{"id":4851,"date":"2015-11-21T23:01:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T23:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=4851"},"modified":"2015-12-05T13:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T13:28:44","slug":"the-cult-of-lam-a-video-poem-sonnet-by-norman-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/the-cult-of-lam-a-video-poem-sonnet-by-norman-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cult of Lam. A Video Poem. Sonnet by Norman Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/abaU8nfJ8yM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Norman-Ball-FBP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Norman-Ball-FBP.jpg\" alt=\"Norman Ball FBP\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Norman-Ball-FBP.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Norman-Ball-FBP-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNORMAN BALL (BA Political Science\/Econ, Washington &#038; Lee University; MBA, George Washington University) is a well-travelled Scots-American businessman, author and poet whose essays have appeared in <em>Counterpunch, The Western Muslim <\/em>and elsewhere. His new book <em>&#8220;Between River and Rock: How I Resolved Television in Six Easy Payments&#8221; <\/em>is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Between-River-Rock-Resolved-Television\/dp\/148953394X\">here<\/a>. Two essay collections,<em> \u201cHow Can We Make Your Power More Comfortable?\u201d and \u201cThe Frantic Force\u201d<\/em> are spoken of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Make-Your-Power-More-Comfortable\/dp\/193483212X\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Frantic-force-essays\/dp\/0980039665\">here<\/a>. His recent collection of poetry<em> \u201cSerpentrope\u201d<\/em> is published from<em> White Violet Press<\/em>. 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