Poetry Prompt: Write a poem about books (could be your favorite book 😉
Poetry Prompt #9
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Valeri Beers is from Bangor, Maine. Her first book of poems titled ...details... was published by Thomas Hill Publishing of Maine in 2014. Valeri is currently working on a second book of poetry. She is inspired to write by listening to music and her need to remember important things. She has been published in a number of anthologies including Literature Today, Qutub Minar Review, Clockwise Cat and Our Day Of Passing (compiled and edited by Ingrid Hall and Franco Esposito. She has also been published in online and print publications including Zest literary magazine, Far Away literary magazine, Kumquat Poetry and The Writer's Drawer. One of my favorite poets is Erica Jong, check her out at http://www.ericajong.com. Her poetry is very personal, emotional and detailed. She has influenced my work a lot so if you like my poetry, you'll probably like hers as well. Dorothy Parker is another favorite. If you like sarcastic and clever prose and poems, I highly recommend reading The Portable Dorothy Parker from Viking, which has her short short stories and poems.) You can connect with Valeri on Facebook (facebook.com/valeribeers) or Twitter (@theval2000) Valeri Beers also takes poetic care of Poetry Pasta and the PoetryPasta Facebook page. Poetry Pasta loves to show off new poets and their words :) Feel free to post your poems on the Poetry Pasta Facebook page or submit them to the Poetry Pasta Wordpress page :) View all posts by theval2000
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hi valerie i have a poem calle dwords it speaks about books,our thoughts etc
would i be able to add that for prompt number 9
ritamarie recine petrilli(rita)
hi valerie i have been sending my poems.. i sent if god was a rabbit .. and now want to add words as prompt number 9i also have the homeland for memories can i still forward them to frankregards ritamarie recine petrilli (rita
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 15:07:33 +0000 To: ritarecine@hotmail.com
I got all your poems 🙂 I look forward to reading them Rita 🙂
This is one of the first poems that spoke to me 🙂
The Bookstall
by Linda Pastan
Just looking at them
I grow greedy, as if they were freshly baked loaves
waiting on their shelves
to be broken open–that one
and that–and I make my choice
in a mood of exalted luck,
browsing among them
like a cow in sweetest pasture.
For life is continuous
as long as they wait
to be read–these inked paths
opening into the future, page
after page, every book
its own receding horizon.
And I hold them, one in each hand,
a curious ballast weighting me
here to the earth.
–Linda Pastan, Carnival Evening