Reincarnated Birds comic poem 358 by Angela Lansbury

 

If I were reincarnated as a bird

I think that would be quite absurd

If my husband came back as a cats

That's ground for divorce -  what about that?

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Copyright Angela Lansbury

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Beautiful But Bothersome Birds comical poem 357 by Angela Lansbury

As I walked down the pretty, potholed street

I heard a bird's pretty, irritating tweet

Like an orchestra's tuning up squeak

A nearby man burped meet and greet 

A nightingale's famed for its song

It sings so-so, don't get me wrong

But when a bird repeats the same old song

Dawn to dusk, every minute, that's too long

Short-sighted, I enjoy the view

Don't see the litter on the mountain

Hear the pleasant tinkling fountain

Don't see dead fish pond, nor dead leaf fountain.

A city girl, I save in summer sales

Rejoicing I paid five cents less

Whilst others die on deadly mountain trails

Called city search folk in costly distress

I stared in wonder as a child

Now I'm a cynic about the wild

Yet love to travel the world's great scenes

In daydreams based on laptop screens. 

I hope you will forgive me please

I dream of falling coounuts, leaves, and trees

And, alas, even more absurd

A morning without a chorus of birds.

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Copyright Angela Lansbury. 

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I can compose a draft of a poem in my head whilst walking or swimming first thing in the day, before starting the day's tasks. I can write a draft of the poem on my phone whilst waiting for breakfast with family.

Train comic poem 356 by Angela Lansbury

Here we are

On the train

Going around

And back again

Better than walking in the rain

Lots to be said for an underground train.

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Coffee comic poem 355 by Angela Lansbury

  When you start to cough

It means you are dry

So have some water

Yes, give it a try

When you are tired

Make yourself coffee

Invigorating

Off you go, lovely

Some like drinking tea

Don't start with whiskey

That is not for me

I stick to coffee

When I have a cough

It won't bother me

How to ward it off?

Just drink some coffee.

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Memories Good And Bad comic poem 354 by Angela Lansbury

 Cashew Heights in Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

After I have left Singapore

I'll have a host of memories

Throw out the old, make room for more

Remember good, bad, how it is

I'll speak only of what was good

Will I remember sunny days?

Or fool myself that it was cool

In air con, stuck indoors by haze

Ignore the cockroach on the floor

Nothing worse than a cockroach, dead

Ignore peeled plaster, mouldy shoes

It moves! I take back what I said

While I pack up, I feel so sad

But we have found a remedy

Think of the bad things and be glad

I'll fool the world whilst fooling me

Then later I'll speak of it well

Whilst not regretting what has gone

Have many happy tales to tell

Feign equally glad where I've gone.

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Soon A Sonnet. How Do I Publish My Poetry? comic poem, a poet dreams of publishing post 353 by Angela Lansbury

Soon a Sonnet

I can create a couplet

A couplet is two lines

So I can end a sonnet

I've written couplets many times

I can write a verse

Three verses start a sonnet

So often I rehearse

Three verses, a couple, done it!

 

A  good friend's relative wanted to know.

1 Does your poetry have a theme?

2 Who is the audience?

3 Are the poems of a regular length and do you have enough for one book, or a series?

4 Do you want to 

perform,

 publish on the web, 

make ebooks, 

print books, 

get status as a poet, 

meet other poets, 

leave records for your family, 

earn money, 

get feedback on poems https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12693021/Pro-organizer-closet-hack-baby-hangers.html

find a publisher

get testimonials?

A famous quotation says you make more money teaching poetry writing than publishing poetry.

Where to look

Fcebook

Instagram

Tiktok

bookshops

public libraries

You can perform every day and if you only sell one copy that is 360 a year. 

You can sponsor your own poetry prize.

You can enter contests in the hope of gaining a financial prize or credentials.

Writing events and other events take place every year.

Hotels have poets or writers in residence.

Countries have appointed poets.

You can write advertising jingles.

You can writing poems for greeting cards. 

You can edit a book of poems, an anthology, for a charity, putting your own poem first.

You can turn a poem into a song and perform for free in restaurants.

You can run sessions on reading or writing poetry in schools and colleges. they may forbid you to sell to the students. They might not pay. However, I read poems to a class in a school in London and they had no budget for teachers but from their book budget they bought one or two of my poetry books.

If you self-publish remember to donate a copy to the national library, so your book can be found, and kept forever to immortalize you.

You need an ISBN number which identifies the publisher, title, author,  so that the public can give it to the bookshops, and the bookshops can search for your book. 

Several websites run comparisons of self-publishing.

Avoid vanity publishing which takes a huge amount of money, does not editing, publishes no books, or charges you for a lot of books you have to store and cannot sell. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12693021/Pro-organizer-closet-hack-baby-hangers.html

Smaller books are easier to carry around, unless you can easily transport by bicycle or car, bus, train, or taxi.

When speaking at an event, have a copy of your book, or at least a flyer, with a call to action, buy my book, get it signed. Have the price displayed, ideally with a discount for buy now or buy two.

Check online what sells, other best selling authors for their subject, title, publisher, price, credentials, testimonials.

End every newsletter or blog post with a call to action

My books

Wnting Poetry For Fun

Poetry Workbook

The Poet & The Publisher comic poem 353 by Angela Lansbury

A poet dreams of publishing, 

Turn poems into songs and sing.

To che is paying you, have another buy a copy of the book and see if you get paid. If not, query it.

When you change your bank details, remember to tell the websites so that the money is credited to you.

You may need to pay tax on the money you earned online.

See Amazon books and Lulu 

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Quick Couplet comic poem 352 by Angela Lansbury

 

The important thing which I've been taught

When you've lots to do, keep things short.

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Angela Lansbury copyright November 2nd 2023