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The Best Part Of Vocal Subscriptions
I’m not sure if I can spend a lot of time eulogizing the most impressive and useful part of Vocal Subscriptions. But basically you can subscribe to your favourite authors and there is a list of my first eight additions that you can see in the pictures above . These authors and creators are all worth reading and have been extremely supportive of me far beyond Vocal and the Facebook groups.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Journal
The Book Of Invasions
As a teenager I tended to be outside all the standard musical groupings , although I did grow to appreciate a huge swathe of music as I grew up. Early in the seventies I picked up on “The Tain” by the Irish band Horslips, based on a legend from Irish Mythology.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Beat
Twogether
I am a little lazy using the standard Sonnet format once more when I have many forms to pursue, but there is time for this. I have used one of my favourite soul records of all time Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You?" because that is how I feel when someone encourages and supports me in the things I love to do, and it is wonderful to be together on a quest , adventure or a project.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Poets
OK Haiku
I was just wondering if a haiku would be an acceptable submission to Vocal’s poetry community. I believe the minimum number of words for a poetry submission is one hundred, a haiku is seventeen syllables in a 5-7-5 layout , so even at one word per syllable that is only seventeen words which is significantly less than the hundred required.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Poets
Sonnetwo
I need to try other defined poetic constructs , but this is another standard sonnet construct (there are two other sonnet forms so I will check those out) . The music I have chosen in the beautiful "London" by Thea Gilmore from the sadly missed pen of Sandy Denny. I wish I could , write play and sing like that. Listen while you read and you may be inspired as well.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Poets
The Bad Grandad
I must have been about four when I first became aware of my granddad on my dad’s side, my mum’s dad had died before I was born. I was in a local post office with my mum and she had said hello to him and was completely blanked, she tried to introduce me and was blanked again. He got whatever he was in there for and then left.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Families
Beat The Bull
I work from home for an extremely excellent company, and that means I listen to a lot of music when I work. One of Vocal’s recent challenges was a short fiction about a raging bull, so in this I will include a scenario with my thoughts on bullfighting and similar “sports”. Killing animals for pleasure or fun is totally out of order in my opinion. If an animal, like say a fox, is threatening or killing domestic livestock it should be killed as humanely as possible , the same goes for all vermin.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Petlife
The Muse
A short non poem on inspiration which can come from anyone or anything that inspires you , and this was inspired by a Muse. I have included "She Belongs To Me" by Bob Dylan because the words just paint so many inspirational pictures to me and his words often provide me with inspiration as well as taking me on trips to places the exist only in his stream of consciousness. If you have someone or something in your life that gives you this you are a very lucky person.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred3 years ago in Poets