Brian Strand's Blog
 I am English,retired from work and am a committed evangelical Christian.My hobbies are art and poetry.Check out my regular short poetry on twitter@strandpoet and my periodic postings of my art, on Flickr @Poiemapoet and my recent captioned cartoons here on PS as blogs.The poetry forms I've developed +/or promoted for educational purposes together with examples of my art ,et al are to be found,on my numerous pages on blogspot.com.(google ' Brian Strand poet' ) For hard copy,I have two poetry books on Amazon-'Flowers of Life' a selection of William Soutar's cinquains and 'Shorthand of the Heart 'a selection of Poetic form.
I have over forty books published on kindle inc twelve poetic form books ,SOUNDS ALOUD,FOOTLE FUN,MORE FOOTLE FUN,FULTON FRAMEWORK, POIEMA Ekphrasis , PHANEROS lanternes,SEQUENCE(fibonacci),VERSELET- over 80 poetic forms exampled) , A VERSE MISCELLANY,Vignette,ORIENT to occidental ,TIME-to rhyme; all these twelve are now available for
download on Kindle together with 8 ebooks in (also available on Kindle) my Christianity Explained series and twelve so far in my Strand Guide on kindle series 'Poesie Pieces' a poetry help ebook & 'Art-a personal view' & 'Prayer-a personal experience'&Worship-a personal practice,Biblical Verse-a poetic perception, Books& Balance Sheets-go figure & Writing Christian Verse- a personal inspiration,Imagism-picture & pen;Strand on Poetry and Strand on Life;Strand on Artists;Strand on Art plus another twelve in My Choice Strand verse also on kindle- Little Songs- a selection of my longer verse;Little Laughs-a selection of my lighter verse;Little Pictures-a selection of my imagist poems;Little Tags-a selection of my eopigrammatic poems;Little Memories- a selection of my nostalgic poetry;Little Battles-my war poetry;Little Landscapes-my pastoral poetry;Little Kisses-my love poetry;Little Me- my bio poetry;Two liners(monoku and doublets);Cinquains&Cinqku-for you;Four & more
I also edit Wiki pages on poetry/art and have 100+ book reviews on Amazon and have two of my publications available to purchase here on PoetrySoup store
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Blog Posted:8/28/2012 1:49:00 AM
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William,famous for
poems& diary...
help cement the love in me
for American cinquain poetry
pen picture of William Soutar from my poets series
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My Poems
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| Date Posted | Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| 5/17/2013 | INSPIRATIONS recited | Villanelle | inspiration, |
| 5/15/2013 | MORE REFLECTIONS recited | Verse | life, |
| 5/13/2013 | A POET'S LAMENT recited | Bio | writing, |
| 5/12/2013 | OBSERVATIONS recited | Verse | life, |
| 5/11/2013 | REFLECTIONS recited | Verse | philosophy, |
| 5/10/2013 | MY TIMES recited | Bio | family,nostalgia, |
| 5/10/2013 | SOME MORE FAMILY STORIES recited | Bio | family, |
| 5/9/2013 | SPRING recited | Verse | seasons, |
| 5/8/2013 | MORE FAMILY STORIES recited | Bio | childhood,family, |
| 5/5/2013 | MIRRORS OF THE SOUL recited | Ekphrasis (Ecphrasis) | art, |
| 5/4/2013 | FURTHER FAMILY STORIES recited | Bio | character,family,nostalgi |
| 5/2/2013 | FAMILY STORIES recited | Bio | family,nostalgia, |
| 4/30/2013 | METAPHYSICAL MOMENTS recited | Verse | words,writing, |
| 4/28/2013 | STORIES OF LOVE recited | Verse | lost love,love, |
| 4/27/2013 | HOMAGE TO HERBERT recited | Verse | writing, |
| 4/21/2013 | ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE | Verse | addiction |
| 4/18/2013 | AFTER THE STYLE A recited | Verse | education,writing, |
| 4/17/2013 | SYMBOLIST SWEETHEARTS recited | Free verse (vers libre) | art,writing, |
| 4/16/2013 | MATISSE MAIDENS recited | Verse | art,writing, |
| 4/15/2013 | VERMEER GIRLS Recited | Verse | art,education,on writing |
| 4/15/2013 | A METAMORPHIS | Verse | seasons, |
| 4/15/2013 | POETIC FORMS C recited | Verse | education,on writing and |
| 4/14/2013 | POETIC FORMS B recited | Verse | education,on writing and |
| 4/14/2013 | MY POETIC FORMS A recited | Verse | education,on writing and |
| 4/12/2013 | BUCKS BOY recitation poem | Bio | people,places, |
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Fav Poems
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| Poem Title | Form | Categories |
| The Nose | Concrete | art,life,on writing and w |
| Sailing Leaf | Haiku | nature |
| Shadows | Haiku | angst |
| The Rain | Haiku | nature |
| Reflections | Free verse (vers libre) | on writing and wordswords |
| Lament Of The Heart | Free verse (vers libre) | life,love,passionwords, |
| Hippocratic Oath | Rhyme | lost love,son,sympathywor |
| Ever After | Cinquain | love |
| Mortal Season | Free verse (vers libre) | sea,seasonssummer,day,sum |
| A Whisper on the Wind | Free verse (vers libre) | nature |
| There Will Be Mountains | Couplet | faith,lifemountains, |
| Tender Moments | Quatrain | lovesweet,sweet, |
| Blush of the Roses | Couplet | hope,nature |
| Haiku/Limerick number twenty | Haiku | nature |
| Time Machine | Couplet | nostalgiamom,me,night,can |
| I AM THE ONE | Free verse (vers libre) | inspirationalme, |
| Finally | Quatrain | love,passion |
| The Gift | Couplet | introspection,nature |
| Making Love | Senryu | devotion,love |
| footle .. Footle !! | Light Poetry | funny |
| Believe! | Couplet | devotion,faith,inspiratio |
| Sunrise Service | I do not know? | hope,inspirationaleaster, |
| Sure | Free verse (vers libre) | love |
| As Night Descends... | Sonnet | love,mystery,passion |
| Lavender Soap | Narrative | family,happinesseaster, |
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