{"id":2412,"date":"2022-07-14T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:47:00","slug":"grass-clouds-20-years-on-the-poetry-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2412","title":{"rendered":"GRASS CLOUDS : 20 years on the poetry bench."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/abbotcloudjpg.jpg?resize=640%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/abbotcloudjpg.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/abbotcloudjpg.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/abbotcloudjpg.jpg?resize=768%2C540&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/abbotcloudjpg.jpg?resize=676%2C475&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/abbotcloudjpg.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Armitage has been run ragged at left back let&#8217;s see what the new boy can do&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Grassclouds.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Grass Clouds Full Version PDF.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8c8dc971-4b55-47d5-b997-08768e0821bd\" href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Grassclouds.pdf\">Grass Clouds Full Version PDF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Grassclouds.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8c8dc971-4b55-47d5-b997-08768e0821bd\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be offering this as a free download from this evening as it Bastille day.<br>GRASS CLOUDS contains everything I have written as &#8216;poetry&#8217; since I arrived in Nottingham in 2002 so about 20 years worth<br><br>Contains 80 poems and some illustrations. I will be reading from it on Tuesday August 2nd at the Organ Grinder Canning Circus with Neil Fulwood who celebrating his new Smokestack Press publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes the following pamphlets and projects:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drifting Village Poems 2001-2011<br><br>Edwin Smith Commission 2014<br><br>Burning Books and Buying time 2017 &#8211; 2018<br><br>My Father&#8217;s Things (illustrated) 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"905\" data-id=\"2420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Drifting-Village.jpeg?resize=640%2C905&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Drifting-Village.jpeg?w=1241&amp;ssl=1 1241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Drifting-Village.jpeg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Drifting-Village.jpeg?resize=768%2C1085&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Drifting-Village.jpeg?resize=1087%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1087w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-Drifting-Village.jpeg?resize=676%2C955&amp;ssl=1 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"905\" data-id=\"2419\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BUYINGTIME.jpeg?resize=640%2C905&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BUYINGTIME.jpeg?w=1241&amp;ssl=1 1241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BUYINGTIME.jpeg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BUYINGTIME.jpeg?resize=768%2C1085&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BUYINGTIME.jpeg?resize=1087%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1087w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BUYINGTIME.jpeg?resize=676%2C955&amp;ssl=1 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"905\" data-id=\"2417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?resize=640%2C905&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?w=2113&amp;ssl=1 2113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?resize=1448%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?resize=676%2C956&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burn.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Organ Grinder I shall also be reading from the new volume &#8216;Substitute&#8217; which due in Fall 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?resize=640%2C905&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?w=1448&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?resize=676%2C956&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sub.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be offering this as a free download from this evening as it Bastille day.GRASS CLOUDS contains everything I have written as &#8216;poetry&#8217; since I arrived in Nottingham in 2002 so about 20 years worth Contains 80 poems and some illustrations. 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