Don Coorough

I have had my poetry published in edificeWRECKED, Eleventh Transmission (http://www.eleventhtransmission.org/March2008/root_of_love.html), Blood Moon Rising Magazine (http://www.bloodmoonrisingmagazine.com/shortstory3513.html and http://www.bloodmoonrisingmagazine.com/shortstory3411.html), The Cartier Street Review (http://thecartierstreetreview.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-2009-page-2_01.html#dc) and Osprey Journal (http://www.ospreyjournal.co.uk/4p04.php).

I have had articles published as well:
appearing in The Glasgow Review are my articles "Combating Extremism in Pakistan and Afghanistan" and "One World Day" (http://www.glasgowreview.co.uk/)
appearing in Osprey Journal are two articles, one titled "Protesting War" (http://www.ospreyjournal.co.uk/4articles2.php) and the other titled "Creating a Soulful, Inspirational Poetry for the Future" (http://www.ospreyjournal.co.uk/4articles1.php)
appearing on the website for Tuscon Homeless.org is my article "The Power of Nothing" (http://tucsonhomeless.org/PAGE-coorough-odyssey.html)

I have a poem "The Disenchantress" and an essay "On an American Homeless Odyssey" published in the paperback book anthology titled "Unhoused Voices: Granting Change for the Homeless": http://sabellapress.com/buybooks.html

Url for my blog: http://shorelinedriftwood.blogspot.com/
Url for another blog, titled Psychedelic Poetry, for which I am a contributing poet: http://psychedelicpoetry.ning.com/profile/EllisDRhymer
Url for my Naymz account: http://www.naymz.com/search/donald/coorough/1670932
Url for my listing regarding my career in film on imdb.com: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2188321/
Url for my professional bio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/doncoorough

Love is the most universal of all the guiding principles by which one can lead one's life. Respect is the first prerequisite of Love. Peace is the only way mutual Respect is shared. A Life well lived, in joyous harmony, is the consequence!

"Give peace a chance." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"All you need is love." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"All I want is the truth now,
Just gimme some truth." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"My mother was of the sky,
My father was of the earth;
I am of the universe
And you know what it's worth.
I'm lonely -
Wanna die." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"A working class hero
Is something to be
If you want to be a hero
Just follow me." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"My mummy's dead,
I cant get it through my head
Oh it's been so many years,
My mummy's dead
I can't explain
So much pain
I could never show it
My mummy's dead." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"God is a concept
By which we
Measure our pain." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"Don't follow leaders
And watch your parking meters." - Robert Bob Dylan Zimmerman

"One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." - Sir James Paul McCartney

"Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mmmm, I get high with a little help from my friends
Oooo, gonna try with a little help from my friends." - Lennon/McCartney

"Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you," - John Winston Ono Lennon

"You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world." - John Winston Ono Lennon

"Watch out now, take care, beware of soft shoe shufflers;
Dancing down the sideboards
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of Maya." - George Harrison

Conventional wisdom suggests: "To guarantee the security and the viability of a nation, culture or society requires the presence of both fighters and artists." The inherent problem with the assertion lies in the paradox, if there were no fighters anywhere, there would be no need for fighters whatsoever. Actually, to correct conventional wisdom, one should assert a different version of the statement: "To guarantee the security and viability of all nations, cultures and societies requires the absence of fighters everywhere and the presence of artists anywhere." - Don Coorough