{"id":5016,"date":"2016-01-07T21:48:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2016-01-15T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T15:30:39","slug":"checkmate-a-poem-by-tony-martin-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/checkmate-a-poem-by-tony-martin-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkmate. A Poem by Tony Martin Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"foto-republica-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1-300x299.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/foto-republica-1.png 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0_hdeKI0iGo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>In the night,<br \/>\nin the solace of her workshop,<br \/>\nthe insurgent artisan prepares<br \/>\nfor a final game of chess,<br \/>\nas she whittles away chips<br \/>\nof cherry tree wood<br \/>\ngiving unpredictable shapes<br \/>\nto a new set of pawns,<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nwho will liberate horses,<br \/>\ndraft their knights in,<br \/>\noccupy towers,<br \/>\nmate with kings, bishops and queens,<br \/>\nuntil they all put behind,<br \/>\noverwhelmed by sacred orgasms,<br \/>\nthe rules for their calculated movements,<br \/>\nthe protocols for their predatory aims.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n This is a literary translation by the author of his poem \u201cJaque mate\u201d, featured in the book Los viajes de Diosa (The Travels of Goddess)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCopyright \u00a9 2015. Tony Martin-Woods (A.M.A.) All rights reserved<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"tony republic\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-1024x891.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-100x87.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-200x174.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-450x392.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-600x522.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic-900x783.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tony-republic.jpg 1217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Tony Martin-Woods started to write poetry in 2012, at the age of 43, driven by his political indignation. That same year he also set in motion Poes\u00eda Indignada (Transforming with Poetry), an online publication of political poetry that he edits. Tony is a political and artistic activist who explores the digital component of our lives as a means to support critical human empowerment. He is also known in the UK for his work as an academic and educator under his non-literary name. He writes in English and Spanish and has published his first volume of poetry Los viajes de Diosa (The Travels of Goddess) 2016.<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\">www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">editor@artvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babble-Souk-Robin-Ouzman-Hislop\/dp\/1329636953\/\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com. All the Babble of the Souk. Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robin-ouzman-hislop\/all-the-babble-of-the-souk\/paperback\/product-22419943.html\">www.lulu.com. All the Babble of the Souk. 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