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Issue 15: November 2009

The perceptive reader will soon notice that all the poets with new writing in this issue appear to be male. This is largely, but not wholly, an accidental circumstance. I had received by the point at which I was beginning to put the issue together, only one or two contributions by women (and I had been relying heavily on submitted material). It occurred to me to improvise on this circumstance, and rather than maintain what might appear a mere token female presence, see what an all male issue would appear like — with a subsequent issue of course to be all female. And beyond that, future issues of Great Works (if it continues) to change to be much more solicited and constructed in their assemblages of texts.

So please take this all-male issue as pragmatic, not programmatic. This isn’t "male writing" or "men's poems" — it is poetry by people who happen to be able to be labelled as male (whatever that may mean). Please approach on that basis. You are free to make whatever analyses or observations you wish; but it's probably pretty flimsy evidence: something I've done to manoeuvre out of a position I was unhappy with, and just to see what the result would be. The poets included have been informed after the fact of the nature of the issue. That is the sole extent of any common project — beyond that inherent in Great Works of publishing innovative poetry in modernist/postmodernist modes. This is is a site for innovative writing: modernist, postmodernist, archaic. It proclaims the need to let a thousand flowers bloom, and rejects any single definition of what writing is. It welcomes alternative poetries and other writing. It proudly offers no retrieval of coherence at a higher interpretative level.

Main Pages
About Great Works
The Featured Texts of This Issue, with details of authors
Archive of All Writing previously featured, with details of authors
Quick Index to All Authors and their writing on the site
Links to other sites of interest, with details
Quick Links
blog — You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It Great Works (and personal) blog
To submit writing or otherwise Communicate
Editorial Policy
Why I Publish on the Internet
mp3s of poets available on Great Works
Readings in London
Diverse Deeds on MySpace
Peter Philpott on MySpace
Peter Philpott on Facebook

www.modernpoetry.org.uk
New Readers Start Here – an introduction to where some of the poetry on this site is coming from
Websites Useful for Understanding Avant-Garde British Poetry – with detailed comments and quotations^updated
Useful Lists for British Avant-Garde Poetry – websites, blogs and books
Important Anthologies, Literary Histories & Critical Texts
Poetry And Me: A Writing Biography – the personal and social factors affecting my activities as writer and publisher – my personal experience of this poetic culture
Links to British Avant-Garde Poetry Sites
Quick Links to British Avant-Garde Poetry Sites

The Playground
The Playground – music, images & texts
mp3s of The Playground performing
photos of The Playground

A brief non-technical technical note: This site works best using the Firefox browser (but OK with Internet Explorer). Text size is an issue — the simplest way to check is with this poem. If you can see it as a based on a neat & consistent grid of different margins, we're OK; if it looks just ragged and irregular, try adjusting Text Size (on the View menu of your browser).

Two serial publications at present:

At irregular intervals (ie as they get written), of Pistol Tree Poems, an interchange between Peter Hughes & Simon Marsh, from various locations, with the current sections here.

In the Dirt of the Post-Lyric: A Collaborative Cycle, by Robert Blake, Connie Beauchamp, Gerri Dixon, Simon Gregory, Mark Hall, Erwin Hass, Tina Hyett, Emma Liukunas, Mikaela Moriarty, Peter Philpott, Bradley Tabor & Spencer Termott is being posted on Great Works, with two sections added in each Issue. This issue, Sections E & F: Mark Hall, Into the Pits & Connie Beauchamp, THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GAME, with work by six other persons to come subseqently. These texts are now hosted on Scribd, as are all other multipage pdfs

www.modernpoetry.org.uk contains background information on contemporary British avant-garde poetry. New Readers Start Here is a good starting point. This give a little background and a lot of links to help anyone interested in making sense of the avant-garde British writing which features heavily on this site. See the side panel for links to this site and what it contains, including a page listing Readings etc in London.

The next issue will concentrate on the writings and translations of Amos Weisz, followed by a "female" issue to match this "male" issue. Check on You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It for news.

A Search Engine has just been added, covering Great Works, www.modernpoetry.org.uk and You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It.

The Links will be checked and updated on both and modernpoetry.org.uk shortishly. In this meantime, I am also considering what next to do over Diverse Deeds, as we can no longer be hosted at Café Oto.

To subscribe to information on updates to the site – click on the newsfeed icon , or visit the blog You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It, or the MySpace blog.

Issue 15.3 — January 14, 2010 — Peter Philpott

Peter Hughes & Simon Marsh, Pistol Tree Poems ^{serial publication}

Niall Quinn, three texts ^new
Mark Goodwin & Nikki Clayton, Of Died ^new
Andrew Taylor, four poems ^new
Daniel Andersson, two poems ^new
Nick Wayte, two poems ^new
Mark Cobley, seven poems ^new
Simon Howard, two sequences ^new
Aidan Semmens, three poems ^new
Michael Egan, five poems ^new
A. A. Walker, two Terminations ^new
Richard Parker, QS ^new
Antony John, three poems ^new
Adam Fieled, from Apparition Poems ^new
Mark Cunningham, five poems ^new
James Mc Laughlin, seven poems ^new
Ross Leese, two poems ^new
Christopher Barnes, six poems ^new
Les Wicks, five poems ^new
Alex Houen, two poems ^new
Nicolas Spicer, five poems ^new
Graham Burchell, five poems ^new
Chris Brownsword, two poems ^new
Stuart Kenyon, Silent Return ^new
Iain Britton, five poems ^new
Thomas Mulhall, nine poems ^new
Cliff Yates, five poems ^new
Nathan Thompson, four lipogram sonnets from a Haunting ^new
Jon Clay, five poems from Here ^new
Alasdair Paterson, from On the Governing of Empires ^new
Tony Cullen, two poems ^new
Steven Ruel, nine texts ^new
William Garvin, four poems ^new
James Price, six poems & three drawings ^new
Simon Charlton, The Distance of Dreams ^new
James Davies, four poems ^new
Gareth Durasow, four poems ^new
Paul A Green, Astral FM and three short texts ^new
Mike Ruddick, BOUNDARIES ^new
Johan de Wit, ten Statements ^new
Richard Makin, St Leonards
Jeffrey Side, seven poems
David Chaloner, three poems
Richard Makin, eight poems from Rift Designs
Scott Helmes, two poems
Christopher Barnes, six poems
Richard Barrett, two poems
James Price, three poems
Aidan Semmens, three poems
John Gilmore, two excerpts from Head of a Man and Three Etudes
Kenny Knight, six poems from The Honicknowle Book of the Dead
Ben Stainton, four poems
Ron Singer, The Shiny Pants Brigade
Charles Freeland, six poems
Caleb Puckett, three poems
Boris Jardine, five poems
Michael Egan, three poems
Tomas Weber, two poems
Alan Baker, from The Book of Random Access
Rufo Quintavalle, two poems
Mendoza, poems
Joseto Solis, from The Ingredients of Oneself ^new

RG Gregory, Proverbs of Hell ^pdf
Mark Hall, Into the Pits (In the Dirt (Section E) ^pdf
Connie Beauchamp, THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GAME (In the Dirt (Section F) ^{pdf new}
A. A. Walker, Termination # 3: Quest ^{from the archive}

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check out: www.modernpoetry.org.uk + Readings in London + new: Great Works Search Engine Issue 15: November 2009 The perceptive reader will soon notice that all the poets with new writing in this issue appear to be male. This is largely, but not wholly, an accidental circumstance. I had received by the point at which I was beginning to put the issue together, only one or two contributions by women (and I had been relying heavily on submitted material). It occurred to me to improvise on this circumstance, and rather than maintain what might appear a mere token female presence, see what an all male issue would appear like — with a subsequent issue of course to be all female. And beyond that, future issues of Great Works (if it continues) to change to be much more solicited and constructed in their assemblages of texts. So please take this all-male issue as pragmatic, not programmatic. This isn’t "male writing" or "men's poems" — it is poetry by people who happen to be able to be labelled as male (whatever that may mean). Please approach on that basis. You are free to make whatever analyses or observations you wish; but it's probably pretty flimsy evidence: something I've done to manoeuvre out of a position I was unhappy with, and just to see what the result would be. The poets included have been informed after the fact of the nature of the issue. That is the sole extent of any common project — beyond that inherent in Great Works of publishing innovative poetry in modernist/postmodernist modes. This is is a site for innovative writing: modernist, postmodernist, archaic. It proclaims the need to let a thousand flowers bloom, and rejects any single definition of what writing is. It welcomes alternative poetries and other writing. It proudly offers no retrieval of coherence at a higher interpretative level.
Main Pages About Great Works The Featured Texts of This Issue, with details of authors Archive of All Writing previously featured, with details of authors Quick Index to All Authors and their writing on the site Links to other sites of interest, with details Quick Links blog — You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It Great Works (and personal) blog To submit writing or otherwise Communicate Editorial Policy Why I Publish on the Internet mp3s of poets available on Great Works Readings in London Diverse Deeds on MySpace Peter Philpott on MySpace Peter Philpott on Facebook www.modernpoetry.org.uk New Readers Start Here – an introduction to where some of the poetry on this site is coming from Websites Useful for Understanding Avant-Garde British Poetry – with detailed comments and quotations^updated Useful Lists for British Avant-Garde Poetry – websites, blogs and books Important Anthologies, Literary Histories & Critical Texts Poetry And Me: A Writing Biography – the personal and social factors affecting my activities as writer and publisher – my personal experience of this poetic culture Links to British Avant-Garde Poetry Sites Quick Links to British Avant-Garde Poetry Sites The Playground The Playground – music, images & texts mp3s of The Playground performing photos of The Playground A brief non-technical technical note: This site works best using the Firefox browser (but OK with Internet Explorer). Text size is an issue — the simplest way to check is with this poem. If you can see it as a based on a neat & consistent grid of different margins, we're OK; if it looks just ragged and irregular, try adjusting Text Size (on the View menu of your browser). .	Two serial publications at present: At irregular intervals (ie as they get written), of Pistol Tree Poems, an interchange between Peter Hughes & Simon Marsh, from various locations, with the current sections here. In the Dirt of the Post-Lyric: A Collaborative Cycle, by Robert Blake, Connie Beauchamp, Gerri Dixon, Simon Gregory, Mark Hall, Erwin Hass, Tina Hyett, Emma Liukunas, Mikaela Moriarty, Peter Philpott, Bradley Tabor & Spencer Termott is being posted on Great Works, with two sections added in each Issue. This issue, Sections E & F: Mark Hall, Into the Pits & Connie Beauchamp, THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GAME, with work by six other persons to come subseqently. These texts are now hosted on Scribd, as are all other multipage pdfs www.modernpoetry.org.uk contains background information on contemporary British avant-garde poetry. New Readers Start Here is a good starting point. This give a little background and a lot of links to help anyone interested in making sense of the avant-garde British writing which features heavily on this site. See the side panel for links to this site and what it contains, including a page listing Readings etc in London. The next issue will concentrate on the writings and translations of Amos Weisz, followed by a "female" issue to match this "male" issue. Check on You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It for news. A Search Engine has just been added, covering Great Works, www.modernpoetry.org.uk and You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It. The Links will be checked and updated on both and modernpoetry.org.uk shortishly. In this meantime, I am also considering what next to do over Diverse Deeds, as we can no longer be hosted at Café Oto. To subscribe to information on updates to the site – click on the newsfeed icon , or visit the blog You Must Write As If Your Life Depended On It, or the MySpace blog. Issue 15.3 — January 14, 2010 — Peter Philpott	Peter Hughes & Simon Marsh, Pistol Tree Poems ^{serial publication} Niall Quinn, three texts ^new Mark Goodwin & Nikki Clayton, Of Died ^new Andrew Taylor, four poems ^new Daniel Andersson, two poems ^new Nick Wayte, two poems ^new Mark Cobley, seven poems ^new Simon Howard, two sequences ^new Aidan Semmens, three poems ^new Michael Egan, five poems ^new A. A. Walker, two Terminations ^new Richard Parker, QS ^new Antony John, three poems ^new Adam Fieled, from Apparition Poems ^new Mark Cunningham, five poems ^new James Mc Laughlin, seven poems ^new Ross Leese, two poems ^new Christopher Barnes, six poems ^new Les Wicks, five poems ^new Alex Houen, two poems ^new Nicolas Spicer, five poems ^new Graham Burchell, five poems ^new Chris Brownsword, two poems ^new Stuart Kenyon, Silent Return ^new Iain Britton, five poems ^new Thomas Mulhall, nine poems ^new Cliff Yates, five poems ^new Nathan Thompson, four lipogram sonnets from a Haunting ^new Jon Clay, five poems from Here ^new Alasdair Paterson, from On the Governing of Empires ^new Tony Cullen, two poems ^new Steven Ruel, nine texts ^new William Garvin, four poems ^new James Price, six poems & three drawings ^new Simon Charlton, The Distance of Dreams ^new James Davies, four poems ^new Gareth Durasow, four poems ^new Paul A Green, Astral FM and three short texts ^new Mike Ruddick, BOUNDARIES ^new Johan de Wit, ten Statements ^new Richard Makin, St Leonards Jeffrey Side, seven poems David Chaloner, three poems Richard Makin, eight poems from Rift Designs Scott Helmes, two poems Christopher Barnes, six poems Richard Barrett, two poems James Price, three poems Aidan Semmens, three poems John Gilmore, two excerpts from Head of a Man and Three Etudes Kenny Knight, six poems from The Honicknowle Book of the Dead Ben Stainton, four poems Ron Singer, The Shiny Pants Brigade Charles Freeland, six poems Caleb Puckett, three poems Boris Jardine, five poems Michael Egan, three poems Tomas Weber, two poems Alan Baker, from The Book of Random Access Rufo Quintavalle, two poems Mendoza, poems Joseto Solis, from The Ingredients of Oneself ^new RG Gregory, Proverbs of Hell ^pdf Mark Hall, Into the Pits (In the Dirt (Section E) ^pdf Connie Beauchamp, THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE GAME (In the Dirt (Section F) ^{pdf new} A. A. Walker, Termination # 3: Quest ^{from the archive}