***Update! Congratulations to Evie Shockley, of may I have a word with you?, winner of Edward Hirsch’s The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems and Stacy Lynn Mar, winner of Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 by Lucille Clifton. I will be contacting both of you shortly so I can get your books sent to you. Thanks to everyone for visiting and commenting!***
April is National Poetry Month and Kelli over at Book of Kells came up with this great idea for a poetry giveaway. What if bloggers all over the world gave away two books of poetry this month to their readers — one of their own, and one from a poet they admire? What a wonderful way to discover new poets! I had to join in.
Now, I don’t have a book of my own in print yet, so I thought I’d give away books by two poets that have influenced me:
Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 by Lucille Clifton contains “Homage to my Hips,” a marvelous poem that taught me to love my curves. I had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Clifton read her work at Duke before she died and I have a signed copy of one of her books in my collection (sorry, I can’t bear to part with that one!).
The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems by Edward Hirsch is my second, although no less worthy, choice. I really wanted to give away Wild Gratitude, but it isn’t in print right now. Edward Hirsch came to speak to my writing class in college when I was just 17. Wild Gratitude had just come out and the world had no idea how big Hirsch’s influence on modern poetry would be, although I suspect that my poetry teacher might have had an inkling. I wrote a poem in response to one of Hirsch’s and he signed my copy of Wild Gratitude acknowledging my poetic response. As a poet, that signed book is one of my most treasured items (again, another book I can’t bear to part with!).
Please leave a comment on this post only by April 30th if you’d like to win one of these books. Be sure to include some contact information. I will choose two names at random with the help of my husband, Itinerant Cryptographer (he’s handy with numbers). I will draw the names on May 1st and announce the winners here, on this blog post, by May 2nd and I will try to reach you then. As soon as we make contact, I’ll order your book and have it sent to you. If I can’t reach you by May 5th, I reserve the right to draw another name.
Be sure to drop by Book of Kells — she’s running a list of bloggers participating in this giveaway along the left-hand column of her blog. The more blogs you visit, the more likely you are to win a book of poetry!
Happy Poetry Month! Good luck!
Me! Please enter me.
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I'm reading Edward Hirsch's How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry right now. And i heard him speak at the last Dodge Festival and was very impressed. Please enter me in your giveaway. Pat Brisson
patbrisson51@gmail.ocm
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I love your selections and would be honoured to be considered an entrant into your giveaway.
nctyler atsign gmail dot com
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Count me in. Excellent choices. And feel free to come over to http://thealchemistskitchen.blogspot.com
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Happy NaPoWriMo Day! Count me in!
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I'm in!
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Please add my name.
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Please enter me in your giveaway! Thanks!
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And me, too!
thanks.
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All these poets I have yet to read. Please add my name to the draw.
carolined12(at)gmail.com
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me too!
chloeAmartinez@gmail.com
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Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
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Add me too! http://www.everydaybright.com
Jen
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Hirsh is a favorite; Clifton's marvelous. I wrote a post on her a bit ago.
Please include me in the giveaway. Thank you for visiting my blog.
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Please enter me in!
Thanks!
moriahaskenaizer@yahoo.com
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Cheers! Both books sound fabulous. Count me in~
Ronda
http://myartistswayjourney.blogspot.com/2010/04/poetry-book-giveaway-national-poetry.html
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Please count me in, too. Thanks.
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great selections! enter me!
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Please count me in!
Thanks,
Nandini (nandinikolkata@gmail.com)
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I would love to read these books –
teabird17@yahoo dot com
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Please enter me in your contest too. Thanks!
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Gosh I'm only halfway through the list of participants and I've already run out of interesting ways to say “Count me in”…
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I love both Lucille Clifton and Edward Hirsch, and don't have the copies you are offering. Thanks for being generous, and the chance for me to win one of these!
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What great choices! Please count me in! š
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As others have said, these are such great choices! Please count me in as well.
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Hi! Well — I have the Clifton book already . . . but can I enter just for the second giveaway? If so, count me in for that. : )
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Put me in the hat please.
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me
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please consider my name for which to bestow this prize (mattnienow(at)gmail(dot)com). thanks!
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count me in…
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Please enter my name, Julie
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Thanks for the oppportunity and for your generosity, Julie. Please consider me for the draw. Cheers. š
JĆ© Maverick
jemaverick [at] gmail [dot] com
http://www.jemaverick.com/
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Please enter me in your drawing!
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count me in as well š
frogtown (at) gmail.com
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Thanks very much for this opportunity!
Would make some great post-exams reading š
you can contact me at,
lindsay.veenstra(at)gmail(dot)com
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I'll add you to my giveaway list gladly and please add my name to your list…thanks! -Pam
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Thank you so much for this opportunity – such a great idea! I produce the Vermont Poetry Newsletter & Poetry Event Calendar, so am looking forward to promoting your book, if I'm lucky enough to be a winner! Ron Lewis
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thank you for your generosity!
boydst@plu.edu
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Wonderful offerings! Yes, please drop my name into the hat! (Late to the party, but happy to be here!) Thanks for participating!
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clifton is one of my fave poets! thanks so much for hosting the giveaway. please add me.
stacylynnmar@yahoo.com
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Better late than never! Hooray for our poetry giveaways!
::Ron dot Mohring at gmail
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Great to see another person participating in this generous giveaway!
cj.anythingeverythingnothing@gmail.com
Hope there's still time to be entered! =)
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Please include me if there's still time.
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Thanks to everyone for stopping by! I had a great National Poetry Month – hope you did too! š
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Hello, My name is Donna Bloss and I am from Ireland, a trying poet! Is there any advice you can give to a possible relation? cheers and the best of luck with your writing, either way š
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