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Strider Marcus Jones

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in Salford, The United Kingdom
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Strider Marcus Jones – is the founder, editor and publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogs.... He is a poet, law graduate and ex civil servant from Salford/Hinckley, England with proud Celtic roots in France/Breton, Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize x4 and Best of the Net x3. His five published books of poetry are modern, traditional, mythical, sometimes erotic, surreal and metaphysical http//www.lulu.com/spotlight/stridermarcusj.... He is a maverick, moving between forests, mountains and cities, playing his saxophone and clarinet in warm solitude.

His poetry has been published in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Wales, France, German
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Honoured to have three Poems published in Cable Street Issue 12. Congratulations to all contributors and my thanks to awesome Editor Dana Delibovi for her support. Strider Marcus Jones – Cable Street






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Low Vaulted Ceilings


within those man-stone walls
promoting their god
bringing us to him
i told the priest—
you tell us to be content
with poverty
while you live in this big house
throwing us scraps
begged from money lenders.
this is not what Jesus
asked his disciples to do.
this is not what he died for.
he said live amongst us
and share what they have.
the priest,
red with rage,
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“When words don't come easy, I make do with silence and find something in nothing." ~ Strider Marcus Jones, Poet”
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“Your silent rebellion is unstoppable.”
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Strider Jones Nereid wrote: "Hi, thanks for the friend request. I am also a huge poetry and romance fan. :)"

Hi Nereid. Welcome and well met. There are many fine poets and writers here. Have fun reading.


Nereid Hi, thanks for the friend request. I am also a huge poetry and romance fan. :)


Strider Jones Jerry wrote: "Thanks for "friending" me mate. I see we have some overlapping literary inerests; Hardy, Kafka, Raymond Chandler. Tell me... I've wanted to dive into reading James Joyce, but have always gotten ..."

Lo Jerry! Thankye for accepting my friend request on here. Coooool overlaps. Hardy is my favourite novelist..especially Tess and The Return Of The Native. Chandler..superb in that genre..love Bogart and Bacall..The Big Sleep..fantastic dialogue and so many memorable scenes. My favourite poets are Seamus Heaney and W B Yeats but so many others living and dead run them close in certain poems. Joyce's Dubliner's is a good book of short stories to dip into. A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man is short but brilliant..enjoy it for yourself! Ulysees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_..., like Cervantes Don Quixote, is best savoured at one's leisure. I love stream of consciousness.

I have been a Manchester United fan since the age of three and grew up four hundred metres from Old Trafford.

Thankye and take care...Strider


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