{"id":3267,"date":"2014-12-22T20:50:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T20:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2019-02-11T06:09:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T06:09:39","slug":"christmas-prison-poem-maidstone-1975-robin-marchesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/christmas-prison-poem-maidstone-1975-robin-marchesi\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTMAS PRISON POEM&#8230; Maidstone 1975. Robin Marchesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRemember the beginning and end,<\/p>\n<p>The future and past,<\/p>\n<p>What is to come and what webs you cast,<\/p>\n<p>Or float in seas,<\/p>\n<p>Never begun.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRemember the elements, within and without you,<\/p>\n<p>Remember the space you place in life,<\/p>\n<p>And at what pointless point you persist<\/p>\n<p>In peace\u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRemember symbols and powers<\/p>\n<p>Unknown to all,<\/p>\n<p>Remember each rights right<\/p>\n<p>To be right within wrongness\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Search decisions and positions<\/p>\n<p>For purposes and paths\u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRemember Maidstone 1975\u2026<br \/>\nTrifle cakes and dreams<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBeyond imagination\u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;   <\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Me-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Me\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Me-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Me-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Me-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Me.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4507\">\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4518\">Robin Marchesi, born in 1951, began writing in his teens, much to the consternation of his mother, <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4518\">the sister of Eric Hobsbawm, the historian.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4530\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4529\">In 1992 Cosmic Books published his first book entitled \u201cA B C Quest\u201d. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4504\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4503\">In 1996 March Hare Press published \u201cKyoto Garden\u201d and in 1999 \u201cMy Heart is As\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4520\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4519\">ClockTowerBooks published his Poetic Novella, \u201cA Small Journal of Heroin Addiction\u201d, digitally, in 2000. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4506\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4505\">Charta Books published his latest work entitled \u201cPoet of the Building Site\u201d, about his time working with Barry Flanagan the Sculptor of Hares, in association with the Irish Museum of Modern Art. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4528\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4527\">He is presently working on an upcoming novel entitled \u201cA Story Made of Stone.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong> <a id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1364844774330_4896\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Small-Journal-Heroin-Addiction\/product-reviews\/0743300521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/A-Small-Journal-Heroin-Addiction\/product-reviews\/0743300521<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>http:\/\/www.illywords.com\/2011\/09\/down-the-rabbit-hole-a-glimpse-into-the-wonderland-of-barry-flanagan\/<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"mailto:robin@artvilla.com\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div 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