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My Capstone Poetry Books!

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I am so excited! Last week I started getting author copies of my 6 poetry books for Capstone Press. I’ve only gotten one of the six so far, because the others are backordered. But soon, I hope! Please note: All blog posts prior to December 2011 were originally in LiveJournal and I imported them here. […]

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Mini-Feature: Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems

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  OK, I swear I double-checked to make sure this title was not yet nominated for a Cybils. That’s my goal, to spread the word about some un-nominated poetry collections in the hopes that people will check out the books and someone will like them enough to nominate them. I suppose I was predisposed to […]

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Mini-Feature: Poems in Black & White

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  Here’s another poetry book not yet nominated for a Cybils. Over the past few days, I’ve read Poems in Black & White, by Kate Miller (Wordsong, 2007) two times. It’s filled with the kinds of poems that stay with me, that pop into my head at odd moments throughout the day. The premise is […]

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Mini-Feature: Bugs: Poems About Creeping Things

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Here’s another poetry book not yet nominated for a Cybils award. Yesterday, I read Bugs: Poems About Creeping Things, by David L. Harrison, illustrated by Rob Shepperson (Wordsong, 2007).  This collection of 40 poems about the things I try to avoid whenever possible (boxelders congregating around our electric meter and trying to find a way into the […]

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Mini-Feature: Polar Bear, Arctic Hare

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I’ve been gathering the poetry books not yet nominated for Cybils in an effort to decide what to use my nomination on! I figured I’d share a little about the books when I have time (ha!). This morning, I read Polar Bear, Arctic Hare: Poems of the Frozen North, by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes […]

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