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Epic poetry. The Parliament of Poets, by Frederick Glaysher

Amazon Review. Most Important Book Of Our Times.

The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem

The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem

Amazon Review – Most Important Book Of Our Times. October 29, 2013.

“I believe Frederick Glaysher’s book, The Parliament of Poets, is one of the most important books of our times. In this grand sweeping epic, Glaysher has managed to live up to the task given to him by The Parliament of Poets. At a gathering on the moon of many of the most important poets of all time, Glaysher as the Persona is given the task of creating a new vision for humanity; one of Unity and Oneness of humankind. As he travels around the globe, throughout history, guided by the various poets and thinkers of days gone by, he has the vantage point of viewing humanity’s oneness from the overview perspective of the moon, synthesizing and integrating the great thinkers of all time. He has returned from these journeys to the moon and back with an epic poem that manages to fulfill the task given to him. He manages to create for the reader a tangible vision of our shared humanity, and makes an impassioned plea that we WAKE UP before we destroy ourselves and our one precious planet. His is an inspired epic that integrates the ancient wisdom teachings of the world’s greatest wisdom teachers and poets and breathlessly leaves the reader returned safely to Earth with a new vision and sense of responsibility towards our shared humanity. It is a very important book for our times and a MUST READ!!!!” —Amazon Review, also on Goodreads

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CKCU Literary News Encore

CKCU Lit NewsCKCU Literary News Encore. August 6, 2013.

“With his new book, THE PARLIAMENT OF POETS, Frederick GLAYSHER is in a creative dialog with the greatest epic poets of all time. He is bringing together in beautiful verse form, tending, as he writes ‘to the iambic pentameter, depending on thought and need’, diverse visions of humanity from all over the world. Frederick Glaysher’s poetic imagination is frequently casting them in the form of spatial and cosmic imagery. That is very exalting to the reader’s spirit. What is more, in reading his new book one is not only compassing, beyond the horizon of empirical facts, a borderless world, but one is also beholding the ‘oneness’ of humankind in a different light. • ‘The Parliament of Poets’ (Earthrise Press, 2012) by Frederick Glaysher is a pure joy; embodied in a literary work of fine verbal art it is contemporary ‘world literature’ at its best.” —Dr. Hans Ruprecht, CKCU Literary News, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. August 6, 2013 — a Radio CKCU/Literary News ‘encore

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Interview on CKCU Literary News

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– Hans Ruprecht, CKCU Literary News, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

I was interviewed on Canadian radio June 18, 2013, by Dr. Hans G. Ruprecht, CKCU Literary News, Carleton University, Ottawa.  Includes two excerpts from The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem

“FREDERICK GLAYSHER in conversation about his great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, THE PARLIAMENT OF POETS, which is ingeniously enriching the canon of ‘literary epics’ while in every way partaking of the nature of world literature.” – Dr. Hans Ruprecht, CKCU Literary News, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. June 18, 2013.

• Listen to the interview at CKCU Literary News Starts after the BBC NEWS. Just click 6 minutes past it or listen to the interview from my own server. Click HERE

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Review – Poetry Cornwall

The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem

The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem

Poetry Cornwall, Issue No. 36, May 2013, Redruth, Cornwall, England.

The Parliament of Poets – Frederick Glaysher – Earthrise Press, Rochester, MI 48306 USA – ISBN: 978-0-9826778-8-9 – Hardback 294 Pages – $23.95

“The Parliament of Poets is understood to be the first epic poem in the English language in 345 years. Firstly, I must state it is very readable and intriguingly enjoyable. Apollo, Greek god of poetry calls all the poets to assemble on the moon. All are to consult on the meaning of modernity.

“The Persona stands with the poets of all nations, ancient and modern to consult on the threatened state of humanity, how to find and affirm a worthy vision of life, meaning and purpose.

“This epic poem is a journey through vision, thoughts and words of the likes of Cervantes, Basho, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, griots, shamans and many other notables, including Job and Merlin. “All humanity stood there with us. / We were not alone. We felt it. / The Love of the Unseen Essence, encircling us.”

“Frederick Glaysher’s hours of dedication have produced a masterpiece that will stand the test of time.”

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