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A showcase of work by elizabeth murray; short stories, articles, haiku, flash fiction, poetry, dialogue, and experiments. Like what you see? Contact me. I could be writing for you.

Archive for February, 2008

haiku on DecomPosed

Friday, February 29th, 2008

This is a smart little literary e-zine with a simple format and good new writing. This month they have added a haiku by yours truly - Untitled can be read now, over on DecomPosed.

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Elizabeth Rose: a big mistake!

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

To read my great big ridiculous mistake, read my post “another busy week and a little step back“.

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Elizabeth rose dogmatika haiku XV

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Inspired by a visit to Casa Battlo in Barcelona last year, I wrote this haiku entitled Gaudi’s Lift which was the highlight of this particular architactural gem for me. It was all stunning and intriguing but the lift was such a finale - like falling through a waterfall. Seen at twilight - the house looks […]

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Poem on savage manners

Monday, February 18th, 2008

It’s been some time since I’ve hit this ace little ‘zine with some work and so I fired over one of my latest poems Drought. I’m playing around with shape poetry at the moment and I’m rather enjoying the results. This is the first step towards my visual poetry experiemnts which are just around the […]

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Part II of Jacob Sam-La Rose is live

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The second part of Magnitude scales the same important themes from a global perspective to the situation/experience of one person. The second part increases the impact and the message. Read the review Part II to get to grips with some fantastic and important current day poetry.

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I came across Dan Waber through a friend of mine, harping on about some X365 project that he’d discovered and loved but never got started. I took one look and the attraction was instantaneous; write 40 words about 365 people who’ve touched your life in some way (I’m up to 19 at the time of […]

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Can i have f*** as my first word in a novel?

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Your help is required! Help me with my latest trials and tribulations on my getting published blog or my novel building blog

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Elizabeth Rose haiku XIV on dogmatika

Friday, February 8th, 2008

My latest featured haiku, entitled “Cresent Moon” can be read on dogmatika here. As always, thanks to dogmatika for the great graphics.

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Review of Jacob Sam-La Rose Part I

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

My review of the first part of Magnitude by Jacob Sam-La Rose, commissioned by the Arts Council, England, can be read here. A fascinating insight into the struggle to understand the vast scale of the slave trade and forced migration of African people, it´s well worth a read. Interested and want to hear Jacob […]

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More X365

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Mr Cutter, Kath/Keith and Auntie Rita have made it into the hall of fame… Read more by clicking on my x365 project “365 people I have known” (also linked on the right hand side of this page).

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