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 RICHARD VALLANCE About Richard Vallance Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, March 11th., 1945, Richard is a member of AuthorsDen, under his family name, Richard Vallance Janke. A graduate of Wilfred Laurier University (1968) and The University of Western Ontario (MLS), he is fluently bilingual in English and French, and reads Spanish and Italian, ancient Greek and Latin well. He wrote his first poems at the ages of 17 and 18, in 1962-63. For years, Richard wrote mainly in the field of Library and Information Science. At Chicago, in October, 1983, he won the $1,000 Data Courier Award for Excellence in Online Published Papers for an article in Online, Vol. 7, no. 5. Poetry: While he wrote some 200 poems before the age of 47, since then Richard has composed over 1,500 poems. His first published poem was, “Lasts the First Light”, in Arts and Literature Review (Canada, 1972). In 1998, he published his first full book of poetry, A Quilt of Sonnets: Forty Four Familiar Poems, Ottawa: Providence Road Press, © 1998. 56 pp. ISBN 1-896243-07-x. In February, 2001, Richard founded his first poetry discussion group, Describe Adonis, for sonneteers. We have since grown to 10 poetry, art and digital photography groups, which you may find at our discussion forum: la nouvelle Pléiade = The New Pleiades ©. Richard's poetry page is Poesie’s laissez-faire Faire Foire, a clearing-house for poets from nations like Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and the Netherlands. PLFFF features sonnets and contemporary poems, updated quarterly, a links page to sites of other poets, and grants the monthly Prix laissez-faire Faire Foire Award . PLFFF is a member of Phenomenal Men of The Web: Arts & Humanities . Richard is the Editor of 2 Canadian poetry E-Zines. These are advertised monthly at the end of The Vallance Review in Poetry Life and Times. In the Winter of 2003, a third E-Zine, Kawasaki Zen Haiku, will be a showcase for haikuists. Since September, 2001, Richard has been the poetry reviewer for Poetry Life and Times, which features the monthly Vallance Review. He is also regular contributor to the same E-Zine. Richard is also often featured with the U.S. Amerindian E-Zine, Autumn Leaves. CD-ROM Books:1. The New Millennium Dawn Anthology (Kedco Press): 10 of Richard's poems were included in Millennium Dawn: an Anthology of Award Winning Fantasy Stories, Poetry, Novels etc., Kedco Studios Press, Las Vegas, NV, © 2002 ISBN 1-878431-38-2. 2. Richard’s latest CD-ROM book, Canadian Spirit Voices, © 2003, ISBN: 1-878431-44-7, is in its final pre-publication stages, and will be published by Kedco in the Spring of 2003. You may view a summary of the book here: Pre-publication Notice. To contact the author, please e-mail: Richard Vallance (Yahoo) (for inquiries on our poetry discussion groups) – OR – Richard Vallance (Activator Mail) for poetry-related inquiries or submissions to our Canadian E-Zines). |
There's Just This Thing I Fear © Richard Vallance, January 18 2004J'ai toujours voulu traduire ce sonnet exquis, qui me ravit encore plus que tout autre sonnet de William Shakespeare, mais j'hésite longtemps, voire depuis plusieurs années à me dévouer à une tâche littéraire d'une telle envergure, car je n'ai jamais voulu y échouer. Mais enfin ce soir il m'est venu l'inspiration profonde que je n'ai jamais su cultiver auparavant. C'est tout un phénomène inexplicable, voire quasi miraculeux, mais voilà que c'est fait ! La créativité poétique est certes l'un des plus grands mystères de la vie, mais je n'y regimbe pas. Ce sonnet est affiché en anglais et dans sa traduction en français sur mon site perso, Poesie's laissez-faire Faire Foire
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Jan Sand in New York
JAN SAND, poet and illustrator from New York, is a regular contributor to Poetry Life & Times and the newsgroup alt.arts.poetry.comments. A great deal of his work is about animals, or science fiction. Recently Jan was published by Kedco Studios Artist Profile Press, on their latest CD ROM e-book, "A Way With Words (Poetry Real and Surreal), which also includes complete books by Dale Houstman, Sara L. Russell and Keith Gabriel Hendricks. Jan's illustrated book on the CD is called "Wild Figments And Odd Conjectures", which is also sold separately, in a limited-edition "single" CD.
To see an illustrated article about Jan's poems, visit the November '98 issue of Poetry Life & Times, and scroll down past the Editor's Letter. He also has his own poetry pages on Charlotte's Web at Artvilla.
Conjoined in orbit’s tight closed arc, Twin incitements: flee and fall In conflict’s perfect compromise To both yield and resist That this free join can exist. Our Sun, our Earth enjoy this fight With yet a third participant. The Moon, so white against the night, So all three swing in constant dance: Ménage à trois - cosmic romance. So when at mornings Sun seems up Or at evening drops quite down, Or again, the Moon likewise Appears to set or to rise, This isn’ true at all, at all. It’s just the Earth in constant fall. THE COURSE © Jan Sand
Why should hell Sun gentle life From raw rock and boiling sea? That some grotesque finger, Out of insane mystery would point Adventure, curiosity at muck To make it laugh and love, Infuse tenderness and wonder, Seems openly absurd.. The impulse to diversity Must be more inherent, Bursting from atomic guts Jazzed with electricity And magnetic seduction To string protein necklaces With covert plans To forage on cosmic dust And thence to finalities Of galactic games.
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