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    Rainbow
    Rainbow
    Rainbow
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    Rainbow

    By Margaret Ingham

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    This compilation includes an extract from a group of poems written for a masters degree. Originally, there were 55,000 words. The scenario was a village and various characters in it interlinking with some modern issues such as organic farming, and each other.

    I have interwoven other poems which link in to the subject. I hope you will enjoy meeting some of my village personalities!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateApr 30, 2011
    ISBN9781456841263
    Rainbow
    Author

    Margaret Ingham

    This compilation includes an extract from a group of poems written for a master's degree. Originally, there were 55,000 words. The scenario was a village and various characters in it interlinking with some modern issues such as organic farming, and each other. I have interwoven other poems which link in to the subject. I hope you will enjoy meeting some of my village personalities!

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      Book preview

      Rainbow - Margaret Ingham

      Copyright © 2011 by Margaret Ingham.

      ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4568-4125-6

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4568-4126-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This book was printed in the United States of America.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      0-800-644-6988

      www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      Orders@xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      300795

      PERFORMANCE

      SUGGESTIONS AND RIGHTS

      This second working of my work, which originally focused on poetry, has increased my idea that it is open to further creative artistic interpretation. It has the capability of being read aloud, acted or illustrated, even being filmed. There are gifted people in adaptation and all the art fields. If anyone has a bright idea as to how the piece might be presented, please contact me, as I would like to see it develop into a performance piece of some kind, even mixed media.

      As a former English/Drama teacher, I can see the possibilities of extracting verses for performance. For example, ‘Gossip Spawn’ is a perfect poem for choral speaking/acting. ‘The Daydreams of Miss Prahn’ is a wonderful character study and how about an art lesson painting the village of Rainbow or the fish in Quicksilver, or designing a set for any of the other poems, not to mention Nature Study about the meadows and river. What kind of flowers might Miss Prahn have in her garden? I leave it to your imagination.

      If you do embark on a project, or have any ideas, I would love to hear about them. Please contact me by email on maggie.ingham@yahoo.co.uk. in the first instance.

      If anyone is inspired enough to publically perform the whole verse drama, in a fee—paying situation, I think it is reasonable to inform me and pay a modest fee for permission.

      Otherwise, I hope you enjoy this work, which is a sample of people and events which could go on, and on … .

      See you.

      ‘To my beloved daughters, Caroline and Stephanie.’

      I acknowledge Huddersfield University for the use

      of part of my dissertation.

      Contents

      IN VEIN

      ON AIR

      FROST BITES

      NEWS

      SALVATION

      MILCO

      MILCO-ARAMA

      MORNING MIST

      FRANTIC ORGANICS

      HALF AWAKE AND HOME ALONE

      ALIEN

      WINTER NIGHTS

      THE CHURCH

      THE VICAR

      CHRISTMAS IN THE PARISH

      THE TIMES ARE A-CHANGING

      LOFTY

      GRACE AND FAVOUR

      MADAME GUILLOTINE

      CONSTRUCTIVE

      THE POST OFFICE

      THE POST WOMAN

      A JOLLY MAN

      THE DAYDREAMS OF PRIMROSE PRAHN

      AWAY TODAY

      QUICK SILVER

      INTRUSIVE

      A DROPPED WHITE CLOUD

      ACROSS THE MEADOW… .

      LINKS

      ON THE MENU

      STRAWBERRY FAYRE

      STRAWBERRY BOAT

      STRAWBERRY AFFAIRS

      GOSSIP SPAWN

      PRIMROSE PRAHN

      ACCIDENTAL

      REALITY

      NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY

      PUDDLED

      FRESH START

      IN VEIN

      Precipitation tightly clings

      to the weather vane… .

      millions of light droplets

      decorate the peeling paint

      of the over-wrought cockerel

      and hang precariously from the edge

      of old flint tiles and gutters.

      The indecisive cock,

      spun by capricious wind,

      fires water drop projectiles

      like bullets, at roosting pigeons,

      who, startled,

      crescendo into the air

      complaining noisily… .

      In vane,

      the drizzle soaked bird,

      wrestles with the wind;

      forged astride a compass arrow,

      he rides changes of direction,

      trying to remain with the warm wind… .

      The strong cold wind teases,

      then eases the iron plumes

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