Petra Whiteley (Petra Whiteley)

Petra Whiteley

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Petra Whiteley
34 / Female
Southwest, UK
Last Login: 11/28/2009

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Latest Blog Entries

Oct 29, 2009 2:47 PM Published at ditch, | the poetry that matters
Oct 12, 2009 5:59 PM Breath, collected
Oct 9, 2009 5:05 PM (Ship)wrecking of Schism
Oct 4, 2009 11:51 AM Pur(e) Sang - The dread of singing
Sep 30, 2009 5:26 PM Structure of winter

Music Player

Interests

General
Music

RATM, Zack de la Rocha, Tool, Faith No More, Corporate Avengers, NIN, Fugazi, Rammstein, Kurtizany z 25 avenue, Priessnitz, Isis, Anti-flag, Rise Against, Incubus, Ray LaMontange, Hope of the States, KMFDM, Kyuss, Ministry, Bob Marley, Muse, Nina Simone, Nick Cave, Fields of the Nephilim, Sisters of Mercy, Theatre of Tragedy, Zearle, Emcee Lynx, Dead Prez, APC, Warsaw Pack, Sweatshop Union, El Guante, The Mars Volta, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, Bob Dylan, Billie Holliday, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, System of a Down, .... list goes on till I'm deaf, I'm pretty eclectic.
Movies
anything by Monthy Python, Battle Royalle, Re-cycle, Brief Encounters, The lives of others, Children of Men, Quarantine, The Edukators, Goodbye Lenin , Sophie's choice, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets society, The Fisher King, Malcom X, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, 21 Grams (Sean Penn is my favourite actor, damn it!), Goodnight, and good luck, From Hell, Secret Window, The Pianist, The constant gardener, V for Vendetta, Serenity, Syriana, Pan's Labyrinth.... animated films by Karel Zeman. ets etc
Television
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Mighty Boosh, Spaced, Black Books, The IT crowd, etc...

Lately I got hooked on Prison Break...although I can't watch it on TV.
Books
whole library, not sure how to compress it but here goes I look out for and read - books and writings of John Pilger, Robert Fisk, Theodor Adorno, Erich Fromm, Eric Hobsbawm, Noam Chomsky, Karl Marx, Goldman and Kropotkin. And a lot more socio-political literature/philosophy/history to mention in here. I prefer Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre. Margaret Atwood, William Styron, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol,Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Orwell, Umberto Eco, Eduardo Galeano, Virginia Woolf, Doris Lessing, Anna Kavan, Manda Scott and yes, hell lot of others. I don't read, I devour them. From the poets - Sylvia Plath, Marina Tsvetaeva, Arthur Rimbaud, e.e.cummings, Charles Baudelaire, Pablo Neruda, T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Dylan Thomas, Pablo Neruda, Denise Levertov, Ted Hughes, Amy Clampitt, Anne Sexton, Shelley, Keats...
Heroes
I got no more heroes anymore. I don't believe, yes I don't believe in fairies, sorry heroes.... there's just people. We're like the ocean and I won't point out the drops.

Details

Status: In a Relationship
Here for: Friends
Hometown: Northern Clouds and the City of Apples
Orientation: Straight
Body type: 5' 4" / Slim / Slender
Religion: Atheist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Children: Proud parent
Smoke / Drink: No / No
Education: Grad / professional school

Blurbs

About me:

Who am I? I am that I am. Ok, I'll try a bit better than that - I am passionate about music and literature and revolutionary fire-istics. I write poetry. My chapbook 'The Moulding of Seers' is available from here http://www.shadowarcherpress.com/whiteleyviner.htm

My first book - a short collection of my poetry called The Nomad's trail is out, available from these links http://www.efpress.com/tnt.htm www.amazon.co.uk/Nomads-Trail-Petra-Whiteley/dp/0956037208 I also have the priviledge to work with Steve Viner (superb visual artist) on a children's book with more projects lined up to work on...such as graphic novels. Another project of mine is a dystopic novel. My poetry had appeared in Osprey, Seven Circle Press (and also in their printed anthology CircleShow vol.1), The Gloom Cupboard, Eviscerator Heaven, Apt, Eleutheria, Counterexamplepoetics and Unlikely Stories 2.0, Paraphilia, the Recusant, Fissure, The Plebian Rag, The Clockwise Cat and has been featured in Outside Writers Collective etc... articles on political/current issues, essays on history and methods of poetry & literature movements, current poets and lyricists had appeared & will appear in The Glasgow Review, Osprey, Eviscerator Heaven. Eleutheria has also published my reviews and articles, more poetry is also forthcoming in Full of Crow, excerpt of my dystopic novel (work in progress) is to appear in Parahilia. I write in English although it is my second language. My native language is Czech. Having said that, I've been living in UK since 1993 and I think in English and am nearly forgetting my own language. I consider myself of no nationality, I love places and people, not labels and no artificial divisions, paid by blood. My fields of interests are wider to list them all, and I don't want to go on and on. I love paintings. I breathe music and if I don't read I loose my sanity. If I am an addict, that is my drug. I'd like to live in a world where the economic and socio-political system is not based on unequality. ..

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I am melancholic, but I love living at the same time. A strange combination? Maybe. Who am I to say... I am also a mother.

Who I'd like to meet:

Many many many people. I'll keep this option open as much as possible...for 'real life' and online alike. I don't care for numbers though, I care for words, so don't just ask to add me for your friend's list growth. Many artists, those who are involved in politics, or artists creating for the love of their art, free thinkers, I'll close it with Camus's quote: 'By rebelling against the absurd conditions that waste life - whether they be social, political or personal - the rebel shows solidarity with other persons and encourages the struggle for a more human world.' Please respect my freedom FROM religion, I don't really appreciate preachy comments, comments mentioning a certain imaginary friend you may think real, but I do not, and I would certainly prefer to be free of that strange haunting of the 'complete, perfect' Being, if you need to believe, your choice, but please show some respect that I do not. I'm sorta getting tired of it being stuffed down my throat. Cheers. In short, I'd love to be meeting all the expected and unexpected people in my life in a meaningful way with my heart and mind open. I don't wanna waste it.

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Comments

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Nov 29 2009 10:50 AM

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Nov 28 2009 12:19 AM

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Wishing you all life's blessings have to offer.
I hope you have a great holiday weekend!
XXOO
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Crakbaby

Nov 19 2009 3:40 PM

Thanks for the add!!
EEileen Brinker

Nov 18 2009 9:06 PM

Happy hump day!
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Nov 18 2009 4:21 PM

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Carla~Inez mumtaz

Nov 12 2009 12:36 PM

Hi, Petra, good to hear from you! I'm doing good but little exhausted, the moving and renovations is now set and done, all I need now is rest. These past few month was all about moving, from Jakarta to Bali, then move again to another different house in Bali, ah..it was tiring, however, when I look at the house now, it was all worth it. I'm flying to Jkt tomorrow, look for to seeing my precious son! I miss him so much! :-)
Anyhow enough about me, how about you? write me when you have time, love to know what's going on, my drearest... ~Much love to you, always xoxo
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Nov 3 2009 6:27 PM

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Francoise

Oct 30 2009 9:06 AM

Hi Petra,
wishing you a lovely weekend.

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Glen Still *10K PoetsGlen Still

Oct 27 2009 4:51 PM

Hey Petra Whiteley

Just wanted to say thanks for being a real friend of mine on Myspace. If you have any poetry or know a really great poet that you like - let me know - i'm always looking for new poetry & poets to feature on 10K Poets.

Peace
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Oct 25 2009 5:43 PM

Hey Petra!!
it's been a while!!
it's insane over here!! we bought a huge church and we did a major change in it.. turned it into a studio!! quite unusual I know... lol so new music is coming soon!!
Hit me back.. I wanna know what's going on with you ..anything cool happening on your end?
- Jeff
DamionDamion hamilton

Oct 25 2009 4:04 AM

hi, thanks for adding me.
Stephen E.Stephen E. Godfrey

Oct 24 2009 9:42 PM

Thanks for the add friend. Hope you and yours are doing O.K. God bless and peace. Steve and Beth G.
EdwardEdward Niam

Oct 24 2009 7:37 PM

It is such a pleasure to meet you Petra...hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
Edward
Michael Vincent Boykin

Oct 17 2009 7:15 AM

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Oct 16 2009 12:39 AM
fronterizaDonna Snyder

Oct 10 2009 8:15 AM

applauding now, but not so slowly, maestra.
John Christopher SweetJohn Sweet

Oct 1 2009 1:33 AM

hey! the plebian rag print magazine is out and ready, you are of course included in this first issue, see the plebian myspace blog for more information on how to get your copy sent to you... thanks!!
Carla~Inez mumtaz

Sep 30 2009 3:33 AM

Hi my beautiful! I hope you are well, just to let you know that I'm not completely settled yet, still a lot of things to be done here in Bali. My son just flew to Aus today with his dad, he's coming back to Jakarta on 10th of Oct, so I'll be flying to Jakarta to see him on the 11th, stay maybe for a week or two I'm enjoying Bali so far! The only thing is hard is not able to see my son waking up in the morning, go school and seeing his smile when he comes home everyday, but I must be strong, what else is there? ~Love to you, always, my dear xoxo

We'll talk again for sure! ~Take care sweetie...
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Sep 25 2009 10:47 PM

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Sep 19 2009 10:45 AM
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Sep 13 2009 6:05 PM

Just visiting to wish you a happy & creative new week, hope you're keeping well!
Carla~Inez mumtaz

Sep 7 2009 12:17 PM

btw it was 7.3, richter scale, here in Jakarta, where I live...I feel the whole house shaky, went outside, saw my car moving in front of the garage, my driver had to stop the car! Yes, it was that big, I can't imagine the people who lost their home and lives at that very same moment. I feel very lucky...and fortunate to be able to breathe still and saw my son after school that day. Take care, my friend...I'm flying to Bali tomorrow, keep in touch 'k!