Tuesday Poem: The Hero - Movement 3 Political Evolution

Movement 3 Political Evolution

Today

All

Is still

Except the carrion call

Rising triumphant

Into the

First rays

Of the new dawn

Today

We shall eat

Drink and be merry

My fine vultures

Today we feast

on heroes 

A.J. Ponder

And that, my friends was the last exciting instalment of "The Hero." 

If you're interested the first instalment, Corpse Road is here at 

http://anafflictionofpoetry.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/tuesday-poem-hero-first-movement.html

"Baby Teeth" signing pic curtesy of Matt Cowens

And the second instalment, Last Stand, is at  http://anafflictionofpoetry.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/tuesday-poem-hero-movement-2-last-stand.html

Busy week this week, Baby teeth launch on the 30th and the White Cloud World Exhibition at Rona Gallery is still in pre-production - although it's certainly coming along, lots of work to do still though - and to make it harder, it's the Hobbit Fan Event today and Phil and I have tickets!  Totally crazy.  Totally shouldn't be going.  But so long as the world isn't about to end, we're going to have a blast - have some fun and then I've got to hurry back to work and sort out the catalogue etc etc etc 

Hoping to catch up with everyone's poems late Wednesday night, until then, why not get a headstart and check out the Tuesday Poem blog?

What I'm Up To: White Cloud Worlds

ok, normally this is my job, advertising events, but fortunately Paul Tobin from White Cloud Worlds did most of the heavy work including this part of the flier - so instead I've been running around in circles and accomplishing...who knows...

At least the launch for Baby Teeth went off without a hitch (well done to Dan Rabbarts, Eileen Mueller, and a whole tonne of other people)  Now it's wait and see how this all pans out, looking forward to the Opening, expecting lots of the artists, and quite afew Weta people - so if you want an invite now's the time to ask (Rona Gallery 562 8062) and of course the life drawing demonstration will be fun.  Gino's also threatened to break out the movie makeup on the 10th during the signing which will be seriously cool!!!!

Two more projects ticked off. One more to go. The big one.

Yes, there was an earthquake - but that's not the big one I was thinking of...please let there not be another one.  And yes, times are busy, but not so busy I couldn't manage just one more project - getting out of my usual genre and having a wee crack at horror...

Baby Teeth

What really fascinated me abut this project - apart from the fact that so many great authors were writing sotries for it, is that there were so many great authors involved at all stages, and all with great energy and new ideas just bursting out of their skulls. Like crowdfunding the anthology. Something you can see in action at  https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/1214

I've found it amazing how quickly Lee Murray and Dan Rabarts have got everything together so fearlessly, when I've been struggling to put together an anthology featuring Te Papa.

@ Te Papa anthology (now available online here at http://www.amazon.com/Lost-The-Museum-Phillip-Mann-ebook/dp/B00KTV5K0U)

This has taken a while, possibly because the idea of getting permission totally terrifies me, and possibly because members of my family get breaking the cardinal rule (don't get sick) in spectacularly time consuming fashion.  (Poor things it's been awful for them.)  But you heard it first here folks.  I fully intend to get contracts off, and copies of the proposed Anthology to the museum by the end of the week.  Done and dusted you might say?

But no, assuming getting the acceptance isn't that difficult there are so many more things to think of - the cover, the layout, even the title is now in question...  But now, instead of panicking, it's time to say - Lee Murray and Dan Rabarts have organised theirs - and in  a matter of weeks.  So while all the i's are being dotted and the t's crossed those are the things I'll be looking to get done by the end of the month.

Cheers to my avid followers,
I can't wait to get back to being a layabout poet  ;)

A.J.

A.J. Ponder's books are available through Rona Gallery, Amazon, Paper Plus and good Wellington bookstores.

PS and did I mention Baby Teeth... ? It's very horror, so if you're a fan of horror, why not buy the book or visit their facebook page
PPS my earthquake poem, Boys, Please Don't Rock the Boat, can be found here at http://anafflictionofpoetry.blogspot.co.nz/2010/09/tuesday-poem-boys-please-dont-rock-boat.html