Poetry Book Giveaway
In the spirit of National Poetry Month, I have decided to participate in a Poetry Book Giveaway. I will give away one poetry book each to two lucky winners at the end of this month. To enter the draw, leave a comment on this post with your name and either your blog or email address (so I can contact you if you win). I will choose the winners via the Random Number Generator on May 1, 2010, and mail the books that week at my own expense. Kelli Agodon at Book of Kells came up with this wonderful idea. To read more about it, or to give away two books of your own, read this page on her blog.
In following Kelli’s suggestion to give away one of your own books of poetry and one book of your favourite poet’s work, I’m giving away a copy of my first chapbook, Cross Section, which I made in my senior year at university . The other is The People Look Like Flowers at Last, a new collection by Charles Bukowski. Here is a bit about each book:
The People Look Like Flowers at Last by Charles Bukowski
This is the fifth (and final) posthumous collection of Bukowski’s poetry. I like its juxtaposition of crudeness and tenderness. Many of Bukowski’s poems in this collection involve the racetracks, where he frequently gambled on horses. His way of viewing and interpreting life through the lens of these races, specifically through the act of betting, impresses me poem after poem. The other predominant theme in this collection is writing. Here are a few lines from “it was an UNDERWOOD:”
“my poems keep renouncing each
other–
this one says this
and that one says that,
and the other says something else
but I find it humorous
as they battle back and
forth–“
Cross Section by Mallery K.
This is my third chapbook, though it is my first full-length collection. It comprises three sections of poetry, each focusing on a specific theme. The first section addresses the human condition and how humans interact with their world. Each poem in the middle section use a single verb for a title and each embodies what it is to perform that verb. The last section is made up of four poems from a set of six I wrote representing the six steps of Plato’s Ascent to Beauty theory. Interspersed throughout are black and white photographs that I have taken. Here are a few lines from “other lover,” which was published in a slightly different version in RiverCraft and an English Honor Society anthology in 2007:
“sun slivers my thick cream carpet
red LED lights 10:16 AM
my breasts sweat against your shoulder blades
my right arm, bent under your neck, grasps your hand
the other folds around your middle and i count
between each snore to see how far away you are”
Remember, if you want to win one of these books, just leave a comment at the end of this post before the end of this month!
Please count me in. Thanks.
Me! Thanks.
Count me in please! Thanks for doing this.
Count me in! Thanks 🙂
Please add my name to your contest. Feel free to stop by my blog for a chance to win books there.
Hi – throw my name in the hat, too, please. Thanks.
mollycspencer (at) gmail (dot) come
oops – typo: that would be, mollycspencer (at) gmail (dot) com
Please add my name to your list and yours to mine.
Please add me to the list of poetry mendicants. Thank you very much.
Thanks, Mallery! I love the idea of winning new books. You can drop by my blog, too, for another chance to win: Stars in my Sugar Bowl.
I would love to be entered. Thanks.
Please enter my name for your books! Thanks,
Ev
Please include me too…
navear@gmail.com
Cool beans. Count me in then. Thanks for stopping by my pad.
Please enter me into the giveaway, sounds like great books.
Thanks
sharr1226 at yahoo dot com
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
Please put me in Mary. Come on, Random Number Generator, you know I love you!
Put me in please Mallery!
Drink taken, name mistaken. Nuff said. Hic!
Hi Mallory, Count me in–I WANT to win those books!
I’d love to be in the drawing count me in!
Enter me please!!! (and feel free to enter my own giveaway!)
Thanks!
Please add my name to the many that want your book, Mallery.
Hi Mallery, I’d love to be entered into this please. Thanks for your generosity!
jemaverick [at] gmail [dot] com
Me too!
Way cool.
Dear Random Number Generator, Haven’t I begged enough? Kelley kjhbunny@yahoo.com
Very groovy, count me in.
frogtown (at) gmail.com
Thanks very much for this opportunity!
Would make some great post-exams reading 🙂
you can contact me at,
lindsay.veenstra(at)gmail(dot)com
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
thank you for your generosity!
boydst@plu.edu
thanks so much for hosting this giveaway.
please add me!
Great to see another person participating in this generous giveaway!
cj.anythingeverythingnothing@gmail.com
If there’s still time, please count me in.
It’s still technically April where I live!
Please add me too. Thanks~