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Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Northwest

New Poet and...

SSo I'm kind of bummed tonight.

I was on the Poetry Foundation website as I'm teaching a short poetry lesson at my daughter's school tomorrow and I click on this poem: On Leaving the Bachelorette Brunch and I am in love. The poet? Rachel Wetzsteon, a poet who I have never heard of! (I don't think I've heard of and here she is with all these poems I've never read.) I've found a new poet and whose work I love. I am giddy.

I choose another poem: Short Ode to Screwball Women and another: ...

Confession Tuesday

Dear Readers, it's Tuesday. Tuesday during the chocolate-free Lent (I have not cheated), though I have eaten the cookie of a chocolate chip cookie leaving the chocolate as some sort of messy miniature coal pile on my napkin. But I did not give up dessert.

So maybe I've been good, pretty good... Let's go to the confessional and see what's going on--


I confess I now know way too much about Howie Mandel. You see, when I clean, I listen to books on tape. And while many times they are...

1950's Poet/Prom Queen

A friend of mine had a "Prom Party" on Saturday and this was how my husband and I dressed. I love vintage and retro, so getting me to dress like this isn't hard.
Some people went for tacky, some for glamour, but this was completely my style. I sometimes think I was born in the wrong decade.

Anyway, here are some images from the night--


( The reserve Prom King & Queen sashes I had for us.)
My husband and I did not win Prom King & Queen, but we did earn the runner up sashes as "Princesses."

Our...

PBG! 2010

So we already have 4 bloggers up to giveaway books for National Poetry Month-- Erin Hollowell, Susan Rich, Amylia Grace and myself.
To participate in their poetry book giveaways, follow the links to the left on the sidebar of my blog and leave them a comment in their blog post and you're in their drawing.
This is the first year of doing this, so we'll learn together as we go along, but so far, it's been a great way to see what others are reading, find new poet bloggers, and maybe win a...

Poetry Book Giveaway for National Poetry Month 2010

After participating in the One World, One HeArt giveaway, I thought for National Poetry Month we could do a poetry book giveaway where bloggers giveaway 2 books-- the first can be your own & the second book must be of another favorite poet of yours.

The goal is two share our favorite poets with others as well as to visit different blogs and see who others are reading. There is also a benefit for those who participate as it will bring people to your blog and share your work and/or the work of ...

Poetry Book Giveaway 2010

Poetry Book Giveaway, April 2010
If you're interested in participating in this 2-book giveaway, go here for the details on how to be part of it and also the full list of bloggers participating in this giveaway event.

For my giveaway, I'll be giving away my first collection of poems, Small Knots
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And a favorite book of mine, Beth Ann Fennelly's Open House: Poems




Also, as an extra chance to win, I will also be giving away a One Year Subscription to Crab Creek Review!


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Choosing my second book was...

Poetry Book Giveaway 2010OIIi

Poetry Book Giveaway, April 2010
If you're interested in participating in this 2-book giveaway, go here for the details on how to be part of it and also the full list of bloggers participating in this giveaway event.

For my giveaway, I'll be giving away my first collection of poems, Small Knots
.



And a favorite book of mine, Beth Ann Fennelly's Open House: Poems




Also, as an extra chance to win, I will also be giving away a One Year Subscription to Crab Creek Review!


~ ~ ~

Choosing my second book was...

Congrats to Alison Stine!

Ali just won the University of Wisconsin Brittingham Prize and her second book will be published next year! That is one of my very favorite series! They do such nice work at the press and with that contest.
Since I'm already the owner of her chapbook & first full collection, Ohio Violence, I'm thrilled at this news!
Congratulations, Ali!

Confession Tuesday

Magnolias in bloom: Small Town, WA

I am full of thoughts --hodgepodge, overload, heavysteps--so the confessional doors at busting open. No intro, no welcome, I am falling head over untied shoes into the confessional and beginning... Hold on to your virtual rosaries, it's been a wild week--

To the confessional--
I confess I have been going to bed with a full mind. Sort of like an overstuffed purse that is dropping receipts and tissue as you walk. I am messy and spilling over. I am a full...