Bilingual MCAAdam Donaldson Powell
Adam Donaldson Powell powell@online.no
LINKS
Adam Donaldson Powell's paintings by adamdonaldsonpowell
Adam Donaldson Powell's painting gallery.
www.Cyberwit.net
My biography
I was born in Buffalo, USA in 1954, and grew up in the USA and in Spain (Madrid).
I hold university degrees from Goddard College (bachelor of arts in music and in
social sciences) and from New York University (master of international public
administration).
I moved to Oslo, Norway in 1987, and have been a naturalized citizen of Norway for several years. I currently work as a manager
for the Norwegian Department of Social Security, where I supervise several advisors serving government agencies on health benefit policy,
Human resource management and work environment issues.
I have previously worked extensively in the areas of community and public relations, employment benefits and services,
peace and community education (including Amnesty International and American Friends Service Committee), civil and human rights,
translation, editing and graphic services as well as multicultural arts politics and issues. I have written proposals which have resulted in
new laws and public policies in both the USA and Norway.
I have arranged international arts exhibitions at reknowned art musuems in Scandinavia featuring artists from all over the world, advocated
the rights of immigrant artists in Norway and Scandinavia (both performing, literary and visual) and established a writers' forum and
publishing company for artists in Norway of non-Norwegian descent.
I have worked for many years as an activist (nationally and internationally) in many areas, including art/culture, social issues, health issues,
peace education etc. I am well known in the Norwegian media, and have appeared often on television, radio and in newspapers as an artist and
as a spokesman (as interview object, have held speeches and written articles) on various social, arts and spiritual issues. I have represented
the Norwegian government and national organizations at several national and international conferences on multicultural issues, art and
hiv/aids (including the United Nations).
I have also translated publications and books for museums, government agencies and publishing companies in Norway
(translating from Norwegian to English).
I was a professional classical pianist in New York City for eight years, and studied
piano privately under several reknowned musicians including Arminda Canteros
(from Argentina), Jacob Lateiner (from USA), Berenice Lipson-Grüzen (from USA)
and John Ranck (from USA).
My first poetry book (Notes of a Madman, Winston-Derek Publishers,
Inc.) was published in 1987. I have since published Arcana and Other Archetypes (AIM
Chapbooks, Norway) in 2001, and Collected Poems and Stories (Cyberwit, India)
in 2005. I write poetry primarily, but have also written (and published) short
stories, and I have written and had performed theatrical works (in Norway).
[When I first moved to Norway I wrote theatrical works for the Blått Paradis
(Blue Paradise) dance theater company.]
I write mainly in English (my mother tongue) and in Norwegian, but have also written some poems in Spanish
and write/have published several works which incorporate other languages in my poems
(e.g. French, Arabic, Latin, Greek etc.).
I have published poems and short stories in several literary magazines (see listing below) in the USA and Australia, and in
international anthologies (including Taj Mahal Review December 2004 and June 2005, and Explorers 2005, India).
I have also worked as a professional visual artist in Norway since 1993 (painter), and have
had several art exhibitions in Norway and in Sweden. Examples of a few of my paintings
can be seen on my website ( www.geocities.com/adamdonaldsonpowell/paintings.html ).
I often combine my dedication to social issues and civil/human rights with my art, and have
both used my own art to raise consciousness concerning peace issues, hiv/aids, spirituality, cultural politics;
and have led several arts/cultural organizations in Norway that promote international artists, writers, actors etc.
in Norway, and otherwise in Scandinavia.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED):
Collected Poems and Stories, (175 pages), Cyberwit.net, ISBN 8182530288, 2005, India.
Arcana and other archetypes, (hardback collection of poetry), AIM Chapbooks ANS, 2001, Norway.
Notes of a Madman, (hardback collection of poetry containing following titles: Notes of a Madman, Hyacinth, Truth is a Whore, The Zen of Sorcery, Spleen, The Chalice, The Abortion, Absurdities of Perception, Mirror of Darkness, Rite of Passage, Anno Humanae Salutis, Agitations of the Heart, Hieros Gamos, Void of Course, The Archetypal Kouros, IAO, The Eye of the Triangle and The Coming), Winston-Derek Publishers, Inc., 1987, ISBN 1-55523-054-7, USA (now out-of-print).
POETRY PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY ANTHOLOGIES:
Fragments, Shelter and Zodiac:
- Taj Mahal Review: An International Journal Devoted to Arts, Literature, Poetry and Culture, ISSN 0972-6004, 2005, India.
The Prudent Cognoscente:
- Explorers: A Collection of Contemporary Literature, ISBN 8182530180, 2004, India.
Daedalus: Elegy:
- Taj Mahal Review: An International Journal Devoted to Arts, Literature, Poetry and Culture, ISSN 0972-6004, 2004, India.
POETRY PUBLISHED IN LITERARY MAGAZINES:
The Scalding:
- Weirdbook issue #28, 1993, USA.
Nighthawk:
- Weirdbook Encores #12, 1992, USA.
- Being Magazine, April 1990, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
Le Gibet:
- Weirdbook 27, Spring 1992, ISBN 8755-7452, USA.
- Poetry Break Journal, July/August 1989, ISSN 0985-7233, USA.
Birth of the Minotaur:
- Amanita Brandy, issue #3, 1992, USA.
- Being Magazine, February 1990, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
Forever Young:
- Amanita Brandy, issue #4, 1999, USA.
- Poetry Break Journal, December 1989, ISSN 085-7233, USA.
Retrospective:
- Dream International Quarterly, 1989 nr. 11, ISBN 0912-3075, Australia and USA.
Psyche and Phantasy:
- Being Magazine, Vol. 3 nr. 5, 1991, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
Nocturnal Journey:
- Being Magazine, Vol. 3 nr. 5, 1991, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
Green:
- Poetry Break Journal, Sept./Oct. 1991, ISSN 0895-7233, USA.
- A Galaxy of Verse, Fall 1990, USA.
Le Moment:
- Poetry Break Journal, Sept./Oct. 1991, ISSN 0895-7233, USA.
Cloudburst:
- Poetry Break Journal, May/June 1991, ISSN 0895-7233, USA.
- A Galaxy of Verse, Spring/Summer 1990, USA.
Razor Roulette:
- A Galaxy of Verse, Spring/Summer 1990, USA.
Dog Days:
- A Galaxy of Verse, Fall 1990, USA.
The Death of Poetry:
- A Galaxy of Verse, Fall 1988, USA.
While We Wait:
- A Galaxy of Verse, Fall 1988, USA.
Deja Vu:
- A Galaxy of Verse, Spring 1989, USA.
Rage of Daedalus:
- Weirdbook issue #29, 1995, USA.
- Being Magazine, June 1990, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
The Dissident Android:
- Poetry Break Journal, May/June 1989, ISSN 085-7233, USA.
Writer's Blues:
- Poetry Break Journal, May/June 1989, ISSN 085-7233, USA.
Peer Group Heroes:
- Being Magazine, Vol. 4 nr. 1, 1992, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
Rhythm and Tears:
- Being Magazine, August 1990, ISSN 0898-4034, USA.
- Poetry Break Journal, Sept./Oct. 1990, ISSN 085-7233, USA.
Drag Queen, Stud and Celluloid Sex Magic:
- First Hand Magazine, 1988-1990, USA.
POETRYAND PLAYS READ/PERFORMED (highlights):
Daedalus: an ancient epic for modern man, and Black Boys:
- performed on stage in Oslo, Norway by Blått Paradis Dance Theater Company, 1987-88 at:
- Black Box Theater, Edvard Munch Museum, etc.
Various works read at art galleries in New York City, Volapük (writers’ forum in Oslo), Sagene Cultural Center, and various other places in Norway.
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POETRY
New Poetry Cycle
FRAGMENTS
Dulled slivers of emotion
No longer entangled with
Words flutter and scurry
Out-of-sequence.
Once air-bound, the
Footloose fragments of
A life gone past seek
Resolution and release by
Eluding recognition and
Assuaging the sharpness of reality.
And quite relentlessly these
Now-transformed bits of
Parchment confetti find new
Definition by recreating history.
SHELTER
When dusk acquiesces
To the shelter of night,
Overpowering the
Songs of crickets and
Silent movements
Of creepy-crawlers,
A quiet calm
Overtakes
The ruminations of
My psyche
Allowing soul regression
To dance
In the matrix
Between experience
And remembrance.
ZODIAC
You and he and they
In opposition to
My circle of One.
The moon is in Fresno --
Long gone retrograde
And void of course.
BOUNDARIES
Peripheral lines
in my psyche
and yours
dance and intersect
with agreement
and understanding.
But crossed
boundaries
lead both
dogs and nations
to quarrel.
OF FOOLS AND KINGS
The tides of time
separate fools and kings
much as ocean waves:
swelling, crashing and
mixing water and sand --
and in a passing moment
one is indistinguishable
from the other.
ANTES DE LA MUERTE DE MI AMOR....
Yo pienso en ti
Y muero despacio dentro
De mis sueños.
Yo pienso en ti
Y se debilita mi corazón..
Mi sangre..
Mi alma.
Yo pienso en ti
Y toda lo queda son
La música,
Las palabras perdidas
Y quizás algunas lagrimas.
Yo pienso en ti
Yo pienso en ti
Yo pienso en ti
Y no puedo recordar
El silencio que yo conocía
Antes de la muerte de mi amor.
TAL VEZ
! Forza !
El amor
! Forza !
El sexo
! Forza !
Las mentiras
Y tal vez te encontraré
En mis sueños sueltos.
BOLERO MODERNO
No puedo llorar más...
la lluvia empieza
y la pintura vieja baila ...
bajo el cielo desnudo
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