Monday, March 28, 2011

Big Poetry Giveaway!



I'm way stoked to participate in the most-excellent brainchild of Kelli Russell Agodon, the 2011 Great Poetry Giveaway. Comment on this blog-post (make sure to include your email address, so I have a way to contact you!) anytime between now and April 30th, and you'll be entered to win one of the the two books below as a celebration of National Poetry Month. I'll choose two commenters using a random number generator and mail those folks a copy of one of the following books. A little info on the books and why they're here:

1)
After the Ark is my first collection of poetry, published in January of 2011 by NYQ Books.



2)
District and Circle by Seamus Heaney is the other book I'm giving away. Heaney is my favorite living poet and is one of the reasons I love poetry. This book is full of superb sonnets.


Comment on, blogosphere! Happy poetry month!

35 comments:

m.p. said...

Woo hoo, National Poetry Month! Are you trying to do the NaPoWriMo challenge and write a poem a day?

Unknown said...

Aw yeah. Happy poetry month to you. Just clicked over to your blog for the first time and am enjoying it. And these poetry collections are choice, I'd say. Call me commentor!

Sandy Longhorn said...

Thanks for playing! Count me in for the Heaney. Love him but don't have this book. Love After the Ark and as you know, it's already on the shelf!

Unknown said...

Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks!
evfhanna at gmail

Poet-Nerd said...

Please count me in! Thanks,Nandini

Luke Johnson said...

Hey y'all--thanks for entering! Make sure to leave your email so I have a way to contact you if you win!

Marie said...

Yay, so glad you're playing too. Please add me to your list -- thank you!

mgauthier [dot] hunger [at] gmail [dot] com

Jo said...

Happy poetry month! I would love to be entered into this :)

jo.tee35ATgmailDOTcom

Andrew said...

Thanks for doing this. Please count me in as well: eldritch1313 at yahoo dot com

m.p. said...

Whoops forgot to leave my email: michellepenaloza@gmail.com

Thanks! And been enjoying your blog.

Matthew Thorburn said...

Hi Luke, please count me in. I'm a big Heaney fan too, and have your book on my must-read-soon list.

I'm giving away books too -- stop on by:

http://www.matthewthorburn.net/2/post/2011/03/the-big-poetry-giveaway-2011.html

Mary Virginia said...

I'd love to get in on the giveaway - my name is Mary Virginia Cooley and my email address is mcooley(at)gustavus(dot)edu! Happy National Poetry Month!

kimberly ann josephine said...

Please enter me in your contest. That would be wonderful. My name is Kimberly Ann Southwick.

Renee said...

count me in!
thisquiethourATgmailDOTcom

opwfredericks said...

Please add me to your contest. You can contact me through the provided email address or by posting on or entering my contest on my blog (address above). And thank you for participating in the contest and spreading the words of poetry.

Shawnte Orion said...

Add me to your drawing, please.
I saw your link on Kelli's blog and remembered that we were both in the same recent issue of NYQ. That's a little bit cool.

Marie-Elizabeth said...

Count me in!

And if you'd like to enter my giveaway drawing, please visit here: http://memali.posterous.com/the-big-poetry-giveaway-2011

Unknown said...

Please add me to the giveaway hopefuls. Hope you are well! Deborah at 32 Poems. You have my email, so I'm not going to leave it where spammers can get it. =-)

Risa Denenberg said...
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Risa Denenberg said...

Please count me in your drawing. I'll have to read your work even if I don't win, you being from Seattle and all....

forgot to add my address:
risaden at gmail dot com

Unknown said...

Because I did not leave it earlier: harris.lindsey8@gmail.com.

JayTee said...

pick me! jkgadson at hotmail.com

Kristin Berkey-Abbott said...

Please enter my name into the drawing!

Katie Cappello said...

Hi. Like the dog pictures. Count me in for the drawing.

jama said...

Please count me in, Luke.

http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/525582.html.

Thanks!

P.S. Boone is adorable :).

Chloe said...

Please count me in too!

Valerie said...

Glad I discovered your blog -- I just looked at the publisher's sample poems and hope I win your book! I liked the Vulture Tree poem.

Thanks; and I have a poetry giveaway over at my blog as well.

valphia at aol dot com

Rebecca Reid said...

I'd love to be entered. rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com

Margo said...

Heaney is also my favourite poet, but I would love to have your book, as well. My email is:
margoroby at gmail dot com
I'm also giving away books at: http://margoroby.wordpress.com

Baby Stephen said...

seamus heaney is great.. sonnets: even greater. let me know if im a winning number!

opwfredericks said...

Hello Luke,

I just read your article in the TWSJ. Congratulations!

O.P.W.

lawrence said...

Coming in from your WSJ entry.

tess duncan said...

Please count me in. Thanks for participating!

http://onehundredforks.blogspot.com/

theresaduncan101 at gmail dot com

Casey said...

Hey Luke,

Count me in too!

-Casey

caseythayer [at] gmail [dot] com

Samuel Sargent said...

Count me in as a last minute entry. Put in a good word with the random number generator for me!