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Unread 12-26-2019, 06:27 PM
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Quite an accomplishment, Martin. A must-have! Huge congrats!
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Unread 12-26-2019, 08:21 PM
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Many thanks, Siham. I am also very grateful to you for posting the press release (including a sample poem) on your website, and writing such a nice intro. Here is the link:

https://sihamkarami.wordpress.com/20...stial-euphony/
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Unread 12-27-2019, 02:45 AM
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Siham has composed quite a fitting tribute to your art and talent, Martin. Congratulations, and all the best for your book.

Peter
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Unread 12-27-2019, 12:52 PM
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Nice, Martin.
I like that sample butterfly poem quite a bit. Never saw it before.
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Unread 12-27-2019, 12:54 PM
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Congratulations Martin! That's excellent news!

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Unread 12-27-2019, 01:45 PM
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Thanks, Peter, Andrew, and Matt.

Andrew, I’m pleased that you enjoyed the butterfly. At the end of the book, I have some interesting notes about the mountain which inspired the poem.

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The title alludes to a mountain in south central Sri Lanka, rising to 7,359 feet (2,243 m), which is variously known as Adam’s Peak (the place where Adam first set foot on earth after being cast out of heaven), Sri Pada (Sacred Footprint, left by the Buddha as he headed toward paradise), or perhaps most poetically as Samanalakande (Butterfly Mountain; where butterflies go to die). Some believe the huge “footprint” crowning the peak to be that of St. Thomas, the early apostle of India, or even of Lord Shiva.
I have ideas for future collections, but it will be some time before that happens.
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