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09/24/2023 RMNewsletter

September 23 2023 , Written by Richard Murray Published on #rmaalbc, #cento, #poetry, #poem, #poetryormore, #audiobook, #ebook, #rmtja, #tipjar, #audios, #calligraphy, #journey, #viktor, #intruder, #1962, #roger, #corman, #william, #shatner, #indigenous, #native, #american, #forced, #schooling, #blacknificent, #education, #gershwin, #ella, #fitzgerald, #louis, #armstrong, #girl, #maam, #boy, #sir, #jamaica, #kincaid

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

Welcome to the 39th edition of the 2023 Richard Murray Newsletter.

1) The eighteenth 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. But a surprise await.

2) Boy and Sir, following Girl from Jamaica Kincaid and Ma'am from me

Dates

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The Intruder

Indigenous suffering

How do you define Black Greatness

Education part Nth

CENTO Series episode 18

So numb and fragile....

A home

Keep it close and hold it

https://www.deviantart.com/cayman307/art/Mute-Agony-963206637

For the ancients dance and will gift

on the sky. For dreams and hope, dance

caught in that vast sea of crystal

unknown, where sleep is good. I ask,

here now with heavy eyes of lead.

Rest up, you sweet child of light, night

https://www.deviantart.com/prrailgun/art/Rest-Under-Stars-966600934

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

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?

The Journey Of Viktor, in three steps audiobook by Richard Murray - Rakuten Kobo

Listen to "The Journey Of Viktor, in three steps from Bulgaria to France in a mage's life" by Richard Murray available from Rakuten Kobo. Narrated by Richard Murray. Start a free 30-day trial today

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-journey-of-viktor-in-three-steps

I do calligraphic commissions

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

Boy and Sir, following Girl from Jamaica Kincaid and Ma'am from me

I was challenged by a fellow writer Nike < https://nikewrites.wordpress.com/ > to create two more reflections of Girl from Jamaica Kincaid. And so I did. What do you think?

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2447&type=status

DATES

24th- Pluto Moon conjunction- a horizontal line parallel to the horizon or a vertical line stemming from the horizon joins both bodies in the sky
25th- woodchucks hibernate
26th - Saturn Moon conjunction; 1898 George Gershwin born, his porgy and bess is crap for me, but his 1937 shall we dance is , i argue, truly american, not black american or white american, but american.

'Let's call the whole thing off' - originally in the 1937 film "Shall we Dance" here sung far better by Ella Fitzgerald side Louis Armstrong

The dancing version from the movie, i linked to when it starts
https://youtu.be/qRrw2hDjnl4?t=129
They Can't Take That Away from Me- originally in the 1937 film "Shall we Dance" from the male character but written where it can be applied from any one to another... here sung far better by Ella Fitzgerald

27th- Moon closest to earth, a perigee

In 2018, A 2,066-pound pumpkin grown by Steve Geddes of Boscawen, he held the world record in 2012 for largest pumpkin.

2,066-pound pumpkin from Steve Geddes rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc — 2,066-pound pumpkin from Steve Geddes

https://www.wmur.com/article/prize-winning-pumpkin-at-deerfield-fair-largest-ever-grown-in-nh/5269592#

Catholic saint day to Vincent de Paul- patron of charity- benevolence to the poor, or good working to the financially weakest, a literary note, the word was used hundreds of years ago as a synonym for christian activity.

28th- Neptune Moon conjunction
29th- Full Moon, called a Harvest Moon as this Moon is when harvesting should begin in north eastern united states. ; Moon on equator means the closest thing to a line can be made from earth's center to the moon's, in an instant.
30th- Moon from south to north of the path of the sun in the sky, the ecliptic

October

Venus goes close to Regulus of Leo circa 8th or 9th. Best seen in east coast usa circa 5 a.m. On 14th annular solar eclipse visible in western states. Use eye protection when looking at it. Venus greatest distance from sun on the 23rd circa 46 degree, as it circles about the Leo constellation. 28th a one percent eclipse visible in asia while the moon is in conjunction to Jupiter.

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR

The Intruder

Written by Charles Beaumont, Directed by Roger Corman, Starring William Shatner rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc — Written by Charles Beaumont, Directed by Roger Corman, Starring William Shatner

At the location of the link is the full film free to view as well as a short story by the author

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2422&type=status

If you want a taste of the kind of storytelling , here is a teleplay from the Twilight Zone derived from Beaumont's "Beautiful People" titled: "Number 12 looks just like you"

Indigenous suffering

No one has had it worse than the Native American. I will always wonder when a native american will ignite the biggest bomb ever in the usa.

Native American children's horror inside the usa rmnewsletter rmaalbc aalbc — Native American children's horror inside the usa

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2427&type=status

How do you define Black Greatness

My Answer

I define Black Greatness, absent any desire to influence another's definition, as contentment.

I think when Black folk are happy, nothing like it exists anywhere else in humanity.

What is yours?

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10511-black-greatness/

Education part Nth

Another multilog. I place a list of education posts in this one. I am admittedly tired of repeating myself. The saddest thing is how people in new articles repeat what I said countless times years ago.