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Black and White Barb

20 Wednesday Jan 2016

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Black and White Barb is about my mum and dedicated to my mum on what would have been her birthday today. Always in our hearts.

 

This is available in my latest anthology – Counting Magpies. There are a few copies of the limited edition anthology left at £10 plus postage. The limited edition has three bonus poems, is signed by my own fair hand, and will also include a handwritten poem 🙂 Please contact me if you would like a copy.

 

Black and White Barb

 

Unkindly they called you

black and white Barb,

and made you sound –

like a magpie.

One for sorrow,

(and there was) pain.

It wasn’t true –

What’s in a name?

Your deepest depths

you were so strong,

a monochrome bird

with a nightingale’s song.

 

© Black and White Barb 2015

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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Counting Magpies Paperback on Amazon

11 Friday Dec 2015

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Yipee! The Counting Magpies paperback is now available on Amazon!

Take a break from the hurly burly of the holiday season and treat yourself to a little oasis of poetry 🙂

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Counting Magpies – Paperback

10 Thursday Dec 2015

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Hoorah – it is finally here and just in time for the holidays 🙂 I am so delighted with the quality and the anthology has a lovely tactile cover.

It may take a few days to filter through to Amazon, but it is available now on Creatspace.

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I will be releasing a limited edition but not until after Christmas – The limited edition will contain three bonus poems – autographed by my own fair hand and I will hand write a poem of your choice, in the front. There will only be 25 limited edition books available 🙂

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War Child

05 Saturday Dec 2015

Posted by Worldly Winds in Anger, Death, Poetry, Publications

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Good news!

The paperback version of Counting Magpies is imminent! I will also be releasing a limited edition edition. The limited edition will contain three bonus poems and will be signed by my own fair hand. If you choose, I will also hand write one of my poems of your choice inside the book.

In the meantime here is a poem from Counting Magpies – a sneak preview!

Click on the picture of the book to take you to Amazon.

 

War Child

 

War child, far child,

not in my back yard child,

foul flies, infesting eyes,

freely grief is advertised.

Blasé news, propaganda views,

stretchered to the blues and twos.

Feuding plans, dividing clans,

charity absolving man.

Splitting heads, landmines, legs,

rubberneck, the child who begs,

behind the eyes, traumatized,

rape and murder legitimized.

Arms and gear, year on year,

dealers, spreadsheets, profiteer,

bankers, warlords, politician,

making schisms, capitalism.

War child, far child,

not in my back yard child.

 

© War Child by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Taken from Counting Magpies 2015

 

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The Selfless Hare

01 Sunday Nov 2015

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Janice Foley is one of my favourite artists – to celebrate my 50th Birthday I commissioned a painting from her.  I asked her to base it on my poem ‘Le Lievre de la Lune’. This is what she came up with – It’s fabulous isn’t it? (Click on the painting and it will take you to Janice’s page).

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There is a story behind the painting which is told in the poem, ‘Le Lievre de la Lune’. You can find out the story in my latest anthology, ‘Counting Magpies’. Click on the book cover to take you to the Amazon page. You can purchase a copy for £1.99 on Kindle 🙂

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You can follow Janice Foley at https://www.facebook.com/Jannizart

 

 

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Over the Hill

26 Monday Oct 2015

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Hello!!

I had a fabulous birthday. I spent the day in Whitby, ate lunch overlooking the harbour, went on a Captain Cook ship adventure, and was generally treated like a Queen for the day. This being 50 is turning out to be fun after all!

Thank you so much for all the kind, ‘likes’ and birthday wishes – you are a great bunch!! I thought I would share a few pictures of my half centenary day!!

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Have you had chance to download a copy of my latest anthology, ‘Counting Magpies’? The link is below – Click on the book cover and it will take you to the amazon page 🙂

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Hip-Hip-Hoorah!

23 Friday Oct 2015

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Hello!

Well… this Sunday is a very special day – it will be my half century birthday! Yikes, how did that happen? You lovely people have already made it a special month by purchasing copies of my new anthology and pushing it to number 3 on the Amazon Kindle Poetry charts.

I would like to ask a big favour – if you have had chance to flick through and read ‘Counting Magpies’, could you leave me a review on Amazon and Goodreads – that would be like an extra super birthday present! If you would like to buy a copy of ‘Counting Magpies’, please click on the links below to buy a copy for £1.99.

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New Anthology – Counting Magpies

16 Friday Oct 2015

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Hi!

It has been a whirlwind week with the release of my second anthology, ‘Counting Magpies’. I was totally delighted and stunned when it made it as high as number 3 in the Amazon Kindle poetry listings!!

If you like edgy poetry along the theme of superstition and the darker side of life, why not grab yourself a copy for the weekend. Reasonably priced at £1.99 – for the price of a Happy Meal you can indulge in a bit of culture.

Have a great weekend!!

Alex 🙂

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Counting Magpies

13 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Hello dear friends, writers, and fellow poets,

This is just a quick update to say my Kindle anthology is currently number 3 in the Amazon Kindle Poetry listings. I am absolutely delighted and stunned!!

If you would like to purchase your copy for a fantastic price of £1.99 please follow the links below.

Thank you so much for supporting me – and thank you to the kind readers who have left me fabulous feedback – every writer loves feedback as it validates all our efforts – Thank you!! (Signing off, as it is starting to wander into an Oscar acceptance speech!)

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Counting Magpies

11 Sunday Oct 2015

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I am delighted to announce that my second anthology, ‘Counting Magpies’, is now out on Kindle! At a very reasonable price of £1.99, you can treat yourself to a copy 🙂

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