publish a book of poems

I have uploaded the document and cover PDFs and I’m waiting on news from the publisher. If all goes well, though, this book should be available for sale within two weeks.

so heres the thing….i….<3 ….poetry!!!!!
i <3 writing poetry and getting the AWESOME responses i get from the people who read them and like them :P

i feel that reading poetry will be like finding the key to a locked door, and now you can finally see whats on the other side^-

i began the first few days of february writing a poem at the end of each day. didn’t last long.
but still, i’ve been writing poetry more often.
wrote one i particularly liked the other day, called “Open Hours.”

just wrote a poem about the day.
might be a good way to end every day.
we’ll see.

i found the info on the contest i want to enter. the manuscript has to be 50-80 pages. and the deadline is probably in october. so i have time. they don’t have info for this year’s contest up yet, but they had it for last year’s, so i’m going off of that.

i wonder how many poems (post-high school) i have written. i wonder if it’s 50.

in any case, even if i’ve already written 50, i certainly wouldn’t submit them all to be published. some are better than others, of course.

what’s clear: i need to write more new poems.

yesterday i started a Word document called “manuscript.”
my goal is to compile all my old poems and add new ones as well… at least 40 poems. because i think this is the minimum amount for a publishing contest i want to enter.

My first poetry chapbook is on the verge of release. I have settled on the final content and chosen the title. Thanks to my friend, Kevin Horsman, I also have the completed cover. I’m shooting for a September release.

i wrote a poem yesterday about driving over the bridge with an absolutely amazing sky full of clouds. crossing the george has never felt so epic.

i need to revise it though… definitely not in full form yet.

i need to write on my own more often. i’ve got a bunch of poems i’m proud of, but these were mostly written for classes. ah, the motivation of assignments that must be done.

It’s been awhile since I added publish a book of poems to my list and while I’ve continually writing poetry, I really hadn’t even made one step closer to getting this on my completed items list. But, this past weekend, I’m happy to say, I spent some time formatting what I hope will one day be my first book of poetry.

I also made an important decision regarding content and chose a title. I’m going to keep the title to myself for the time being, but soon, I hope to release this long-awaited work to the world.

I was writing a poem a day for a while…but it’s been months. I’ve always wanted to publish a book of poems.