Book cover of the Forces Poetry book, published 1st November 2008
( On sale from Silverwood Books )
For a listing of which Forces Poetry member's poems are included in the book, click on the link below:
A MUST READ BOOK
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FORCES POETRY BOOK 2008
' Voices of the Poppies '
TITLE: ' Voices of the Poppies '
( An anthology of Poetry by Forces Poetry )
Price: £8-99p (GBP) plus Post & Packing ( Paperback )
Price: £14-99p (GBP) plus Post & Packing ( Hardback )
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( Helping those who have been affected by War )
This is a ' must have ' book, and a unique opportunity to obtain our first published edition. Whilst helping good causes at the same time.
This book will be part of a series, to commemorate ' Remembrance Day ', and I'm sure will become a highly collectable item in the future. ( Don't miss out on our very first edition )
Tom Mcgreevy ( Forces Poetry Head Moderator )
http://www.poetryfromtommcgreevy.weebly.com
The Publisher for ' Voices of the Poppies '' is 'Silverwood Books' (England)
http://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/detail.asp?item=14
The 'Foreword' for the book is written by the Famous WW11 'Forces Sweetheart' ' Dame Vera Lynn '. Dame Vera is the Patron of ' FlowForAll/Forces Poetry/Forces Stories '
Book Details:
Proceeds from the sales of the book will be used to support anyone who has been affected by war. Find out more at http://www.ForcesPoetry.com
and
http://www.ForcesStories.com
The two sites come under the Group name of:
' FORCES LITERARY ORGANISATION WORLDWIDE FOR ALL '
http://www.flowforall.org
Our Patron.
Dame Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Lynn on her 90th Birthday
Dame Vera kept up the spirits of millions with her songs and personality during the Second World War
Dame Vera was born on March 20, 1917 in London and her singing career was already flourishing when war broke out in 1939. She was awarded the title Forces Sweetheart following a poll in the Daily Express, and travelled thousands of miles - often at great personal risk - to entertain the troops. She also had a BBC radio show on which she performed songs such as We'll Meet Again, I'll Be Seeing You, Wishing, and If Only I Had Wings. Dame Vera famously visited the Forgotten Fourteenth Army which was fighting the bitter Burma campaign, and in 1985 was awarded the Burma Star for her contribution to the war effort there. President of the Burma Star Association Lord Slim will be attending today's reception, along with Winston Churchill's granddaughter Lady Soames, Lord Tebbit, Baroness Boothroyd, ballerina Darcy Bussell, novelist Jilly Cooper, Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes and wartime nutrition expert Marguerite Patten. Dame Vera, who continues to support a number of charities and ex-servicemen's organisations, will also be joined by Second World War veterans who served in the Far East.
Download and Print off Order Form for ' Voices of the Poppies '
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See ' Article ' on ' Yahoo News ' about The Book Launch, at link below
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081101/ten-dame-vera-lynn-praises-armed-forces-5f8abb3.html
Forces Poetry Newsletter—March 2008
Our Second Web-Site
Spreading the Word
With a New Year comes new ideas. One of our newer members Roland has come up with the idea of a Forces Stories (FS) sister site which will compliment our existing Forces Poetry (FP).
Needless to say we are all very excited and are in planning mode already. We are looking at a few options and due to our very skinny piggy bank we are going for the cheapest available.
Mac is once again funding us to get going and we hope to have it completed and tested by the end of July 2008.( Now Live )
( It will now be launched on Monday 28th July 2008 )
( Now Live )
We’ll keep you informed. Annie x
We need to spread the word by letting people, organizations, groups etc know of our existence.
Annie and I do this on a semi regular basis but what we are thinking now is that with your local knowledge you may be able to help by contacting local newspapers, club newsletters, groups and even organizations.
If you wish to write to these type of places on behalf of FP please feel free to do so.
Thank you!
Our Forces Poetry book
We have made good progress in our plan to publish a book of our poems as we have now asked two lovely people to help by writing a foreword. First we asked Dame Vera Lynn and after a few emails we have
confirmation that this will now go ahead which is great news. ( Dame Vera Lynn is now our Patron ). Second we invited Graham Knight (Grahams son Ben died on active service in Afghanistan) to write a foreword too which he has kindly done and we are now preparing the first draft to send to Helen at SilverWood Books. To complete the draft we need the poems for the book so they need to be selected (voted for) by 05 April 2008. The voting system has worked well with people voting for their favourite poems.
Some recent poems
The Dark and the Light
R.I.P.
Cancer Countdown
Temper
Shining Boots
Aspire to Dream
Shadows
The Chosen Man
Harry The Warrior Prince
Funny
Dear Brian
A Soldiers Wish
Fund raising (again)
With our new site being planned, the book costs not far away, the urgent need to have our site meet the accessibility laws DDA and the need to maintain a £5000 income to allow us to register as a charity, we need to find ways to generate income.
If you know of any organization which you believe may consider an annual pledge (any amount) please let us know and we’ll do the rest; or if you’d prefer to by all means use your contacts to see if you can raise donations or an annual pledge. We need any ideas you can think of as we desperately need to become
registered as soon as possible.
Feel free to write to local papers, newsletters and spread the word of Forces Poetry, or even forward this
newsletter to people who you think would enjoy it.
We need you to come back on a regular basis so if you set yourself a reminder to post even
once a week that would be lovely.
Thanks, Annie x
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Helen Hart of Silverwood Books
Silverwood Books is the Publisher of the first ' Forces Poetry book ': ' Voices of The Poppies '. Helen is the Editor of Silverwood Books
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