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Friday, July 26, 2013

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Poet Michael Dennis Reviews my little books

Poet Michael Dennis has offered a generous review of both Ghost Music and Fancy Clapping.

Check out Michael’s poetry while exploring his reviews: http://michaeldennispoet.blogspot.ca/2013/04/ghost-music-mark-d-dunn-fancy-clapping.html

 

 

Monday, March 25, 2013

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Songs for Learnin': a fundraiser for scholarship

This year, until August, proceeds from downloads of my music will go to The Read More Books Scholarship at Sault College in Sault Ste Marie. The scholarship is designed to assist a student (perhaps students, if this goes well) who has a passion for reading and the arts. To qualify, students need only write a simple letter expressing their involvement in art and their love of books. Details, for any students wishing to apply next year, can be found through Financial Aid offices at the college.

    There are two ways to download: CD Baby and iTunes. CD Baby retains only 9% of the download fee while iTunes retains about 40%, so I suggest CD Baby if you’d like to participate. The download links are at the bottom of the SHOP page on my website. Here is the link: http://www.mddunn.com/#!shop/vstc9=music. A CD Baby page is available here: http://www.mddunn.com/#!cd-baby-market-page.

     In addition, $2 from every book sold through my website will go to Canopy, a Canadian organization that works to reforest sensitive regions. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me.

      A new CD is coming, I promise.

 

The CD Baby market page from my website: http://www.mddunn.com/#!cd-baby-market-page

The general shop page with iTune links at the bottom: http://www.mddunn.com/#!shop/vstc9=music

 

 

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Always Unexpected

I'll just say it was a bad week, and share this draft of a poem:

Always Unexpected

This morning I wrote “too soon, too soon, too soon”
across the top of a grainy sheet of paper
and tried to remember her face, the student
who left us after planning for next September.
There are so many, year after year. 
You love them, many of them. 
Some, you’d like to forget. Some
you forget without trying. In all, you see
the babies they were, the motherly love
that brought them through their first prone days,
the struggles and entitlements that brought them to you.

Wishing for time. Wishing for time.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Happy New Year and a Review

Happy New Year!

 

If I were to make a New Year’s resolution, it would be to blog regularly.

Unfortunately, that is as far as it’s going, because I don’t make NY resolutions.

    Here is a review by poet Jim Zukowski of _Fancy Clapping_. Thanks, Rumpus. Thanks, Jim.

http://therumpus.net/2013/01/fancy-clapping-by-mark-d-dunn/