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March 2025
Spring is in the air!
Never mind that it's freezing outside, the sun has got his
hat on as they used to say, and I'm ready with the March edition of
Winamop.
KJ Hannah Greenberg has been in touch to say that she has
a new book out devoted to art. It's called "Real
and Otherwise" and many of its images originally appeared in this very
publication.
Meanwhile let's get back to the new edition which I hope
you will find entertaining.
Eric
Suhem introduces us to Tara, a woman who isn't particularly
interested in her husband Jake's future business plans or gold door knobs.
She's spending time in Tara's Desert with Lydia.
Robert
Garnham is back. This time with a tale of a puppeteer on an
ill-fated voyage aboard HMS Hindrance. Yes, a puppeteer.. Read Punch and
Punch to find out why!
KJ Hannah
Greenberg has a story about a woman damaged by a terrible attack.
The title is Mommy Mushroomhead. All will become clear..
Terry
Brinkman has been on a trip to New Orleans. It's quite a place for
some fine eating! The story is called Mardi Graw.
Frucht-Schleifen is back with
another piece of his self composed and performed music. This one (for no
apparent reason) is called Build That Anthill.
Terry Brinkman has a great new
piece of art called In The Woods. It's on his art page along with
all his other pictures too.
KJ Hannah Greenberg again brings us
a collection of her photographic art. This time it's all distinctly
arboreal.
Richard
LeDue is back with three new poems. Read Our Collective
Silence - At Least It's Something and More Loneliness Than
Hellos.
Tony
Dawson returns with some historically inspired poems and some more
contemporary thoughts.. Oh, and a bible story! King Henry VIII’s
Swives - The Fifth Queen, Catherine Howard - The Pleasures of the Bone - The
Undiscovered Country and The Sad Story of Judah, Tamar, Er and
Onan.
Terry
Brinkman has been really busy and here he offers us Sleepy
Whale # 50 - Sleepy Whale 51 - Sleepy Whale # 52 - Sonnet CCCLVII - Sonnet
CCCLXVII - Sonnet CCCLXXV and Sonnet CCCLXX.
Sarah
Wolfe is a Jersey (U.S.) poet who new to Winamop and introduces
herself with this paean to the mighty Gouda cheese . She really
likes it...
KJ Hannah
Greenberg's poems this month are mostly purrfect (sorry). Here we
have: Meow Music - Again, under the Sofa and the more serious
Radical Amazement.
Claudia
Wysocky was last here a couple of years ago and makes a welcome
return with this thought-provoking poem called Unfinished Exit
.
Pawel
Markieiwcz brings two more poems based on myths and legends. here we
have The hymn to dreamed dawn and Ode to dreamful
Erlking.
And so we come to the end of another edition of the mighty
'mop. Time to look towards the next one, which will be the Easter one, so look
out for some excruciating egg puns.
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I'm off to the pub.
Ed.
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