{"id":2,"date":"2013-12-11T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/wordpress_marcus\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:45:03","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Cumberlege"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\">Marcus passed away on 30th December 2018, aged 80.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>This website will remain as a memorial to his wit, his wisdom, his love, his work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2019\/jan\/14\/marcus-cumberlege-obituary\"><strong>His obituary in The Guardian<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby John Weston<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other memorials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/obituaries\/2019\/03\/18\/marcus-cumberlege-poet-whose-work-suffused-spirituality-obituary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph (paywall)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/richiemccafferypoetry.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/04\/some-memories-of-marcus-cumberlege-1938-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richie McCaffery poetry blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdailyread.com\/2019\/01\/marcus-cumberlege-obituary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Daily Read<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For many messages of memories and condolences, and for many more poems by Marcus, see his<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marcus.cumberlege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook timeline<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>&#8220;Make time work for you.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Enjoy every moment.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em>Don&#8217;t give a damn.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-710 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/marcus_deskp-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"marcus_deskp\" width=\"600\" height=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo by Hendrik Vandewalle<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Cumberlege wrote much in lyrical stanzas, but he was no stranger to prose poetry, cut-up, automatic writing, haiku, concrete and the extended line.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly forty years he was a familiar figure in Bruges, collaborating with poets, artists and musicians, organizing readings and encouraging the younger generation. His daughter is married and living in France.<\/p>\n<p>From 2014, Marcus posted a <strong>Poem of the Month<\/strong> to this website: see the link &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?page_id=1382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Posts to this website<\/a>&#8216; (also in the menu column on the left) to see them all. Many of them are otherwise unpublished.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Candid Cumberlege \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a new video of Marcus and Bruges by Didier Eeckhout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?p=661\">Candid Cumberlege &#8211; a video by Didier Eeckhout<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/B174182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1589 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/B174182-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">&#8220;Poems are simply pictures<br \/>\nPainted with second-hand words<br \/>\nSold in the shops of the moon<br \/>\nAnd fed like crumbs to the birds.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Book publications 2017 &#8211; 2018:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?p=1147\">On Planet Neptune<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?p=1122\">La Salvacion del Flamenco por General San Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?p=1095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only the Invisible is Real<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?p=1098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fresh Pimperings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/?page_id=1059\">Mars in Time of Peace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-marcus_at_70-e1674063621346.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1421 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-marcus_at_70-e1674063621346-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-marcus_at_70-e1674063621346-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-marcus_at_70-e1674063621346-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-marcus_at_70-e1674063621346.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">&#8220;Today is the tomorrow<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>that worried you yesterday.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>It&#8217;s all you have.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>Embrace it.<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/>It will never go away.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Online publication:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morning-Meditations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morning Meditations<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For many years Marcus had been getting up before dawn and writing his own meditations and prayers for personal use. Their outspokenly spiritual content is destined to overcome &#8220;morning blues&#8221; and make the reader &#8220;feel good&#8221; &#8211; cheerful, lively and able to face the day ahead with joy. Marcus regarded <strong>Morning\u00a0Meditations<\/strong> as his\u00a0most important single published work to date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/marcus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morning-Meditations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You may download\u00a0<strong>Morning Meditations<\/strong>\u00a0here<\/a>. Feel free to print it out and use it as you wish.\u00a0Marcus made no charge whatsoever for the use of these texts and only asked that his\u00a0name be mentioned if they are reprinted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">&#8220;Be honest. Keep big words on ice<br \/>\nwhen a little gesture will suffice.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus passed away on 30th December 2018, aged 80. 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