‘Playing God’ by Mark Hastings (2018) – audio book: The Man in Black – “The Black Cat”

In this episode, Mark recites the introductory story of his 2018 short-story collection, ‘Playing God’: ‘The Man in Black’ – “The Black Cat”. ‘Playing God’ is a collection of “Seven stories… Seven perspectives… Seven experiences… about One Man in Black, one Man in White… Seven morality tales of one immortal Rebel, Hero, Friend, Fan, Father, Son, Playing, God”. You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

A Poem A Day #616: Opening-up

“Opening-up” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #615: Subculture

“Subculture” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #614: When Hope Eclipses Fear

“When Hope Eclipses Fear” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #613: In spirit

“In spirit” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #612: Changing Voices

“Changing Voices” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

‘Playing God’ by Mark Hastings (2018) – audio book: The Man in Black – “Bowie”

In this episode, Mark recites the introductory chapter of his 2018 short-story collection, ‘Playing God’: “Bowie”. ‘Playing God’ is a collection of “Seven stories… Seven perspectives… Seven experiences… about One Man in Black, one Man in White… Seven morality tales of one immortal Rebel, Hero, Friend, Fan, Father, Son, Playing, God”. You can read Mark’s poetry on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me, and you can purchase all of Mark’s books of poetry, short-story anthologies, and novellas on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3HjAJMC

A Poem A Day #611: Those Days

“Those Days” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

My Poem “The Dream Team”

Sometimes, most of the time,
to complete a task of great importance,
you can only count on the best
of the best to be able to achieve
what must be achieved
and to do what must be done...
sometimes, most of the time,
you need to call in an "A-Team"
of consumate experts and professionals
to push forwards, go beyond the limits,
and not stop until the battle
being faced has been won...
sometimes, most of the time,
there is only a small group of colleagues
who have worked together for a long time
who can work together to do the impossible
and turn a bad situation
into something good...
sometimes, most of the time,
a certain combination of souls
are the only ones that can
rise to the occasion
and ride the waves of a flood...
sometimes, most of the time,
only those who have been sent far and wide,
know what it is like to have to brave
a storm of chaos and leave
as they arrived with their heads held high
with stories of what they have done,
who they have met,
and where they have been...
sometimes, most of the time,
when there is trouble happening somewhere
that you know no one else can handle,
why settle for anything less than The Best
when you know that you can always call on,
and you know that you can always count on,
the unparalleled skills of the dream team.

A Poem A Day #610: The Blessing

“The Blessing” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Comeback Kid’ which was published in 2023 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw