet competition. It is to be judged by Andrew Motion (hmmm... I wonder how he will react to one of the poems'by Mairi bheag on Aug 5 4:41 AM, 200 words. → 12 comments, Add one?
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I ken precisely where I heard this one – I heard Scottish singer Dick Gaughan sing it. His is not the only version of the tune or of the song, but it is wonderful. Hear it here . You’ll need a Scots glossary – see the end – but I have left out some of the more obvious words; Scots is not a regular languagby Mairi bheag on Jul 26 7:34 AM, 2,700 words. → Make first comment?
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1 2 3 While we are looking at folk songs I remember, here’s one from Scotland. It is very old, and has the air of a broadsheet ballad. Strangely the incident to which it refers has no record in history. I’ll provide a glossary of the Scots words at the end. (Extra words found after postby Mairi bheag on Jul 25 2:41 AM, 3,400 words. → 8 comments, Add one?
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I remember hearing this song when I was very young, and have heard various versions since then, sung everywhere between England and the Appalachians. In my ear I can hear a tune sung by Ralph Stanley, the veteran bluegrass singer; these words are all the ones I can recall, and I wanted to share them with you toby Mairi bheag on Jul 24 11:37 AM, 2,100 words. → 24 comments, Add one?
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My web site has news of one of my poems on public display - see the News updates page. 1 2 * 3 4 On a different tack, I woke up this morning with the following cynical thought in my mind: It doesn't matter whether you love your enemies or hate them, your feelings will alwaysby Mairi bheag on Jul 20 2:05 AM, 100 words. → 11 comments, Add one?
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I came upon this poem by D Nurske in the current issue of Poetry Review : 1 2 3 Remember the suffering of this pronoun I, 4 how this vowel was slighted and betrayed, 5 how this letter undressed and lay awake 6by Mairi bheag on Jun 30 12:31 PM, 1,000 words. → 7 comments, Add one?
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The latest issue of Aireings Online poetry magazine features my don't drink don't smoke what do you do , Leaf 9 , and Leaf 1 .by Mairi bheag on Jun 21 11:22 AM, → 10 comments, Add one?
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One or two snippets have been published on my blog page (scroll down to where it says Some poetry news ) and on my web site (go to the News updates! tab). 1 2 M. 3by Mairi bheag on Jun 20 5:46 AM, 100 words. → 4 comments, Add one?
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... to the effect that the June issue of Decanto magazine is now out. I have mentioned this on my web site and on my blog , but you can see details of this issue (including how to order it - hint hint) right here (thank you, fans). No pressure, of course... 1 2 3 &nbby Mairi bheag on Jun 2 11:02 AM, 100 words. → 4 comments, Add one?
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His poem, Suicide in the Trenches - I am sure it is on Oldpoetry, but I have just heard it on BBC Radio 4. 1 2 I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. 3 In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With cruby Mairi bheag on May 31 9:56 AM, 100 words. → 3 comments, Add one?
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Well, it isn't all that new. Actually itis several years old. I have it on the Spotlight on... page of the website . It's actually a story I co-wrote with Joanne Harris; to be accurate,she wrote the first half and I wrote the second half for a competition. It's astory about a woman and a tree...by Mairi bheag on May 15 5:29 AM, 100 words. → 2 comments, Add one?
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... that Decanto magazine will publish a series of my poems over the coming months, as follows: June 2009 - Altai October 2009 - To Eat an Orange - As if from my Haunted and Mazed Childhooby Mairi bheag on May 10 9:54 AM, 300 words. → 26 comments, Add one?
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Just been adding a few touches to the website. I have added a page devoted to my small project to compliment the paintings of Tom Barron, the Scottish landscape painter, with my poetry. http://mairibheag.webs.comby Mairi bheag on May 2 10:58 AM, → 2 comments, Add one?
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by Mairi bheag on Apr 27 10:32 AM, 100 words. → 8 comments, Add one?
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Currently the Guestbook facility is not running at full speed. This is due to a boring techie reason which I don't even understand myself and I'm not going to attempt an explanation. The result is that I can't reply to comments. My vast army of underlings is currently working round the clock to fix this (Jem pasby Mairi bheag on Apr 26 11:09 PM, 100 words. → 4 comments, Add one?
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I have a web site, thanks to Jem. She set it up for me, and currently I am playing around with it, ruining all her good work. You can find it here - I dare say it will alter over the next few weeks as I discover how to mess around with it. I also dare say I'll be calling on Jem to rescue me every time I make a totby Mairi bheag on Apr 26 4:42 AM, 100 words. → 12 comments, Add one?
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Imagine a city within which there is a significant divide between large sections of the citizenry. That divide has a lot to do with two different and rival interpretations of Christian doctrine and practice. Each section of the population aligns itself with one of the two famous sports teams of theby Mairi bheag on Apr 13 9:59 AM, 4,300 words. → 16 comments, Add one?
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Just rediscovered a musical hero of mine - I thought I would share. When the first film was made I must have been a toddler. It wasn't until much later that I discovered him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qc3VaXtW5M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFv7uVXJgp4&feature=relatedby Mairi bheag on Apr 3 12:57 PM, 100 words. → 3 comments, Add one?
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I just wanted to draw attention to someone else's Loose Sapphic poem. I think it's rather good.
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5174673#
Se what you think.
by Mairi bheag on Mar 25 12:57 AM, 100 words. → 11 comments, Add one?
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