Vasilios Theodorakis – An Online Author

This week’s three pieces have been uploaded simultaneously again – my appologies to those of you who are visiting each day. Hopefully a staggered upload will start happening sooner than later.

The selection includes some of my favorites from 1994, 1993 and 1991.
– Cotton, Steel and Plastic.
– Soul Port
– Too Fast.

Cheers – Vasilios Theodorakis – September 2007

For visitors not using an RSS Reader, I’ve decided to add a weekly post explaining where the new material has appeared.

This week’s three pieces have been uploaded simultaneously instead of appearing in a staggered manner. Normally, this ‘site update’ will appear at the end of the week providing a summary of the work that has been undertaken in the last seven days.

So far I’ve been able to stick to the three poem per week (editing) quota, without too much trouble. i.e. As we’re in our third week of operation, the site has 9 poems (in text and audio formats)

In time I’ll be adding a little info about each poem, but this will be located on the index poetry page.

Now to this week’s selection – all poems come from 2001.
– A Lite Blanket, A Brick Wall…
– Soldier Blood
– W.T.C.

Cheers – Vasilios Theodorakis – September 2007

As you read through the verse that’s appearing on the site, you’ll find a link to an audio version of each poem just before the copyright declaration. At this stage, all recordings are available as MP3 files and should be playable on equipment like iPods, computers, etc. At a later date, special poems will be available as advanced (multimedia) podcasts in M4A form.

The format of every recording is as follows: spoken track, background track and copyright notice at the end of each recording. Each anthology of poems will have a different backing track, and ungrouped poems from the last four years, will initially be released without such a track. The backing track is associated with the anthology’s theme. Being an MP3 file, title and author information should also be viewable on people’s MP3 equipment or computers.

You can download the audio version of each poem by right clicking your mouse and selecting ‘save target as…’ (Windows) or ‘save link…’/’download linked file…’ (Mac) from the displayed menu. This will allow you to archive a copy to your desktop or harddrive. Once I’ve uploaded more material, I will also be adding the site’s RSS feed to podcast services like iTunes etc, which should make it easier to locate and obtain audio copies of poems.

Cheers – Vasilios Theodorakis – August 2007

Its taken so long for this site to launch that I was certain I had become trapped in a time loop. :) But finally, its here – a clean design, a few old poems and lots more verse, commentaries and stories to be added in the coming months (and years). Many of the static pages you currently see on the site, still need content transferred into them, but this will happen very soon.

Also, please keep in mind that my work will not necessarily appear at the start of the blog as each piece will be accurately date stamped e.g. 20 August 1991, in order to authentically highlight when it was written. This means that a new release will not necessarily appear as the latest posting, but will show up within the site. You’ll need to make use of the RSS feed (from the site) to know where and in which time period the new piece has appeared.

And finally, thank you to friends and family who’ve unconditionally supported and encouraged the creation of this site to promote my poetry (and other writing). A special thank you to my wife Helen, who harrassed me daily (for almost ten years) to begin releasing my work publicly. Helen – I’m sorry its taken this long, but better late than never. :)

So, I thank you all again for your patience, and hope the material you find on this website proves worthy of your belief in it, and in me.

Cheers – Vasilios Theodorakis – August 2007