Biography
Author of poems printed in national and regional publications. Also factual articles and short stories. Writer of six on spec screenplays - some read (Paramount <US> and also BBC/ITV etc.) - none accepted to date. But it's great therapy! Poems published by Red Candle Press, Peace and Freedom Press and Poetry Now. This author's "concept" collection of verse & lyrics was compiled under the title "SINGING WORDS" and published by Janus Publishing.Co.Ltd. The Otley Press collection "SPOKES" (2014) - celebrating the Tour de France in Yorkshire - contains my poem "LYCRA CLAD LOONY". My CD - "POETRY TO PLEASE" contains 21 poems in verse form with music settings. One of the poems, "English Hills", was given a four page spread against superb colour landscape photos in the magazine "THIS ENGLAND". Very rewarding in content and context! Also happily writing songs, song lyrics and tunes, some recorded by Women In Country (JIP Records of Nashville, TN. USA). Admires the craft and skill of yesteryear's poets and songwriters, but can still be pleasantly impressed by more modern material. My comic-crime novel NOVEMBER UNIFORM (Grosvenor House Publishing/ISBN 9781786232502 is available from Amazon (p/back & Kindle) and on order from bookshops. NOTE. The photograph accompanying this profile entry shows a family group in our 1960s country garden after tea one summer's afternoon. I recall hurrying back to take my precarious place in a not very steady deckchair before the camera's self-timer caught up with me. The passage of time has now recently taken my brother (second left) as well as our mother and step father also seen in the picture. The family dog, Shah...an Afghan hound, is just visible in the lower centre background.
Samples
THOUGHTS AT CHRISTMAS How fitting now in deep December, When days are short and spirits low, That in our hearts we will remember Those we knew who had to go. Christmas hours are briefly bright... Their spark is spent in winter's pay And soon surrenders to each night When light retreats and fades away. But O how wonderful this living! How magical this life we own, That we are given to go on giving When time takes those that we have known. .............................................
All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.
Blog entries by M.C. Newberry
NEVER AGAIN - an old style ballad lyric (17/10/2021)
SUNNY? (08/10/2021)
WHERE WAS THIS? (07/10/2021)
WELL? (05/10/2021)
JUSTICE AND THE LAW - A DIVERGENCE? (30/09/2021)
RAGE (25/09/2021)
LAST POST - a re-post! (14/09/2021)
SICK (10/09/2021)
IN THE WIND (09/09/2021)
"A" PLUS AND "A" MINUS (08/09/2021)
Audio entries by M.C. Newberry
CHRISTMAS SNOW (15/12/2020)
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND (10/12/2020)
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (A "HAPPY COVID" SONG) (01/12/2020)
THE MENIN GATE (11/11/2020)
YOU ARE THE MUSIC - song/lyric version (22/02/2020)
IT'S A HEARTACHE THING - Country Lament (22/09/2019)
DOWN BY THE MEWSTONE - folk song (21/02/2019)
AN IRISH REJOICING - song (13/02/2019)
CHRISTMAS SNOW - sung by Marcie Summers (bless her memory). (23/12/2018)
WHERE DO YOU GO? (17/06/2018)
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Comments
Thu 30th Sep 2021 04:53
I would comment on your comment
but....I'm on the other line, on Hold!
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Wed 29th Sep 2021 15:38
What country do YOU live in?
Do you get out much?
hahaha
Sat 11th Sep 2021 23:19
Your reference to which you are referring
is sound, but keeps me from concurring
it was after writing it, and during
that I knew it would never be enduring.
π
Fri 10th Sep 2021 22:43
The problem is
one worth the solving-
are we making progress
or devolving?
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Thu 9th Sep 2021 03:02
I am not a real poet.
I am a robot!
Sun 5th Sep 2021 11:46
Parker is promotable
his attributes so laudable,
those who predict are quotable
young Parker's future notable!
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Wed 11th Aug 2021 23:56
What is perceived
is to be believed-
Sometimes a relief
when the sighting is brief.
Tue 20th Jul 2021 12:36
both for the chop?
a chop shop?
Tue 13th Jul 2021 03:40
The sound of rain
just might have been
a gentle dribble
down your chin!
π
Thank you M.C Newberry for stopping by my profile and for your kind and encouraging words. You also seem like a very gifted, sensitive and generous individual. Keep writing, and diving in to every momentβfor whatever it brings.
P.SβI love the cover of your poetry book 'Poetry to Please'. Just divine!
Warm wishes,
Rasa
Fri 9th Jul 2021 03:14
A Conservatorship is a legal construct designed for people who
are incapable of handling their own affairs.
The court appoints someone else to handle them for the person
incapacitated. Unfortunately, this process is often abused
and the person loses all their civil rights.
(see Brittany Spears).
Her story has been all over the news here lately.
Thu 24th Jun 2021 00:07
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder!
π
Wed 23rd Jun 2021 00:22
some overpopulate!
π
Sat 29th May 2021 23:29
kindness
is catching,
to say it
out loud.
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I love your poem M.C Newberry 'Thoughts at Christmas' βso earnest and sincere. Thank you.
Tue 11th May 2021 20:31
The noted author, d.knape
has had works published in his basement
on a copy machine and stapled together for worldwide
distribution using postage stamps he personally applies.
He is also a director of the National Curmudgeon Society,
promoting the universal spread of Curmudgeonism
to all old men who have nothing better to do with their time.
Fri 7th May 2021 02:56
"something to crow about"!!
I like that MC.
Good come back!
π
Sun 2nd May 2021 14:05
thanks M.C. for your comment on that poem.
we will not mention it by name
in order not to scare anyone.
what exactly does MC stand for?
besides master of ceremonies?
π
Thu 29th Apr 2021 12:40
love the word Macabre
but what happens to the last part of the word?
the BRE
it is not pronounced?
it is silent.
Mon 26th Apr 2021 01:21
all my past
is tense!
π
Fri 23rd Apr 2021 01:54
is it "enquire" or "inquire"?
people are now afraid of their own shadow.
Baaaaa.
Thu 22nd Apr 2021 12:08
no company
no car on street
unless you have
instructor in back seat!
π
Wed 21st Apr 2021 03:04
your response to "Free as A Bird"
was so poetic. A poem unto itself.
even better!
Sat 17th Apr 2021 09:51
I don't know that every weed is an Herb.
But...certainly they play a part in the
grand scheme of things.
One man's weed
is another man's flower!
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HI M.C.
Thanks for the comments on my 'Gambler' poem. I think you and my old man could have had some interesting conversations.
Thu 15th Apr 2021 20:18
Cain't swim
but I can Float!
π
Fri 9th Apr 2021 03:32
Can't believe you are in your 70's.
you look so young.
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HI MC glad you liked my poem work horses. I hope you could hear it all the way through. On my MacBook it stops just before the end.
Mon 5th Apr 2021 03:53
glad to see you are back M.C.
where have you been?
that was an unexcused absence!
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d.knape
Fri 15th Oct 2021 12:29
I am still pretending.
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