the rag letters

Newly published  on amazon worldwide  and a bargain at  £1.55 is my new poetry ebook  for all kindle readers & ipad & iphone  kindle apps  "the ragletters"

 decided not to include the poem Titanic or the Republican diamond jubilee poems England i love this Republic and queen enough for you as they were specific to events in 2012  and of the 68 poems written last year only used 39  in the end  

the other 29( hardly the Aspern papers)   some shattered around the internet   where they were first posted  but as far as I am concerned  destroyed by fire

 re aspern papers check out "The Lost Moment"  1949  Robert cummings Susan haywood    gothic  noir  murder mystery version of  the  Aspern papers  the introductory love lyric Juliana -so fair as petals in the air  meant  to  be  by the Byronic poet  is so dire   that seeing it  30 years ago   made me realise how good my poetry was  -but then again most of my love lyrics also  30 years ago

all new poems I write  from now on  will be part of "the Third Collection"  thinking of 2015-2017 publication for this  as the  ragletters  had been advertised on youtube video titanic  as forthcoming  for 2013  with only  1/4 of it written at that time

began an   ode to margaret thatcher  beyond  the title is it hot where  you are ? and the last line   "do not forget your own conservative party  -they had enough of  you" nothing more  to add

lot of twitter RIP comments forming  a   loud and fashionable anarchism  on the  demise of  Mrs T  that allows 80s radicals the last chance to "smash mrs Thatcher "  and recapture  their lost  youth

start somewhere new next monday  one day a week adult education  for charity

 so at last  my years of experience or  skills being put to use

on the funny side

 my own former employer  are now advertising for volunteers to help with IT training  having made me the  centre tutor redundant  in october 2012

 I received a  email from a local charity womans aid   who advertised  for  a volunteer  website   developer  gave me an interview  and never got back in touch

I went to see them in January and filed out an application form listing my skills  and experience  which "effused  them "  and had  email this week  briefly stating  that  according to the  once effused volunteer development worker I did not have the necessary  skills  

NOT HAVE  THE  NECESSARY SKILLS  what with my diploma in website design experience in  scripting dreamweaver and direct html    not forgetting  12 websites  designed by me and put online 1997-2012 and that I USED TO TEACH WEBSITE DESIGN TO LEVEL 2 

  all the local charity  wanted was a  small website created in  the  simple blog/web wordpress  and a  volunteer to help them and I still get rejected !!