The Mad Rants of a Glad Mans Cants: April 2014

Stephen Ross Features on Mandy Morrows Breakfast Radio Show for World Poetry Day 21st March 2014 by Stephen Ross on Mixcloud

I offer my time and energy cos I ♥ 2, 4 I ♥ U. Help me 2 keep giving freely by giving back 2 me too

DONATIONS GRATEFULLY RECEIVED. *-_ _-*-_ _-*-_ _-*-_ _-*-_ _-*-_ _-*-_ _-* In a bid to support my heart, follow my dreams and fund getting to know myself better, I sold my house (BRAVE). I discovered I am a reasonably good righter; who is occasionally bad at spelling; better at spell-sing; and excellent with spiel checking (ERR, OK? YEAH!). This would appear to be my thing and I love it! (YAY!). Apparently, nobody I know with money seems to care for or value poets enough to pay them properly yet (BOO!). Even most poets themselves! (EXTRAORDINARY). Well most of them are skint (AHH). I have been working and supporting myself and others for over a decade with very little income at all (HEHEH, ISN'T THAT MOST pee-poles STORY). In that time, I have made several apparently unwise decisions (O RLY?). Apparently unwise but in truth very informative… I’ve been employed and exploited by people who claimed to have my best interests at heart. I foolishly thought they loved me as I loved them and ended up losing money by working too selflessly for their benefit at my own expense. Essentially, I failed to care for myself properly (AWW). I undertook a Masters in Psychotherapy & Healing (AWE), I was unfairly dismissed for openly telling the TRUTH (EH?). I ended up curing myself of the resulting depression by taking Ayahuasca in the Amazon Rainforest with a 12,000-year-old indigenous culture, Haux Haux! (HAUX HAUX?). It’s a customary thing… Traditional indigenous cultures have practically no mental illnesses. See Stephen Ilardi's TEDx talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drv3BP0Fdi8). They are willing to teach us how they do it. The indigenous Amazonian cultures, whose medicines and shaman facilitated me towards curing myself, understand mental, emotional and spiritual health far better than we in the West do. I’m trying to discover if it’s possible to prosper purely from donations, by way of my own ongoing generosity to others becoming reflective (A RADICAL IDEA!). Maybe it is, I feel it’s a common sense approach… If you think, know or feel you have enjoyed or benefited from any of what I love to do (writing, performing, connecting, facilitating, talent spotting, sharing), at any level be it financial, emotional, physical, spiritual, mental, personal, or any other '-al' you can think of and want to thank me or simply radiate a little L♥VE in my general direction. Financial DONATIONS are what I need most right now so I've created these two 'Donate' and 'Pay Me Back' channels to allow generous and/or grateful people to send me some (YULE B LUCKY). It only takes a few clicks with PayPal. I need to start allowing money in to enable me to keep doing what I L♥VE. I invite anyone, who can spare some Cash, to share it with me now! :) Even the smallest donation helps. Let me know following my heart is not a complete waste of time. Thank you very much in advance! From the very bottom of my heart and the very bottom of my bank account ;) If you can't afford to send money, send me an encouraging message instead. Find a way to feel beautiful and keep yourself smiling. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this ridiculously long message. If you think, know or feel you can assist or support me in any way, you can reach me at poe.redtree@gmail.com. I seek independence from private corporations and social security because both have made me very unhappy in the past. Thank you! I’m keeping the Faith! I assure you whatever you can give or offer, be it cash or some other form of energy exchange, it is very very much appreciated _–(♥)-_

The Mad Rants of a Glad Mans Cants

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

On the Radio for World Poetry Day