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Clash of the
Poems -
How
to keep your poetic styles in line -
by Patty Zion ...
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The
other day a friend of mine told me she
would never publish her own work.
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OUR FORUMS Await
you
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General Forum
- for members to engage in general discussions.
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Just for Fun etc.
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We'll post contests and
other fun projects.
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Workshop Forum
- Our main writing
workshop for member postings, poems and other pieces.
We encourage member participation, reviews and comments.
In addition, our staff editor will choose one posting per
week for a full editorial review. This piece will also
be highlighted in the Editor's Classroom. Please, post
and participate - have fun and watch the site grow.
If,
like many up-and-coming poets, you want solid, insightful reviews of
your work, you will love having a full time Staff Editor available,
as a resource of this site. Submit your poetry for consideration
in the Workshop Forum, and if the
staff editor chooses it as Selection of the Week, it will be posted
with an in-depth review. Get those poems ready, and stay tuned for
more information. Our staff editor can also be available for
more extensive work, if you so
desire, and we will be glad to put
you in touch with her.
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Expelling
Trelnitz
by Rick
Stansberger
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Coming In
April
Poetic
Potpourri
by Sarah
Louise Yagi
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Book Fairs...
Checking out the Book
Fairs
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New
affiliations with winningwriters.com and Google. -
We're in the latest
issue of WinningWriters.com's newsletter.
Great site and we're happy to be associated with them.
We are also now a Google Partner and have initiated a new book
campaign we're excited about. Our authors will get
full advantage of the exposure Google receives in its book
search program. Check out Google Book Search .. Our
books should start to appear within the next week.
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Our Editor's Poem Of the Month
Bilbo's Dreams (The Hobbit) by MJ Harris
Blank verse (UK English)
Centred around
'The Hobbit'
The hollow steps tread ancient paths
as ringing voices reach the sky;
the forest whispers to cool breeze
dear Rivendell still holds my heart.
Shadows stretch toward unknown end,
holding mysteries deep inside;
the nightmares calm...then outward call,
I shall explore this land once more.
I journeyed far in younger days
away from comfort, Shire and kin.
A group of strangers, bold and strong,
we battled Orcs and flying beasts.
Throughout the trials, I changed a bit -
this Baggin's heart found deeper strength.
I thought of them instead of me,
and helped to free a troubled kind.
The dragon, Smaug, inflicted dread
but Bard dispatched him with his bow.
I still can hear the cheering town
that beckons me through echoed time.
A traveller I'll always be,
adventure courses through my soul.
Return I must to wonder's call,
to journey there and back again.
Bilbo's Dreams (The Hobbit)
carries the reader to a different place, a different
time, and a different world - a world of fantasy. The
poem is a tribute to The Hobbit, a novel which
J.R.R. Tolkien originally wrote as a children's story. A
hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The
Hobbit, is the narrator chosen by Harris for this
piece. But even readers who are not familiar with
Tolkien's work can find meaning and escape in the lines
of this poem.
continue reading Patty's review
Patty Zion will choose one poem per week from the
Workshop Forum for a detailed, in depth 'editor's
review.' These pieces are selected at random.
In order for your piece to be considered it must be
posted in the
Workshop
forum in the
Open Mike Cafe.
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Our Winning Entry for March's word contest
The Miscommunication by
Jo Lynn Ehnes
Love? You want to speak of it? That soft emotion dancing on a calm and timeless
ocean- Timeless? No, spineless. There were no sugared smiles beneath a vivid golden moon. Was it just yesterday
when his anger overflowed? Nay, there were many
yesterdays when I sought refuge in that
damp, unlighted basement, searching through boxes, yes boxes, of unwanted anecdotes. What? You
think I was seeking out that orange glow
from once remembered passion? No, I was just mumbling to myself "Where are those
damn candles?"
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Second Place
A Captain's
Treasure by MJ Harris
Third Place
Just Words by Ellen B
The Contest: How did it
work?
Members had to craft a poem using these words:
basement - anger - smiles - love -
orange - candles - emotion -
yesterday - moon - ocean
Clearly for fun, we had some very
nice entries and we had a great time just reading them.
If yours wasn't chosen as a winner - check to see you
used all the words. One of our favorites missed one
word.
We'll have another contest in April
..... watch for it and a few other new contests in the
Just For Fun forum.
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We're about more than publishing BUT
we're still very much about publishing. Just three years
young, we began our publishing efforts in 2004.
Since then we have grown up and out. Up, because
we've now published 17 books. Out because we're
branching out with our first novel due out in June.
We're certainly not your
run of the mill
publisher. With our cooperative program our number
one mission is to work with the authors to create a book
that looks and feels professional. We have much to
learn but we welcome that learning. A huge part of
that learning is wrapped up in this site. We want
to be visible, available and useful. We just
opened the new site March 15th. We hope you'll
sign up now and then sign on often.
Jim F TJMF Publishing
©TJMF Publishing
April 2007
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