{"id":108948,"date":"2021-04-06T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/?p=108948"},"modified":"2022-03-02T09:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T09:18:52","slug":"a-plague-be-upon-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/a-plague-be-upon-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plague Be Upon Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-108961\" src=\"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/plague-song-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glenn Marshall writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martin Rowson, the South London sonnetist who also does a bit of drawing, has just released his poetic lockdown diary <a href=\"https:\/\/smokestack-books.co.uk\/book.php?book=200\">&#8216;Plague Songs&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0. Full of customary Rowson bile and twisted humour these &#8216;rhymes of our times&#8217; address the accursed last year under the dark shadow of Covid.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-108956\" src=\"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/https-cdn.evbuc_.com-images-130155717-63285562501-1-original.20210324-222353-500x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow night sees an online book launch event where Martin will be talking to the comedian and writer Robin Ince and reading from the book. I already have my warm Liebfraumilch and party nibbles ready for the occasion.\u00a0Limited tickets available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/martin-rowson-plague-songs-book-launch-tickets-148106136441?utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;aff=estw&amp;utm-source=tw&amp;utm-term=listing\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-108950\" src=\"https:\/\/procartoonists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ex878TiWUAMWu6e-500x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Musician &amp; playwright\u00a0Jon Tregenna\u00a0has also put Martin&#8217;s verses to music. CD available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/martin-rowson-plague-songs-book-launch-tickets-148106136441?utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;aff=estw&amp;utm-source=tw&amp;utm-term=listing\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Glenn Marshall writes: Martin Rowson, the South London sonnetist who also does a bit of drawing, has just released his poetic lockdown diary &#8216;Plague Songs&#8217;\u00a0. Full of customary Rowson bile and twisted humour these &#8216;rhymes of our times&#8217; address the accursed last year under the dark shadow of Covid. 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