If you’re just joining us, April is National Poetry Month, so we’re reading and discussing poetry here on the blog. If you’ve read a poem recently, comment below with the title/author, and choose a book from our catalog to receive for free! All book categories except Humor/Satire are available for the choosing.
Th
is week, I read Ode to Memory by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It’s a poem with a lot of beautiful and evocative imagery, but I found myself wondering if Al forgot what he was writing about here and there. It wanders and side-trips and comes back and swirls out again…beautiful, but definitely something that requires a second (or third) read-through…and I’m still not sure I understood what he was getting at in the middle. The opening and closing stanzas are quite clear though. And as I mentioned, it was full of rather beautiful imagery.
In other news, pre-orders for The Time Stone are going up at your favorite online retailers this week! Amazon and Kobo are already live, and Barnes & Noble and iBooks are on the way. The special price of $1.99 is only good until April 21st (one day after release day), so click that pre-order button and lock in your discounted price!
Finally, Marie Yoch has her own web site and blog now! It’s pretty sparse just yet, and the template is subject to change, but if you follow blogs or just want to bookmark her site, that’s where all her latest news will start. You’ll also find links to her facebook and twitter pages in the top right corner, so feel free to connect with her on your favorite social media channel as well.
That’s all for this week – until next time, happy reading/writing!
Monthly Writing Prompts:
- Prose Prompt: A man running to catch a train/bus/cab drops a red rose. A woman picks it up, and finds a note wrapped around the stem.
- Poetry Prompt: Using different color rose petals, write a poem in which the narrator picks a petal each stanza (sort of a “loves me, loves me not” rhythm/theme).
Stories and poems for each month should be submitted by the last day of that month to brazensnake@brazensnakebooks.com. The following month, one poem and one story from the previous month will be chosen for publication here on the blog, and also in our monthly newsletter. Authors will receive a flat fee of $10 per poem or story we choose to publish. Items submitted must be original, unpublished works, however we only ask for non-exclusive rights to post the work here on our blog for one year, and in one monthly newsletter.
