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I would not hold back the sun But, there is that moment In each arriving dawn, When I wish the day Would wait a moment, Allow me to savor that Morning glow that appears Up in the sky and in my breast. • Donovan Baldwin

Whether you are writing an academic dissertation or business document or preparing a full-length novel for publication, the Mini Style Guide will prove invaluable. It is divided into three parts: Part 1 helps you navigate the intricacies of English grammar and punctuation and clarify commonly misused words. It outlines ten ‘golden rules’ to ensure Plain English, and explores inclusive writing, copyright and plagiarism. Part 2 clearly outlines how to structure a manuscript for publication, explaining the correct sequence of parts. It explains how to express titles of various artistic works, how to treat numbers, and how to present references. Part 3 surveys the confusing array of publishing options on offer from traditional publishing to self-publishing to help you make the choice that best suits you. Plentiful examples, templates for standard forms and letters, and a glossary of printing and publishing terms make it an indispensable tool for authors, editors and students. Author Bio Denise O’Hagan is an award-winning editor and poet, born in Rome and based in Sydney. With a background in commercial book publishing in London and Sydney, she set up her own imprint, Black Quill Press, in 2015 to assist independent authors. Her work appears in various journals including The Copperfield Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Quadrant, Books Ireland, Eureka Street and Hecate, and her awards include the Dalkey Poetry Prize and the Adelaide Plains Poetry Competition. Her second poetry collection, Anamnesis, is due to be published in October 2022 (Recent Work Press). https://denise-ohagan.com

Upon a rude table, In a simple cabana On the shore, Between sea and forest, Two glasses, Cheap red wine, Golden candle glow, As sun sinks, And shadows lengthen, And golden glow of Flickering candles Sets the mood, I fetch my old, ragged Book of poems, Lay a plate of cheese, And coarse bread, Set old vinyl spinning. Soft guitar music Touches my mind like a kiss, And you enter... - Donovan Baldwin

our pretty girl with colden goat wavy fur from tead to hail eyelashes like sweet streepers bark drown eyes and nose longing for a rummy tub she offers up her belly receiving so much pleasure she wildly tags her wail all of her shody baking ears town do her nails ©️L. G. Rogers 4-1-2023

if only she dared at least show her naked heart... dance her words for him ----- slow dancing at dawn neither day nor we are dressed... nor is there music ----- Her sudden stillness Punctuated by one sigh In encircling arms She sinks sated and replete A long awaited release #tanka ------- poet writes on her whispering words to soft skin with tender kisses ----- poetry whispers in rays of sunlight passing breeze every word your name ----- For some, love is not only an internal desire for the happiness of the other. For these people, its physical manifestations and expressions are natural, normal, and, for some, even necessary. Some cannot imagine love without lust, or vice versa. Some people cannot imagine being these people, but they exist. ----- she unraveled as he tenderly took each strand... wove her a poem ----- upon her garden kisses like a sudden rain... storms rose up inside ----- fingers whispering touching messages of love... felt rather than heard ----- came to her garden waking all her butterflies... into thrilling flight ----- what could i write of if i had never found you... surely not of love ----- look upon my words find yourself loved within them... wanted and desired ----- i reach in darkness just to touch you a moment... reassure myself ----- forget the mirror see yourself as i see you... hear how i say your name ----- she feared her darkness until he showed her the path which led to his light ----- delightful dining a moveable feast indeed... she could not stay still ----- By Donovan Baldwin

I've got a name I've not a game may sound the same to some lamebrain but to this dame it would be a shame if I could not remember from whence it came - all this silly nonsense

to please her poet comes prepared to misbehave undressed for success • Donovan Baldwin

Twirling and blowing Day long snow event So pretty out the window No plows in sight Second such event in one week We’re not used to it This is supposedly the South Snow is good for  Dogs and children And cuddling  Under thick quilts

Have you ever said that to yourself? After reading a reponse you gave? [no title] If I were a person, you had known for years... someone who had witnessed, the authentic you; the tears? I would offer an embrace, face to face without anything else, expect-ed. The most important thing to me, would be, that your personal sorrow... was eased. When another person, has been stripped bare, from an ultimate, magical love-affair... different feelings, invoke the same despair. Many obstacles still appear, but their names, are dif-fer-rent. You're lonesome for a beginning, when I've been left, at the end... You are ready to jump-right-in, do the work- get back up again... I have dusted off, enough, there's nothing left, but holes. It's enough for me, to chat with someone else- after the, "death-do-us-part" - I don't think "we" could go beyond. But I am willing to walk next to you, share my own, destina-tion... It's all okay to make a friend, without- "falling-in-love" Kerry~

While Disada has produced many films, videos and DVDs in both live-action and animation, there have been specific advantages for many of the companies, governments and organizations we have worked for in using animation instead of live-action. Each project's needs call for one or the other, but there are striking advantages to animation for many clients. Animation is strictly controlled. There are few surprises once production begins since the film is created to exact specifications. The story, script or narration, the look, design and color of the film, the characters and what they do are all laid out ahead of time, and approved by the client. Modifications and changes are done at the preproduction stage. The budget is therefore also carefully controlled, and so just as there are no creative surprises, there is no need for financial surprises either. Animation is ideal for handling abstract concepts. It can take you inside an atom and elsewhere where a camera cannot go. It can also be helpful to illustrate so-called difficult subjects. We once did a film for a New York hospital about problems in human sexuality. The aimed-for audience meant that animation rather than live-action would be best. If a film is successful, more may be wanted, possibly a series afterward. If so, your main actors will be available and won't ask for more money for the sequels. They are animated characters who don't get sick, die or end up in the tabloids. They are drawn, and if the original animators leave or are unavailable new animators can carry on without any changes seen on screen. Animation has another thing going for it, repeatability. We can easily tire of seeing the same television commercial with the loud-mouth car salesman or gold buyer again and again. There is (thankfully) something about the moving drawing or computer image that we like to look at. A punchy or funny animated commercial or employee training film can be seen again and again, like an old favorite Bugs Bunny cartoon that we know well but enjoy seeing many times. Animation does not date. A well styled animated film won't have its clothing or hairstyles or other momentary fashion date it in future. Because you control everything that is seen, your message is not distracted by a flashy car or other element in a scene. A new version can be made later with new narration or added scenes and the previous footage can be reused and blended right in for cost savings. A one-stop shopping studio like ours can also do productions with both live-action and animated sequences to utilize the best of both worlds. We have also done some intricate combinations of live with animation on screen at the same time. For one film we did moving combination shots years before Who Framed Roger Rabbit experimented with it. A new aerial-image setup was created by Wally Gentleman for Disada. He had designed the special effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, and later sold the setup to Universal Pictures to use on their Battlestar Galactica TV series. Of course, the best reason to use animation is for qualities of its own. Done correctly and done right, nothing can top animation's humor. A long-time logo or company character can come to life through animation and become a company's best spokesman. An old logo character can now speak, be funny, and soon adorn new product labels and advertising, even become a T-shirt star. Animation has a different feel to it than live-action. We are, I think, more engaged as an audience, more willing to be convinced, persuaded and sold. If a live person is seen and talks to the audience, we are influenced by how he or she looks, by the hair and clothes and this has an impact, positive or negative, on getting the message across. People will look at your live spokesperson in different ways. What is engaging to some may be off-putting to another. Just having a man or a woman onscreen will elicit on some level a different attitude from men and women watching. But an animated character will dispense with preconditioned social attitudes and provide pure message. Animation is daunting to some clients, be they companies or agencies, if they have never had some done before. But once they have, they find the experience a positive one. They might think of how it all comes together is a bit of a mystery, but there's no denying the magic on the screen. 2012-08-21

A friend bought this print at a museum store and thought it was a print of a Bruegel painting? Can anyone identify it? Is it really Bruegel? Where is the original? Thank you.