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  C.P. Stewart - Poet
C.P. Stewart - Poet
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C.P. Stewart
Sometimes the symmetry of things  calls  for a response… In May 2006 he played what turned out to  be  Laughing  Gravy’s final  gig.  He was approaching  his 53rd  birthday  and,  having  been  born in 1953,  decided this might be  a  propitious time  for a change  of  direction.  He hung up his guitar,  packed his  CDs  and  tapes  of  half-finished  songs  into  the  under-drawings,  lit  a  fat  cigar  and  waited  to  see  what  happened.  Poetry  happened. 
     
All  summer  long  he  wrote  and  into  the autumn - his intention  being  to wait for a year,  review  what  he  had  written  and,  if  he  thought  it  had  any  merit,  submit  some  for publication.  As  things  turned  out  one  evening  in  November,  he  got  a  little  drunk  and  sent  some  off  anyway.  Within a  few  weeks he  had  three  poems  accepted.  More followed. 
     
He has  since  been published,  regularly,  in  the  U.K.  the  United  States,  Canada, Ireland  and  Australia.  His third book, The Naming Of Things Against The  Dark,  has just been released.  Things  happen.  Fences fall.   Sometimes  he  gets  e- mails  from  Gravy  fans  asking:  "What  are  you  up to?"    Sometimes  he  gets  e- mails from  people  who  have  read  his  poetry  asking:    "Who  is  this  Laughing  Gravy"?   Hence  this  website.

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Click above to hear five sample poems from Charlie's recent recording of 77 poems from his books Considering The Lilies,  The Naming of Things Against The Dark and The Lane. The full recording is available to download, or on a credit card sized USB drive. These can be purchased from the store

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