It is Poetry Friday! If you want to know what Poetry Friday is check out this explanation from Renee M. LaTulippe. Today, our host is Linda Mitchell on her blog A Word Edgewise. who is offering a clunker challenge. I’m in! Thank you for hosting, Linda!
I wrote a post of gratitude yesterday for all the good I’ve had in my life recently. But, when I went to bed last night I had spinning thoughts, mostly about my mom. Sunday is Mother’s Day and it will be our first without her. Although her passing was somewhat of a relief, it was still sudden and sad.
I’m not usually melancholy about such things but, Sunday seems significant to me. I laid there trying to put into context memories about my mom. Disjointed thoughts popped into and out of my head. And I was able to jot a few lines of a poem down on my phone while I hid under the covers so as not to wake my husband.
But before I share those, I want to share some of the things I fondly remember about my mom.
And here is the poem I started:
Mom
What do I so with the memories of you?
Do I box them up and put them away?
Or, do I keep them out so you can stay…..
© Draft, Carol Labuzzetta, All Rights Reserved, 2024.
Let me know how you’ll remember your mom this coming Sunday.
Finally, I want to thank those of you who sent me messages after viewing your author copy of the new anthology Picture Perfect Poetry! I appreciate it!
Some of the poet-photographers featured in the book have posted to their social media platforms including their blogs, Instagram, or X with thoughts about the book, and encouraging others to buy it. I am grateful because those posts help to promote the book too. Thank you!
I know there are more of you planning to share the book and/or your work in it. I have some suggestions for doing that. If you want to share the cover and general thoughts on the poems, aesthetics, or working with me, by all means, do so. If you have work in the book and want to share that, again – please do so.
But, if you want to share someone else’s work, please contact them first. All the participants granted me first rights for their work – that includes the advertisement of their work. But, those rights do not extend past me. Now that the book has been published, the rights revert to the creator of the work. If you want to share a piece that is not yours, please contact the author first. I’ll be glad to provide contact information. I think this is just acting with common courtesy. Thank you.
Lastly, I sent a complimentary copy to a Medium writer in Canada who will read the book and share her review publically. As I have written in earlier posts, banging my own drum is not my forte but I am trying to market Picture Perfect Poetry as best as i can without being a nusciance!
That said, you can get the book on Amazon or IngramSpark. I recommend Amazon at this point due to the pages being more vibrant in color. Thanks for your consideration.
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