http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/ Pagan Poetry Pages en-us Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:41:29 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Pagan Poetry Pages News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/images/logo.gif http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/ http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11 The PPP anthology submissions deadline is November 10th 2008 Yes it's actually happening Here's how it works We need YOUR help. We need you to submit the poems you are most proud of, either already showcased here at PPP or new poetry. Don;t worry about type, or theme, laeve that to us worry about what poems you really really like. If you see a poem from another PPP poet that you love, also bring that to our attention submit by PM here or to ppp@anfianna.com 1. mark your submissions CLEARLY - including the NAME YOU WANT TO BE PUBLISHED UNDER that is very important: you submit under "mad maddie" you get acknowledge in the anthology under Mad Maggie. We won't ahve time to double check with everyone what they want etc 2. include a bio. it can be long or short, but it would be good to include where you live, what type of poetry you like, what inspires you, if you're had poems published elsewhere...anything on those lines. 3. be aware, submission is hereby taken as permission to publish. The PPP will be allowed to publish any poem submitted by its author in the anthology and in other forthcoming anthologies in the future. other than that, copyright remains with the author. SUBMIT and be part of the very first PPP anthology of Poetry PS please don't think that you've submitted becasue you've poems on the PPP site. we need you to choose and submit - as per the above instructions - as many poems as you like, that you wish to have considered! Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:41:29 GMT http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 The Pagan Poetry Pages is a small and independent poetry site, founded in 2000 and dedicated to quality poetry, particularly concerning (though not necessarily restricted to) that with a spiritual or pagan slant. For years we've published a range of poetry, Short Stories, Prose and Journals in 6-8 editions per year, online. We have a members' section where poems and writing in general can be posted and discussed. We welcome articles and news from the world of writing and poetry. In the last year the PPP as it's affectionately known has beeen quieter than normal due to other commitments on the part of the editorial team. But it is now being revamped and rejuvenated! A new edition is already in the works and regular editions will be appearing throughout the year; we are also about to collate the PPP Anthology, showcasing the best of the poems and other works and this will be sold to raise money for the PPP annual Poetry Competition Prize Fund. The PPP anual Poetry Competition will be help from November and the results announced in the Yule Edition. We would love to hear from new poets, or indeed, renew our aquaintance with old friends. We also welcome general prose, stories, and journals. Work can be submitted as members by joining the PPP website, or by emailing submit@paganpoetrypages.com Please include any biographical information and any details of previous publications, books, anthologies etc that you would like to have included with your published poem/work. http://www.paganpoetrypages.com Read, Enjoy, Be Inspired! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:41:29 GMT http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9 Due to family issues including a funeral over the Yule period there was no chance to put up our usual Yule Competition or Smahain Editions for which i apologise! We've provided a lovely little edition for your preusal to mark the New Year and The Imbolc/Soring Equinox will see a massive edition to make up for the lack of regular ones last year Poems and Prose from Robin Ouzman Hislop, Merlinbeag, Sheehan-Raspasky, Moorkens Byrne, and Stormy; we hope you enjoy this taster of things to come! Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:52:36 GMT http://www.anfianna.co.uk/paganpoetrypages/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 The following has been sent to newspapers in Ireland and the US regarding the arrest and subsequent imposition of conditional bail agreement on seven protesters against the construction of the M-3. Dear Sir or Madam, I continue to be alarmed by the activities of the Irish government as regards the M-3 and other roadways being built in Ireland, and which are causing irreparable damage to the honor and memory of our ancestors. This morning I was acquainted with the fact that seven valued and highly respected protesters who were arrested last week at the Hill of Tara were granted bail under the condition that they refrain from protecting the history of this ancient and holy land by preventing the forward movement of bulldozers and other machinery being used to rend and tear the earth, under which lies the bones and remains of warriors, kings and queens, all our ancestors. Who is it that has sold out our old Mother? Who is it that is guilty of complicity with money hungry monsters bent on the destruction of all that is holy in the land of the Irish? Who is it that has sold our old Mother for the sake of greed? Sirs and Madams, how is it that you can rest at night with the voices of those you have disinterred ringing in your ears? Have you no shame? Out of the past resounds an echo of desperation and sorrow, a grouping of words that are relevant and timely for these acts of terror you are allowing to be perpetrated upon the land. Mise Eire (I Am Ireland) by Padraic Pearse 1912 “I am Ireland I am older than the Old Woman of Bearra, Great is my glory, I who gave birth to Cuchulain the brave, Great is my shame, My own family Have sold their mother. I am Ireland, I am lonelier than the Old Woman of Bearra.” My questions to the powers that be are, do my husband and I ever return to Ireland? Do we encourage our children and grandchildren to seek out their heritage in a land that is no longer recognizable as the beloved land of their ancestors? Or, do we rather tell the story to them of how beautiful it was, once upon a time, and warn them not to venture to a place that is no longer the Ireland of the Welcomes? Sirs and Madams, shame upon you and all that you have not done to protect our precious heritage and history!!! Shame upon you for compromising yourselves and the rest of us who claim Irish descendency, only for the sake of satisfying your own avarice!!! Shame upon you and your atrocities!!! Shame upon each of you for selling your old Mother!!! An Irish-American Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:19:15 GMT