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December 2011 ::: Nollaig 2011 Artwork by Luana Stebulė Anthony Sullivan (Ireland) , L. Summerton Morgan (USA), Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (Ireland), Spiros Kitsinelis (Greece / France), Hal O Leary (USA), Matthew Walz (USA), Tatjana Debeljacki (Serbia), Lizzie Corsi (USA) Bernard Lorimer (Northern Ireland), Randall Aittaniemi (USA), Sabahudin Hadžialic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Deepak Chaswal (India), Erica (USA). Kathy Coman (USA), Kim Wilson (USA), Gonzalo Salesky (Agentina), Rishan Singh (South Africa), Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (USA), Irena Jovanovic (Serbia),Dan Castle (USA), Greg Gunn (Canada), Lisa McCraw, (USA), Matthew Bell (Australia), Laura Cleary (Ireland), Niall O Conner (Ireland) Evin Okçuoglu (Turkey), Simon Rhee (USA), Elizabeth A. Fontaine (USA), Luana Stebule (Lithuania), Barbara Wühr (Germany / France), Frank C. Praeger (USA) Cartys Poetry Journal www.cartyspoetryjournal.com Activism and the Poet Foreword Activism is on the rise, look around, no As 2011 draws to a close, we have again mistake can be made about it. No more are another great year on which to look back, people standing on the sidelines, they are where we brought the best of poetry from getting out there to make their voices heard. Ireland and around the world to a readership What effect that they are having is totally in Ireland and around the world. another story, but they are getting out there anyway. We have seen and partaken in the 100,000 Poets for Change event, and look forward to From the Occupy! Movement – the Irish partaking in the 2012 event, we will be activism which is largely ignored here in the charting the participation in the 10 Years and local press – to the 100,000 Poets for Change Counting Project, we have seen the launch of event, started on Facebook by Michael the book locally by Ken Hume in Tullamore Rothenberg, to the 10 Years and Counting “Snowstorm of Doubt and Grace”, and event against the wars in the middle east and reported on the poetic events around Ireland. elsewhere, its not just street marches, but a cultural movement which is orgainising and In the year to come, we hope to have a print uprising. edition going (a short lived ambition realised in earlier issues!!!) that is carried in shops, As we face into 2012, let us remember the etc. For now, we will be online only. poets and bloggers in jail in Burma and China in particular, and elsewhere unknown around Formatting of the Magazine the world. Anther poetic spirit and artist in jail we remember is Leonard Peltier, jailed by the The magazine is now in a formatting stage, USA for a crime he did not commit. In a recent rhyming poems come in the first section, non letter published by Whisper n Thunder he rhyming after. Other features are scattered thanks his supporters and outlines some of throughout. Let us know how you find this to the blank issues heretofor kept out of the use. limelight in the case. In this coming year... let us continue to be active. The pen can be as mighty as the sword. Swords may fight wars... but it takes a pen to sign the peace! www.cartyspoetryjournal.com Contents Rhyming Poetry Non Rhyming Poets Anthony Sullivan (Ireland) Tatjana Debeljacki (Serbia) Our Moonlight Serenade Are There I Think I Just Felt My Heart Break There Is White Flag From My Heart I Will Never Forget That Night A Prisoner Of This Love Our Spirit From The Soil Lizzie Corsi (USA) L. Summerton Morgan (USA) Captivated Gran'mas’ Molasses News Item - "108 Breaths" Blinded Dusty Roads Bernard Lorimer (Northern Ireland) Freeman's Mill Whitecaps on the Sea The Waves A Pocket Full of Marbles Atom + A Moment of Silence Better Off in the Bog End of Nowhere Tomás Ó Cárthaigh (Ireland) Randall Aittaniemi (USA) A Month of Mondays Contrite Remarks If Poets Had Consequence Erosion Writer Forgetting their Readers The Nomad that would be Hero Words Written in Anger and Anguish (Anne Sexton) Heading West Turbulent Seas Unconscious Wonder Where Snow is But a Dream (Haiku) Morning After the Night Before Sabahudin Hadžialic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Walking by Trees at the Grand Canal, Tullamore " "Anonymous" by Anonymous (me!!!) " Reality Filmed Vice Versa Spiros Kitsinelis (Greece / France) Living In ‘The Dreams’ Street Repeticio Est Mater Studiorum I Drink to You Life For You Dont Know Copy Paste States, Pardon Me, Cities Hal O Leary (USA) Ananas And Banana Blues For My Ex-Country/Homeland Homecoming Country Song I’m Not Sure How If Only I Were Younger The Innocent War Is Hell Deepak Chaswal (India) My Life Dear Friend “Man” "Freedom" Matthew Walz (USA) “Death by Water” "Angels/Demons" Maiden of the Night "Meeting with Christ" My Enemy “Superman” Tragedy in the Fall Erica (USA) NEWS: "Arise & Go Now" Release Three Years Down NEWS: Offaly Writers Set to Join the Million Club www.cartyspoetryjournal.com Kathy Coman (USA) Matthew Bell (Australia) Rain Silent World Mr Mockingbird Kim Wilson (USA) Cleansing Rain Dark Moon Rising Bold Statements Days Laura Cleary (Ireland) Gifts Possibilities Gonzalo Salesky (Argentina) Runaway You Will Be Niall O Conner (Ireland) Harlequins Omen In Search of Roots Rishan Singh (South Africa) Evin Okçuoglu (Turkey) My Friend We Had Known We could not understand Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (USA) Simon Rhee (USA) The Vision Fossor’s Lament Haiku Animal Time The Times Elizabeth A. Fontaine (USA) Irena Jovanovic (Serbia) Scars That Run Deep One Raindrop Luana Stebule (Lithuania) My Dear Soul Honey Like Sweetness Farce My Radiant Lotus Garden Twist United In Love Only Sweet Fragrance Of Your Soul Other Way How Can I Labels This Is A Wonderful Day Anike (name) Nothing Compares To You, Lord Satori Like A Queen Energy Of Colours Of Life Barbara Wühr (Germany / France) Golden Dawn Radha & Krishna I - Sunbeams II - Revealing Truth Dan Castle III - Cosmic Cords IV - Day of St.Barbara Once More Into the Breach.. V - Pégase l'ami de mon âme V – Pegasus, the friend of my soul… (Translation) Greg Gunn (Canada) VI – I love you so much… SHEEP SEARCH SKYWARD Frank C. Praeger (USA) THIS ATHENIAN SITE LEAVENED APHRODITE A Fretted Patience REPETITIOUS REAPING How to Say It BEDRIDDEN A Topping Off Fixated Maneuvers Lisa McCraw, (USA) Exuberant She Fell Like a Raindrop News Item: "Whisper n Thunder Cookbook" www.cartyspoetryjournal.com Anthony Sullivan ::: Ireland Anthony Sullivan needs no introduction to long time readers of this magazine, having had his work featured on these pages in practically every issue since its launch some two or so years ago now. Further work can be read on his website www.anthonysullivan.biz OUR MOONLIGHT SERENADE I THINK I JUST FELT MY HEART BREAK Beneath a starlight symphony I think I just felt my heart break Playing our moonlight serenade If pain can feel like an earthache The sky belongs to you and me Cos' there you are again with him Tonight our dreams are on parade In one more photo you're both in Each secret wish at last revealed And he has his arm around you While whispers of passion cascade And your smile says you want him to Beneath a starlight symphony And it hurts more than I can take Playing our moonlight serenade I think I just felt my heart break { CHORUS } I think I just felt my heart break Ev'ry breath lost is worth the cost And now I'm left just waitin' on To all lovers on their crusade Those tears I know are sure to come ( CHORUS ) And you bring breathlessness to me As sure as now, I know you're gone When love is shown and love is made And you're gone now, there's no mistake During our moonlight serenade I think I just felt my heart break The stars sparkle like our hearts beat I think I just felt my heart break Dancing our moonlight serenade If pain can feel like an earthquake We move in time 'til time's no more And leave your world the lonesome view Oh how your lips softly persuade Of four damn horsemen stormin' through That all the world my arms could want It's last night's news in today's light I hold in you, our promise made The tale of how a dream took flight While stars sparkle like our hearts beat And it hurts more than I can take Dancing our moonlight serenade I think I just felt my heart break { REPEAT CHORUS X 2 } REPEAT CHORUS Beneath a starlight symphony And I don't want to know about We dance our moonlight serenade Moments the camera did not see The one it caught was bad enough { REPEAT CHORUS } To leave me in this agony How you bring breathlessness to me REPEAT CHORUS X 2 During our moonlight serenade. Oh he has his arm around you And your smile says you want him to I think I just felt my heart break www.cartyspoetryjournal.com WHITE FLAG FROM MY HEART Wear those signs that say we're closin' down And my heart might well soon wear one too Oh Kellie Cos' i think I'm good as gone to you, but Why do you smile like that Straight at me REPEAT CHORUS Cos' now I'm smilin' back And I can't seem to stop myself And yet i know should freedom somehow And I don't want to turn away Be offered on this or any day Kellie, what have you gone and done Still a prisoner of this hopeless love To this poor boy's heart today Would my weak heart choose freely to stay, oh Oh Kellie I wonder would you REPEAT CHORUS X 2 Keep on smilin' still if you knew What your smile's been doin' to me ( CHORUS ) REPEAT VERSE 1 And doin' to me from the start Cos' Kellie, what your sweet smile does As a prisoner of this love.