Welcome to all of you with enthusiasm for
the literary, the musical and the artistic. We have stories, we have poems, we
have pictures, we have music reviews, and with your help, we're constantly
adding more.
The site is updated with new material, let the
editor introduce the latest edition:
May 4th
Here in England the rain is lashing down relentlessly
whilst much of the country is under a hose-pipe ban due to "drought
conditions". It is the wettest drought I can remember since the days of Denis
Howell in 1976.
Never mind eh? It's a good time to sit indoors and bash
the May edition of winamop into shape. So here it is, suitably bashed.
First a news item from KJ Hannah Greenberg who has a book
out at Bards & Sages Publishing called Don’t Pet the Sweaty
Things. As a Winamop reader you can get a 10% discount on it if you order
from Createspace and
enter the discount code WLJS8U8. You can also order the print version from
Amazon and get nice
T-shirts
etc from Bards and Sages.
Right, let's get down to business. This month we have had
plenty of poetry sent in but a severe lack of stories. So much so that I've had
to write one myself, and nobody really wants that do they? So come on you story
tellers, get writing!
We'll get my story out of the way first. It's a very short
tale about a man and a box. It's called Curiosity. You're curious now
aren't you?
Next we have the journal of MH's Japanese theatre trips
which she made before the Kabuki Za Theatre closed in 2010. She took in as many
performances as possible in a short time. This is only the start...
Maranda Wimmer is still at high school and wishes to
pursue a career in writing. On the basis of this poem My Past Always
Follows, she could have a bright future.
Now something a little different. Poetry in a visual form
from Christopher Barnes [Bio]. He has
contributed several pieces to Winamop and this selection of six poems starts
with Psychological Film Making.
Back to KJ Hannah Greenberg and this time she has three
poems for you. Rubricing Life is the first and it concerns a
relationship gone cold.
And that's your lot. If you enjoyed anything please click
on the ratings and, most importantly, if you have a story in you - get it
written and send it in. We need more!
Bye for now.
Ed.
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