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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Poetry Friday - Celebrating a new role!

           Poetry Friday is hosted this week by wonderful Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference, who finds most interesting things to share in every single post.  Thanks, Tabatha!

       I'm very excited to return to the Round Two Judging of this year's Cybil awards for poetry.  I'm researching books that have been published this year, and already have checked out a few from the library.  Below, see those I'm working alongside.  It will be a pleasure!

       I will not have time to read today, but certainly wanted to share my excitement about this honor of being chosen.  Some of you might have seen already all the different panels of judges, many of whose blogs we read and enjoy.  If not, the link to the Cybils blog is here!  It's also a great place to find extraordinary titles if you look at the list of previous winners in ALL the categories.  It's a terrific time to be a blogger and/or a writer.
       Here's the beginning of a lovely poem I enjoyed this week, a daily poem from Poets.org:  from Fairies


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Fairies begin their day by coming together a moment and sharing joy.

The rest is here!

2013 Poetry Judges

                      Round One

Ed deCaria, Think, Kid, Think!
http://www.thinkkidthink.com
@edecaria
Kelly Fineman, Writing and Ruminating
http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com 
@kellyfineman
Jone MacCulloch, Check It Out
http://maclibrary.wordpress.com
@JoneMac53
Anastasia Suen, Poet! Poet!
http://asuen.com/poetry
@asuen1
Sylvia Vardell, Poetry for Children
http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com
@SylviaVardell
April Halprin Wayland, Teaching Authors
http://teachingauthors.com@aprilhwayland
Bridget Wilson, What is Bridget Reading?
http://whatisbridgetreading.blogspot.com
@bridgetrwilson

                      Round Two - the terrific people I will work with!

Matt Esenwine, Radio, Rhythm, and Rhyme
http://mattforrest.wordpress.com 
@mattforrestvw
Renee La Tulippe, No Water River
http://www.nowaterriver.com
@ReneeMLaTulippe
Julie Larios, The Drift Record
http://julielarios.blogspot.com
Irene Latham, Live Your Poem
http://irenelatham.blogspot.com
@irene_latham


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9 comments:

  1. jamaSeptember 20, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    Congratulations on being selected to be a Round 2 Judge. Awesome people on both panels!

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  2. TabathaSeptember 20, 2013 at 11:27 AM

    No wonder you're excited -- should be a terrific experience!

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  3. JoySeptember 20, 2013 at 2:17 PM

    Linda,
    Congratulations, you're going to have so much fun reading. Hope you have an easy weekend. See you soon.

    Mei-mei Berssenbrugge is an amazing poet. She is inventive and takes great risks. I'm a fan.

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  4. GatheringBooksSeptember 20, 2013 at 8:15 PM

    You are going to have so much fun, Linda, and reading so many books. Always always a wonderful thing. Just looking at the unread books in my shelves gives me goosebumps, must be love, I thought. :) Enjoy your weekend. My thoughts are with you.

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  5. Violet N.September 20, 2013 at 9:55 PM

    Congratulations, Linda! What an excellent judge you will be.

    Violet N.

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  6. BJ LeeSeptember 20, 2013 at 11:20 PM

    Congratulations, Linda. Looks like great panels in both rounds! Can't wait to watch it unfold!

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  7. Betsy HubbardSeptember 21, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    Yay Linda. You will be amazing. Your poem offering is also amazing. I loved "Trees appear as columns of light melting into surroundings where form is discerned, but is glowing, transparent, mingling like breath." Beautiful.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2013 at 6:14 AM

    Congratulations, Linda! What fun you'll have reading and researching all the amazing poetry books that have been written this year.

    I love this wonderful poem! I think we should all start our days by "coming together and sharing a moment of joy." Thanks for sharing it and your moment of joy with us. Can't wait to read about your choices!
    Catherine

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  9. RuthSeptember 22, 2013 at 1:34 PM

    What a fabulous group to work with, and how fun!

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