The Unity Project By Brian Dulwin Analysis
THE UNITY PROJECT
The second collection of poetry and verse by
Brian Corvin
COVER HAIKU: The focused eye catches Glimpses of tomorrow Beyond the chaos of today.
COVER PHOTO: Andre Corvin, Photographer
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
PART ONE: YESTERDAY 6
ANOTHER POEM 7
THE LOVING FAN 7
NO ANSWER 10
THE POETRY OF SILENCE 11
ALIAS FATHER X*** 13
IMAGINE THAT 16
THE CHRISTMAS CRACK 18
A POST MODERN FAIRY STORY 20
THE BLACK QUEEN 29
THE EYES HAVE IT 30
INDIVIDUALITY 31
THE IRISH EXPERIENCE 33
CREDO 35
DREAM TRAVELERS 39
LOVING AND HATING 42
BOXITIS 44
FAME 46
THE STORY OF HAMZA ALI 48
THE NEW CONSUMER 52 …show more content…
The first which I called THE DREAM JOURNEY came out in 2010. That book took me the best part of fifty years to put together and publish. This one has taken just under five years to complete, so I suppose that is progress of a …show more content…
In its first section ‘YESTERDAY’, I continued to work on in the same vein as the earlier book, with a number or poems of short and medium length on a variety of topics. In the second section ‘TODAY’, I worked with NEOHAIKUS and meditations. The neohaiku is a form of poetry which uses a contemporary free style approach to the traditional Japanese haiku. I then moved on to the meditations which are a series of long reflective works, which owe something to Walt Whitman’s long rolling verses. Here I worked with large classic themes like ‘God’ ‘War’ ’Life’ and the ‘Past Present and Future’. In these themes I question many of our past and present attitudes and beliefs. Though there are not many satisfactory answers available as far as I can see. Finally in the third section ‘TOMORROW’ I have the long anchor poem ‘THE UNITY PROJECT’ which considers what tomorrow will bring for all of us.
This poem was inspired by a passage from the work of Abdul Baha (1844-1921) which is called the ‘Candles of Unity’. Looking back now I would consider that this is one of the most challenging works I have ever attempted, as things stand, I have the feeling that I will have to approach the same subject in five years time, possibly from a different
The second collection of poetry and verse by
Brian Corvin
COVER HAIKU: The focused eye catches Glimpses of tomorrow Beyond the chaos of today.
COVER PHOTO: Andre Corvin, Photographer
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
PART ONE: YESTERDAY 6
ANOTHER POEM 7
THE LOVING FAN 7
NO ANSWER 10
THE POETRY OF SILENCE 11
ALIAS FATHER X*** 13
IMAGINE THAT 16
THE CHRISTMAS CRACK 18
A POST MODERN FAIRY STORY 20
THE BLACK QUEEN 29
THE EYES HAVE IT 30
INDIVIDUALITY 31
THE IRISH EXPERIENCE 33
CREDO 35
DREAM TRAVELERS 39
LOVING AND HATING 42
BOXITIS 44
FAME 46
THE STORY OF HAMZA ALI 48
THE NEW CONSUMER 52 …show more content…
The first which I called THE DREAM JOURNEY came out in 2010. That book took me the best part of fifty years to put together and publish. This one has taken just under five years to complete, so I suppose that is progress of a …show more content…
In its first section ‘YESTERDAY’, I continued to work on in the same vein as the earlier book, with a number or poems of short and medium length on a variety of topics. In the second section ‘TODAY’, I worked with NEOHAIKUS and meditations. The neohaiku is a form of poetry which uses a contemporary free style approach to the traditional Japanese haiku. I then moved on to the meditations which are a series of long reflective works, which owe something to Walt Whitman’s long rolling verses. Here I worked with large classic themes like ‘God’ ‘War’ ’Life’ and the ‘Past Present and Future’. In these themes I question many of our past and present attitudes and beliefs. Though there are not many satisfactory answers available as far as I can see. Finally in the third section ‘TOMORROW’ I have the long anchor poem ‘THE UNITY PROJECT’ which considers what tomorrow will bring for all of us.
This poem was inspired by a passage from the work of Abdul Baha (1844-1921) which is called the ‘Candles of Unity’. Looking back now I would consider that this is one of the most challenging works I have ever attempted, as things stand, I have the feeling that I will have to approach the same subject in five years time, possibly from a different