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Paul Gilliland
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Other, Other Poetry, Writing & Publishing
Skills: Self-publishing Workshop/Training, Reading/Literary Event
Paul Gilliland retired after over 30 years of service with the US Army and settled in the high desert of Southeast Arizona, just miles from the historic wild west towns of Tombstone and Bisbee. He holds Associate of Applied Science Degrees in Intelligence Studies, Linguistics, and Education from Cochise College; a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Theory/Composition and Technical Theater Design from Olivet College; and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Music Composition from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is an educator, composer of 21st century chamber music, author, form poet, and publisher. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP); National Writers Union; Authors Guild; Poetry Society of America; the Academy of American Poets; and the Association for Publishers for Special Sales. In addition to teaching interviewing techniques and report writing for the US Army, he is the Editor-in-Chief of his own publishing company, Southern Arizona Press. He currently has three published volumes of poetry, "Hindsights of 2020," "The Journey of the Fool: A Poetic Journey in Three Parts," and "A Heroic Crown and Other Sonnets" all available through Amazon. His fourth book of verse, "Tales from a Southwest Inn" is forthcoming in 2023. His poetry appears online in numerous Facebook poetry group as well as being published in Sonnet Sanctuary Anthology Volume 1 (A Romeo Nation), Open Skies Quarterly Volumes 4, 5, 6, Perceptions, Dark Reflections, and Myths, Legends, and Lore (Shrouded Eye Press), and From Sunset to Sunrise (Dark Poetry Society Anthology).
Paul Gilliland's books
Hindsights of 2020
A collection of 69 poems written during the last five months of 2020. It includes sonnets, ballads, rondeaus, and other poems influenced by patriotism, love of nature and astrology, and reflections on memories and the world we live in.
The Journey of the Fool: A Poetic Journey in Three Parts
The Journey of the Fools is a poetic journey in three parts.
Part 1 - The Journey of the Fool - a poetic journey through the 22 cards of the Major Arcana Tarot deck each written in a different poetic form. It takes the reader on the journey of the first card, The Fool, through the other cards in the deck to is completion.
Part 2 - The Zodiac Sonnets - a collection of 25 Shakespearean sonnets about each of the Tropical and Chinese Zodiac signs.
Part 3 - Full Moons and Druid Sabbats, is a collection of 45 poems depicting each of the full moons, Druid Sabbats, holidays, and other astronomical events presented in chronological order.
A Heroic Crown and Other Sonnets
A Heroic Crown and Other Sonnets is a collection of 110 sonnets written by Paul Gilliland between 2020 and 2022. It includes traditional Italian, English, Spenserian, Terza Rima, and Couplet sonnets; the more obscure Kyrielle, Vondel, Pushkin, Jeffreys, and Brisbane sonnets; the newer Eramonean, DOnnet, Reflective, and Form 28 Sonnets, and Paul Gilliland’s own creations of the Fourteener, Drabble, Golden, and Inverted Trochaic sonnets. He has included his collection of 25 Zodiac Sonnets, an English Sonnet for each of the signs of the Tropical and Chinese zodiac while interspersing acrostics in sonnet form. The collection is topped off by the inclusion of his epic 15 stanza A Soldier’s Heroic Crown Sonnet. He has also included a brief description of each sonnet form included in this collection.