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My BookSpine Poetry...

God's silence from the darkroom, the least of these rooms are never finished.



Books used:Franz Wright's God's SilenceMadeline DeFrees' From the DarkroomTodd Davis' The Least of These: Poems by Todd DavisAgha Shahid Ali's Rooms Are Never Finished: Poems

Book Spine Poetry

Pretty interesting!  Line up your books so their titles read down into a poem:



More Book Spine Poetry Here

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin & Mary Pipher

One of the next book on my reading list is The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin.



Gretchen also has a great blog here and this post made me smile--Are you the one that other people find difficult?



One of the questions--



--Do you think it important to express your true feelings and views authentically, even if that means upsetting other people?





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Why I Love White Pine Press...

I posted the book giveaway yesterday for White Pine Press and said there would be 5 winners, each who would receive a book and the editor, Dennis Maloney, just emailed me today to say that it wouldn't just be one book to each of the winners but 5 (five!) White Pine Press poetry books!



Yes, 25 poetry books will be given out in this giveaway, 5 books per winner!





Anyway, I just wanted to clarify this since this is a fantastic giveaway.  If you're interested, go here and leave me a...

Poet Portraits: Anne Sexton from LIFE magazine

Anne Sexton

I was intrigued the title of this photo was "Joy."  

Literary Rags...

Today, I took part in our library's favorite poem project where some of us in the community joined together to read a poem.  

While there, I noticed our librarian was wearing this (a.k.a. the coolest t-shirt ever)--

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It's from Threadless.com but currently sold out.  

But while I was looking for that shirt, I also found this company Out of Print clothing that sells t-shirts for men/women with the image of classic book covers.  Atlas Shrugged, On the Road (Jack Kerouac), Of Mice & Men...

Poetry Book Giveaway 2010 - White Pine Press is BookHappy!

Well, as you know, I was a surrogate blogger for the wonderful poet Rachel Contreni Flynn & will also play the part of surrogate for my press: White Pine Press.



Now White Pine Press will be giving away 5 books from their catalog. The editor Dennis is currently traveling, so unsure of what he has to giveaway, this will be a surprise giveaway, but let me assure you, they have incredible books including Susan Rich's new book, The Alchemist's Kitchen



So if you'd like to be part of this give...

Yes, You Can Still Be Part of the Great Poetry Book Giveaway -

What's the Story, Morning Glory?









This is the first year for the Great Poetry Book Giveaway and there are 10 (TEN) days left to enter all the incredible drawings for free poetry books.  However, it seems a few bloggers/poets missed the memo that it was going on until too late.  (The song Wake Up Little Susie is running through my head as I type this...)



SO, because I not a follower of Girl Scout Law 100% of the time (as I learned this weekend), if you want to be part of the giveaway, al...

2 Things: Good Poem Talk Tonight & iPad

1)  If you're in the Seattle area, I'm giving a talk at the Bainbridge Library on Bainbridge Island (a 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle) at 7 p.m. on What Constitutes a Good Poem.



I have condensed what makes a good poem down to three things (all starting with M).  And because of this, M&Ms will be involved with the talk... chocolate and poetry go hand in hand.



Anyway, if you're around, like poetry and/or chocolate, please stop by.  The talk is free and sponsored by the incredible writing ...

Confession Tuesday - The Gratitude Edition

Actual Fairy House, Photo by Kelli Agodon, Fairy Scientist (2010)

Dear Reader,



Sometimes I realize how much I can take for granted.



I also realize how cranky I can get over things that don't deserve any energy.  I've come to realize that when I feel as if my tolerance is low and people are acting in annoying ways, then the perspective that needs to be changed is usually my own.



Since I noticed this trend taking place this last week, I've decided to focus on being grateful as I confess th...