The Symbols Of Sovereignty

Barker, Brian

Westbridge Books

This is an excellent book for anyone, interested in the Sovereignty of the British People, to read. At her Coronation we recognised her as our rightful Sovereign Queen and agreed for our Sovereignty to be embodied in her for her lifetime. Brian Barker has clearly described what happened at the Coronation and the history behind every part of ceremony. When she arrived at the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, at the completion of the Ceremony she was unquestionably our Sovereign Queen. This then provokes the question " As she is now merely a citizen of the EU, and was established as such by the Maastricht Treaty by her presumed loyal Prime Minister John Major, with all the responsibilities, duties and subjugation to EU Law that that citizenship requires of her, in her own country, is she still Sovereign here? Bearing in mind that her loyal Parliament agreed in 1972, when they ratified the European Communities Act with her Royal Assent, that EU Law, would be from that time, superior to British Law in her country. In 2006 she was not able to confirm that she was still Sovereign when I asked her. Neither could the Department for Constitutional Affairs or the Privy Council. It would seem that our Sovereignty has been taken away from her and passed to the EU by the acts of her Parliament and without the permission of the British People. In doing so they have imagined her death which is an act of high treason. This is a very important book for all British People to read. Carlton Scroop

When the Queen was crowned

D. McKay Co.

When the Queen Was Crowned

Routledge

In The Black Ocean, poet Brian Barker attempts to make sense of some of the darkest chapters in history while peering forward to what lies ahead as the world totters in the wake of human complacence. Unveiled here are ruminations on human torture, the Chernobyl disaster, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and genocide against Native Americans. The ghosts of Lincoln, Poe, and Billie Holiday manifest from pages laden with grim prophecies and catastrophes both real and imagined. These hauntingly intense documentary poems reflect on the past in an attempt to approach it with more clarity and understanding, while offering blistering insight into the state of the world today. Barker touches upon the power of manipulation and class oppression; the depths of fear and the struggle for social justice; and reveals how failure to act—on the parts of both politicians and everyday citizens—can have the most devastating effects of all. 
Throughout the volume looms the specter of the black ocean itself, a powerful metaphor for all our collective longings and despair, as we turn to face a menacing and uncertain future.
Lullaby for the Last Night on Earth
When at last we whisper, so long, so lonesome,
and watch our house on the horizon
go down like a gasping zeppelin of bricks,
we’ll turn, holding hands,
and walk the train tracks to the sea . . . 
So sing me that song where a mountain falls 
in love with an octopus, and one thousand fireflies 
ricochet around their heads,
and I’ll dream we’re dancing in the kitchen one last time, 
swaying, the window a waystation 
of flaming leaves, the dogs shimmying 
about our legs,
 dragging their golden capes of rain . . .
O my critter, my thistle, gal-o-my-dreams,
lift your voice like an oar into the darkness,
for all the sad birds are falling down—
Nothing in this night is ours.

The Black Ocean (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Southern Illinois University Press

In Vanishing Acts, Brian Barker cements his reputation as one of contemporary poetry’s great surrealists. These prose poems read like dreams and nightmares, fables and myths. With a dark whimsicality, Barker explores such topics as extinction, power, class, the consequences of tyranny and war, and the ongoing destruction of the environment in the name of progress. A linked sequence of poems forms the book’s backbone, with an oracular voice from the future heralding the return—or hoped for return—of common animals. Part lyrical odes, part creation myths, part excerpts from a bizarre guide for naturalists, these poems mix fact and fiction, science and fable to create an unsettling vision of a dystopian world stricken by extinction, one where the world’s last catfish sleeps “in the shadow of a hydroelectric dam.” The imaginative language and bizarre stories of these poems are perfectly suited to capture a world that no longer makes sense: a man who wears a toupee to hide an injury inflicted by secret police, a group of villagers who make a bad bargain with a land agent. The poems in Vanishing Acts straddle the comic and the tragic. They are by turns funny and haunting and ripe with scathing satire. They draw on the genres of speculative and science fiction as much as poetic traditions, and speak to the precarious state of man and the natural world in the twenty-first century.  

Vanishing Acts (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)

The symbols of sovereignty

Rowman and Littlefield

Labour in London: A Study in Municipal Achievement (Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement)

First published in 1946. This title is a clear and concise account of the march of Labour to the control of the London County Council and its work at County Hall in the 1940s. This study explores the rise of the Labour Party in London and the changes and progress in health, education, and social welfare. Labour in London will be of interest to students of history and politics.

History

World

This guide to walks in greater Portland includes more than 75 of the best routes and destinations, including such gems as Forest Park in Portland and Rooster Rock in Corbett. Each route described includes distances and notes the steepness of the trail. Highlighted are recommended walks for birders, art lovers, beachcombers, history buffs, gardeners, and those who seek disabled access. Walking trails in the Portland metropolitan area can take you to old-growth forests, hilltops with spectacular views, and riverside locations. Grab your walking shoes and start exploring!

Take a Walk: Portland: More Than 75 Walks in Natural Places from the Gorge to Hillsboro and Vancouver to Tualatin

Americas

Sasquatch Books

The Animal Gospels is a collection of lyric-narrative poems that explore faith, identity, loss, racism, the transience of being, and coming of age in the South at the end of the 20th century.Many of the poems tap into the mythic and totemic power of animals in an attempt to bridge the gap between the past and the present, remembering and forgetting, personal history and public history. The book as a whole is shaped by an abiding faith in story, song, and the redemptive power of memory and imagination.

THE ANIMAL GOSPELS

Tupelo Press

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