Friday, April 9, 2010

POETRY FRIDAY GIVEAWAY!

First, may I present the winner of last week's GOOD POEMS, edited by Garrison Keillor:

Susan Taylor Brown!!! She's doing one of those Victorian Commonplace books, which is something on my I-wanna-do-that shortlist. Susan, email me at irene at irenelatham dot com, and we'll get you fixed up.

Thanks so much to all who entered!

Now for this week's giveaway. It's a book for those of us with short attention spans or tight schedules or who just need a little pick-me-up. It's POETRY IN MOTION: 100 POEMS FROM SUBWAYS AND BUSES, edited by Molly Peacock, Elise Paschen, Neil Neches.



And for Poetry Friday, here is one of my many favorite poems in the collection:

Delta

If you have taken this rubble for my past
raking through it for fragments you could sell
know that I long ago moved on
deeper into the heart of the matter

If you think you can grasp me, think again:
my stroy flows in more than one direction
a delta springing frm the riverbed
with its five fingers spread

- Adrienne Rich

Leave me a comment, and I will announce a winner next Friday... along with another great anthology to give away!

And don't forget to check out today's Roundup at Paper Tigers.

4 comments:

  1. Fantastic Adrienne Rich poem. I've so enjoyed the poetry you post on your blog. Please enter me in this contest!

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  2. Love the poem...I have a deep fondness for the delta.

    So excited to have won your contest... thank you!

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  3. That's a great poem-I'm rather fond of the short style. Maybe because I can understand poetry when there's fewer lines? :-)

    I tried my hand at writing a "book spine poem" which is totally short, if you want to take a look (cathychall.blogspot.com).

    Meanwhile, crossing fingers till next Friday. And congrats on your book making the AR list! That's HUGE.

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  4. Adrienne Rich is an awesome poet!

    Wow, the Poetry in Motion book! I'd be willing to build a subway to get that book! But since it is easier to enter your giveaway, that is what I'll do!

    Laura Evans

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