Mark Pirie publishes Songs for Her, a book of love poems
In March I published an eBook of love poems written between December 2021 and February 2022. It is available as a free EP like Indie bands do at Lulu.com Bookstore.
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Mark Pirie included in More than a Roof, a housing anthology
In November I was included in a special volume of poetry and prose relating to the subject of housing in New Zealand. The book is published by the Landing Press team in Wellington. They received 450 poems for it and I was lucky to have a poem included. Here is some info about it from their website:
“More than a roof is about housing.
It’s about nostalgia, anger, contentment, longing, fear and much more. It brings together voices from across the spectrum – from those with no homes, those in emergency accommodation, in caravans, in cars, on boats, in rentals, or in their own houses.
Drawing together well-known writers and first-time poets, it’s a unique and timely collection.”
Weblink: https://www.landingpressnz.com/.
Recommended to check out at your local bookstore or order online.
I attended the launch at St Peter’s Church in Willis Street, Saturday 20 November 2021.
ESAW publishes Mark Pirie’s Bono Mato Poeia rock poems and drawings
In July 2021, my new collection of rock and roll poems and drawings, Bono Mato Poeia, was published by Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop.
It presents new poems on rock written since my previous music collection Electrimotive in 2018.
Artists included: Lauryn Hill, Leonard Cohen, Ryan Adams, songwriter Jimmy Webb, Van Halen, Jim Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Billy Joel, Ronnie Van Zant, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, David Bowie and more.
It also includes some B&W line drawings of Sammy Hagar, Leonard Cohen, Bono (cover), Bob Dylan, and Anthony Kiedis previously featured in my artbook Folk Punk.
This will be my final mini book in the ESAW Mini Series (being No. 42) which ESAW publisher Michael O'Leary intends to end at No. 50.
HeadworX publishes Mark Pirie’s Cricket Poems
In June 2021, my publishing company HeadworX released Slips: Cricket Poems in paperback and hardback.
The book contains 145 pages of my poetry on cricket written from 1994-2021. It captures many moments in cricket history including the ICC World Test Championship Final in England as well as the more social aspects of the game and imaginary fictions like Outer Space Cricket.
Slips includes a nice foreword written by The Cricket Society’s News Bulletin editor John Symons, also a MCC Cricket Book of the Year Judge. John writes that: “Our summer game is fortunate to have found such a good and talented friend and chronicler in Mark Pirie.”
For more details on the book, please visit the HeadworX website:
Slips: Cricket Poems by Mark Pirie