02/18/2024 RMNewsletter

February 17 2024 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmnewsletter, #rmaalbc, #aalbc, #poetry, #poem, #cento, #rmtja, #audiobook, #ebook, #kwl, #kobo, #calligraphy, #dates, #astrology, #astronomy, #poetryormore, #shani, #shadow, #upendi, #sword, #fighting, #stage, #spare, #real, #hawaii, #continental, #black, #american, #unity, #valentinesday

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are reading.

Welcome to the 7th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The thirty-ninth of the Cento series. A cento is a poem made by an author from the lines of another author's work. In the series I place my cento and a link to the other authors poem.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

stage vs spare vs real

Blacks in hawaii

couples classes fantasyfitnessmd

Continental Black American Unity

CENTO Series episode 39

Heaven's been breached

lit up in neon

The empire of gold

Reborn again, the incorporated
https://www.deviantart.com/rjbg/art/FADE-INTO-BLACK-974750724

You can

take away

what

I was

in the first

place

I am not

within

your chapel

and I would

do it

all over

again

the path

of patience

and

understanding

should do
https://www.deviantart.com/beyondcomplacent/art/Your-chapel-965514808

If you are interested in reading my own lines, here is a collection

Poetry or more ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Poetry or more Poetry of the months or seasons , 2015 to 2017 text only" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Seasonal or astrological poetry from Richard Murray between 2015 and ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1

Richard Murray Centos 2023 ebook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Richard Murray Centos 2023 a cento poetry collection" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. A collection of Centos , poems made from the lines of other poems, with all source poems ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023

Or if you prefer to listen,

here is a recording with art, can you tell the Cento I made of my own work in the art?

Shani and the Shadow audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "Shani and the Shadow A Upendi style poem that display one part of a longer journey" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial ...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/shani-and-the-shadow

I do calligraphic commissions

https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1487995

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10831-happy-valentines-day/

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

stage vs spare vs real

Stage fighting or performance fighting is one thing/ dueling with protection and rules is one thing so called real life fencing/ but the third is sword fighting in lethal situations. The problem with modernity is the lack of comprehension that sword or spear or club or non projectile weapon fighting was a standard part of war, a standard operation on the field. the gun is the standard field weapon today but when the non projectile weapon was the standard that created another class altogether. In the past on a battlefield one may not have all the armor, may be sick, may have an injury, has no rules , these elements in my view, make the discussion of theatrical fighting versus what I will call weapons sparring limited. Compared to true non projectile weapons combat, theatrical fighting or weapons sparring are lacking. Duelling is about violence. I think sparring isn't about violence. Sparring is about athletic skill or achievement or nonviolent learning. Theatrical swordplay is about entertaining. One of the speakers mentioned the film "the duelist" but the same director made a film called "the last duel", and in it, it showed the duelling of war. In the film the duellist you have the dueling that led to many european fantasies, the closest thing to duelling in war in peace. But the purest duelling is violent, messy, tricky, really warlike.