Poetry Readers Challenge discussion

to coincide with NaPoWriMo (but I had to wait on some things to happen) I'm doing a goodreads giveaway of 2 signed copies of my debut, Many Shades of Dark for ye fans of formal and dark verse. and please do help me get the word out :) http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Hello, everyone! I manage a small poetry magazine, Wisdom Crieth Without. Every two months we release an issue of illustrated poetry. It's small --generally four or five poems-- but the magazine features quality work from international poets unknown and renowned, and each poem is is illustrated with a custom piece of art.

I realize this isn't quite a promotion of my own original content, but I think it may prove of interest to some of you fine readers here! It's free to read online at http://www.wisdomcriethwithout.com/la....

My first collection, Convoy, is about to be published by Cinnamon Press . It's a sequence of poems based on my grandfather's experience serving on the Malta convoys in the Second World War. There will be a couple of copies available as a GR giveaway shortly.
Convoy

Congrats, Caroline!

My book of poetry, Fugitive Pigments, has just been published by FutureCycle Press. I’ve been publishing poems for almost 20 years now, but this is my first book. I’m really excited about it. It combines my two worlds, poetry and the visual arts. Actually, I was a visual artist long before I started writing poetry, so it was natural that I’d write about art. That’s what’s mostly in this book, along with some poems that resonate with the art poems. Fugitive pigments are those colors that change over time. Art and life, intertwined.

I hope you take a look at it. The cover art is one of my paintings.

http://www.amazon.com/Fugitive-Pigmen...

Congratulations Ruth

Thank you, Caroline.

Congratulations Ruth!

Thanks, S.

Late to the party, but just wanted to congratulate you, Ruth. Great concept! I've put it on my amazon wish list.

Hello,

Here's a FREE poetry book give-away.Well,to state that Romantic and sweet would be an understatement,So,To grasp the thinking of women,here's the way! an offer for any interested persons to download for free and read the book -How To Love a Woman.The book is free for your download from Google Drive from the Monday 22nd July till Friday 2nd August-hurry while offer is on!

The Google Drive link is https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_8Ns...

Regards,
Michael

On October 9, the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Malala Yousafzai by the Taliban for speaking out for education for girls in her region (Pakistan), FutureCycle Press will publish its first Good Works anthology, MALALA: POEMS FOR MALALA YOUSAFZAI. This anthology will also be our Goodreads Giveaway title that month. All proceeds from the sale of the paperback and Kindle editions will be donated to the Malala Fund (www.malalafund.org).

You may have heard Malala speak to the U.N. on her birthday in July, designated by the U.N. as "Malala Day." You may also know that Malala has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Edited by Joseph Hutchison and Andrea L. Watson, this anthology reflects the powerful outpouring of support for Malala (from men and women) and a sublime sensitivity to the strengths and suppression of women.

We will send out advanced-reader-copy PDFs beginning September 1, and I would be happy to email a copy to anyone who is interested in reviewing it on Goodreads, Amazon, their blog, or in a magazine on or after October 9.

Email me at [email protected], please, with MALALA ARC in the subject line, and I'll send you a copy. I'd appreciate your sending us a link to the review, if not on Goodreads/Amazon.

By the way, these are NOT to be disseminated because we do not want to spoil the big anniversary launch of the book; however, once the paperback is published, we will also be putting up a free PDF file that anyone can download and share. That download will be linked from this page: http://goo.gl/di6EZ

Hey guys, this is my very first book:The Songs of the Gods, you can also take a look here if you are interested: http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Gods-eboo...
feel free to take a look and post comments :D

Wow, Diane, that's an exceedingly cool project. How many pages is it?

Congrats on the book, Dimitrios.

Jen wrote: "Wow, Diane, that's an exceedingly cool project. How many pages is it?

Congrats on the book, Dimitrios."

Thank you so much :D

My first book came out 2 years ago, but I've never flogged it in this group before, and I just discovered this thread, so here goes.

My book's title is Six Rivers , and it was published by New York Quarterly Books. There are some nice reviews of it already up on Goodreads, and other reviews can be found at these outside sites: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

More info about the book can also be found in these interviews that I've done: here, here, here, here, and here.

If you've read it, do please post on Goodreads, as I'd love to hear what more people think.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. I have a book accepted by WordTech Editions, "Made and Remade" and I need to find people to write blurbs for the cover. I have a word.docx draft. It has 57 poems, six section headers, and a short introduction (66 pages in 8 1/2 x 11 draft).
The problem is they are very strict about the format and won't let you list anything but your name about yourself.
Is anyone interested?
For my chapbooks and some sample poems, see http://www.freethoughtandmetaphor.com

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtl3x...

Much of my poetry rhymes, but sometimes you have to hear spoken word to truly experience it. The poetry I have written reflects the changes I had to make, to make it into womanhood alive. Feel me, Join me, Hear Me Roar

#starvingartist

So glad to join the group. My 4th poetry collection is now available for $5.00. I like to share my poetry at open-mic events, schools, and senior centers. My latest collection, "What's Left Behind," is about my father who cared for my mother throughout her illness. Visit my website to read book reviews, sample poems, book cover. I'm a book publisher and magazine editor reading over one-thousand poems annually and also write book reviews for new collections, especially chapbooks. More: www.michalmahgerefteh.com and www.poeticapublishing.com

Check out my Children's book here :D
http://www.amazon.com/Amelias-Adventu...

I self-published my poetry book. It is a sort of story based book of my journey through darkness into light. It is filled with poetry from my darkest days, tragic love, and my passage into light and finding true love.
With my book I hope to reach people who have been or are going through darkness. I hope to inspire with my story, or touch those who enjoy poetry.
I am doing a giveaway on my book that ends October 30th, 2013.

From Dirt to Gold: A Journey Through Darkness to Light

I have two poetry books published by Lapwing Publications. The first, a full collection, Cats and Other Myths was published in 2011 and the second, a poetry pamphlet, Songs of Steelyard Sue was published in 2012

I've been absent from the group because of preoccupation with the demands of a modern poetry mooc and am impressed with the number of books that have been added here in the meantime. Congrats to all and special congrats to Ellen!

Hello! My poetry collection, Holes in Space, has just been published. I'm willing to give out 3 pdf proofs for whoever wants to sample it! Just msg me pls!

Thank you! Lots of interesting poetry books here, wish I can read them all!

Holes in Space - a poetry collection


http://www.amazon.com/Holes-Space-col...

Hi everbody,

I have just joined this interesting group. Here is the link to my goodreads author page and my five published books of poetry with reviews and comments:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/dash...

For those interested in reading selected poems from my books and posting a review, you can read them free on my wattpad page by clicking this link:

http://www.wattpad.com/user/striderma...

My books can be purchased from:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/strider...

http://www.amazon.com/Pomegranate-Fle...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/mr-st...

I hope you enjoy reading my poetry and welcome your comments and friend requests. All the best.

Strider.

Strider wrote: "Hi everbody,

I have just joined this interesting group. Here is the link to my goodreads author page and my five published books of poetry with reviews and comments:

https://www.goodreads.com/aut..."

Good luck, Strider, I'm looking forward to reading your poetry, I will check your wattpad page out!

Andrea wrote: "Strider wrote: "Hi everbody,

I have just joined this interesting group. Here is the link to my goodreads author page and my five published books of poetry with reviews and comments:

https://www.g..."

Thankye Andrea. Feel free to comment on any poems you like. Congrats on your new book of poetry.

Lost Tower Publications are delighted to announce the publication of their latest anthology...The Black Rose of Winter

"Passionate, Intense and vibrant"
The Black Rose of Winter is a poetic voyage through the turbulent storms of heartbreak and beyond. The poems in this anthology have been carefully gathered from the four corners of the world. These poems show how in the search for love we are all the same, all searching for that special person to share our existence. The poems in this anthology contain a maelstrom of emotions. They will make you laugh, cry and experience all the raw emotions of love gone wrong. However, they will also give you hope and belief in the quest for love.
"The Black Rose of Winter… An emotional tour de force"

Available on Amazon and to order from all good bookshops.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Winter-...

Hello everyone I am new on here and I am an author, I published my first book which is a collection of poems and it is called "Diary of a loner", I would like to have get really honest reviews whether good or bad, since I am an upcoming writer I really want to know how good my works are. I really would appreciate any reviews.
Thanks
Jerry
Diary of a loner

The link to my book. Thanks again people.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-loner-J...

Made and Remade
My first full length book is out and in hand!
sample poems at:
http://www.wordtechweb.com/roberts-yo....
Available from wordtech editions or from me through www.freethoughtandmetaphor.com. I'll be doing a giveaway soon.

My latest book is Embers on the Stairs

Moon Tide Press, one of Southern California’s premiere poetry publishers, is proud to announce the release of Ruth Bavetta’s Embers on the Stairs. The second full-length book by its author, this collection takes readers on a spiritual and geographical tour of California with poems about brushfires, the beach, childhood in Los Angeles and unexpected feelings of home (“I’m tired of hearing about weathered barns / and cows and icy Vermont winters … Let me see Latinos in white straw hats selling oranges / at the freeway offramps while ghost coyotes nip / at the tasseled edges of the city”).

http://ruthbavetta.com
http://www.moontidepress.com/category...
http://www.amazon.com/Embers-Stairs-R...

Ellen, enjoyed your sample poems fromMade and Remade. Where do you like to publish your work before it goes into a book? Someone told me about a new journal of poetry about science called Slippage....

Here's my five-star review of Ruth's Embers on the Stairs:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thanks, Jan. I'll look for Slippage. I'm pretty scattershot about where I send my poems. The few in Made and Remade that were previously published were in Slant, Common Ground, the Kerf, online at Untitled Country and Lantern Journal, a few others.

I'll take a look at those, Ellen, thanks.

Poetry surrounding love and heartbreak from vault of a girl's crush soul. The Cracked Heart's Club Vol. 1

I appreciate all critique.

My pre-launch giveaway for Made and Remade is up. It ends July 20.

I'm Ioanna Carlsen and I've just published a poetry book, about Hermes or with Hermes behind a lot of the poems (luck, chance, the visible in the invisible and vice versa), called The Whisperer--I've been writing for over 40 years and have been published in a lot of literary magazines as you can see from the book's credits (places like Poetry, Agni, Field, and so on)but have not yet published a book and so I thought it was high time to do so..........I also have giveaways on the books, please see my author page, and I would be grateful to any and all who read it, let alone review it.........I read all kinds of poetry, but some of my favorites are Charles Wright, Charles Simic, Anne Carson, I always look at Louise Gluck and Jorie Graham, I could name a hundred more.....anyway, thanks for your attention to my book, ioanna

Ioanna wrote: "I'm Ioanna Carlsen and I've just published a poetry book, about Hermes or with Hermes behind a lot of the poems (luck, chance, the visible in the invisible and vice versa), called The Whisperer--I'..."

Hi Ioanna, do you have a link to your book?

Yes, it's on my author page or you can see it on Amazon ...The Whispered Ioanna Carlsen, let me know what you think, thanks

I am currently publishing a five volume series of poetic writing, aka poems or very short stories, and have so far published four of the volumes. All of the books can be downloaded for free at http://chronicles.co.za/books/ and if you enjoy it please consider leaving a review either on Goodreads, Smashwords or Amazon.

Thoughts Discovered: Love, Adventure and Other Noble Quests

Thoughts Discovered: Wisdom for This Age

Thoughts Discovered: A View of the World

Thoughts Discovered: The Wonder of It All

The last volume of series, Greater Things, is in the final stages of being published and it too will be available to download for free.

S. Tarr

My most recent books are Joan Colby: Selected Poems, Dead Horses, Properties of Matter, Bittersweet (chapbook from Main Street Rag Press). I have new books forthcoming from Kattywompus Press and Glass Lyre Press.
Review of my books can be found on my website
www.joancolby.com

And I can add that Joan's Bittersweet and Selected Poems are indeed wonderful.

Jan wrote: "And I can add that Joan's Bittersweet and Selected Poems are indeed wonderful."

Thank you, Jan :)

Great to see you here, Joan. You have more than one fan among our readers here. Your Selected is on my reading list for this year.

Thanks, Jen. I'll try to be more present:)

LOVE, a collection of romantic poems. Poems about love of a spouse, child, family, or even the love of your favorite sports team.

99¢ for KINDLE: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HD67DA

NOOK: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-...

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

The Ideal Valentines Day Gift.... The Gift of a Rose

The Gift of a Rose is a romantic voyage around a love filled world.

Love is the invisible thread that ties the world together. These poems follow the threads to the four corners of the world, unravelling love stories and celebrating the passion and joy of a world in love.

The Gift of a Rose is a fragrant bouquet of poetry for the romantics of this world to discover and enjoy.

An ideal gift for the one you love!

The Gift of the Rose is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all good bookshops:
http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Rose-Selec...

At Jen's suggestion, I am adding the following post -

This post is not really about a specific poetry book, but there isn't a section for recordings.

Basically there is a recording of me reading "The Moon Rises Crying", a poem from my 2011 poetry collection Cats and Other Myths over on the e-zine Liquid Imagination. Should anyone be interested in hearing me read, you can find it here:http://liquidimagination.silverpen.or...