Deep In The Stillness I Can Hear You Speak...
Jim - After party hoping for a few days, I'm back home and settled... I'm going to start construction on Chelsea Logue's street team website today (I hope) and start some more promoting for her... My mom just offered to help me get a new guitar... the discussion went something like this:
"Can we go to the Music store tom.?"
"Are you gonna get a new guitar?"
"No... I just want to look around"
"Well... you have some money maybe you can get one."
"Yeah... I have one in mind... about $300"
"We'll get one for about $1,200"
"Whoa... that's not really necessary"
On a unrelated note, I got this today:
Dear Joseph,
I would like to inform you of your nomination as Poet of the Year for 2004, and to personally invite you to read your poetry at the single largest gathering of poets in history, where you will be formally inducted as an International Poet of Merit and Honored Member of our Society for 2004.
Your induction will take place Friday evening, August 13th, in America's Birthplace, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the International Society of Poets' Summer 2004 Convention and Symposium.
You will also be honored with two separate and very special awards for your poetic achievement at special ceremonies throughout the weekend.
First, to honor and commemorate your poetic accomplishments, after you present your poetry in front of fellow poets from around the world, amidst the applause from the audience, you will be presented with your Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Silver Award Bowl. The Award is a magnificent work of art in itself ($200.00 value), uniquely engraved and mounted on a cherry-wood base. This incomparable award is so large and heavy, you may need an extra suitcase just to carry it home!
And Joseph . . . there's much more . . .
In recognition of your poetry presentation at this prestigious International Symposium, we will also create and present to you a beautiful and colorful Commemorative Award Medallion to honor your poetic dedication and achievements.
36 POETS WILL SHARE $74,000.00 TOTAL IN PRIZES--INCLUDING
THE SINGLE LARGEST POETRY CASH PRIZE EVER AWARDED--$20,000.00!
And don't forget the most lucrative amateur poetry contest ever! Your contest entry poem can be written in any style, on any subject . . . and can be up to 40 lines long.
Just think . . . for this poem alone, you will have the opportunity to win one of 36 cash and gift prizes to be awarded at the Symposium . . including a Grand Prize of $20,000.00--the largest cash prize ever awarded in an amateur poetry competition. There's also a Second Prize of $5,000.00, two Third Prizes of all-expenses paid vacations for two, including a Caribbean cruise and a trip to Cancun, Mexico, a Fourth Prize of $1,000.00, and six other cash prizes of $500.00 each. World-renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, W.D.Snodgrass, Academy of American Poets Past Chancellor, David Wagoner, and television star, Florence Henderson, will be with us to congratulate poets and present the Grand Prize.
Your society is also encouraging today's youth to develop and utilize their poetic talents in a positive manner. This year we will award five $1,000.00 cash scholarships to talented young poets attending the Symposium.
Our editors and professors will also be searching for new poetic talent. Twenty poets will be "discovered" in the contest reading sessions. These winners will be awarded publishing or recording contracts that will generate international exposure for their poetic artistry.
In all, $74,000.00 in cash and prizes will be awarded at this single event!
LIGHTS . . . CAMERA . . . ACTION!
And that's still just the beginning . . . we've got three very special days planned for you . . . ones you'll never forget!
**You will be officially inducted as an honorary "International Poet of Merit" for 2004.
**You and your poetic achievements will be honored at two Gala Banquets and Award Ceremonies.
**You will enjoy dazzling entertainment created especially for you featuring Living Legend and star of the "Brady Bunch," Florence Henderson; the finest female R&B music group of all time and members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, "The Shirelles," plus surprise guest entertainers each night. These special command performances will thrill and delight you. There will also be lots of other entertainment, including Midnight Dance Parties on both Friday and Saturday nights!
**Longtime friend of the ISP, Florence Henderson, will be with us again all weekend long to entertain and inspire us.
**You will learn more about your craft in seminars, reading rooms, rap sessions, and workshops, where you can read and discuss your poetry in informal settings with other poets from all over the world. Back by popular demand are the ISP rap rooms, our famous sunrise poetry readings, the ISP Coffee House, the ISP Open Microphone Rooms, and workshops on how to fine-tune your poetic talents.
**You will have the rare opportunity to get up-close and personal with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.D. Snodgrass, Academy of American Poets Past Chancellor, David Wagoner, Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin, Dr. Len Roberts, and over a dozen other poetry celebrities who will also be reading their own work.
**You will participate in a fantastic international poetry competition featuring 36 prizes totaling $74,000.00. A Grand Prize of $20,000.00, two all-expenses paid vacations for two, including a Caribbean cruise and a trip to Cancun, Mexico, 8 other cash prizes totaling $9,000.00, 10 poetry recording contracts, 10 book publishing contracts, and 5 $1,000.00 Young Poets Scholarship prizes will be awarded at this single event.
**You and your guests will also be eligible to win one of many door prizes, valued at over $6,000.00.
**You will make friendships that will last a lifetime and will return home with wonderful memories, your Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Silver Award Bowl, your Commemorative Award Medallion, and lots of other special gifts.
DON'T BE LEFT OUT
Don't miss this opportunity. Space is limited, and our Conventions routinely sell out. Plan to join your fellow poets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 13th-15th, 2004, for the poetic event of the year! I am also looking forward to meeting you and celebrating the power and beauty of poets and poetry!
Sincerely,
Steve Michaels
International Society of Poets
Convention Chairperson
(Once again, I left out the extra info)
So I gotta get to work... Wish me luck!
I really need to talk to Paige about this one... If there's anyone who can offer me invaluable help, it's her. She could probably help me, also, by joining my blog... of someone else who would like to...* !!HINT HINT!!*
Anyway... I'm out
::Daily Lyrics:: - Fly me up/ To where you are/ Beyond the distant star/ I wish upon tonight/ To see you smile/ If only for awhile/ To know you're there/ A breath away's not far/ To where you are ~ "To Where You Are" - Josh Groban
3 Comments:
(paige)I told you it's being stupid and won't let me! I hate the blogg!
By Anonymous, at 10:18 AM
RYN: Nope, I'm a Netherlands girl. :) :) :)
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By Anonymous, at 12:48 PM
(This is from Sarah.) Hah, I got that in the mail too. My parents are convinced that those things are big ripoffs. (Loads of cash to go, did you notice?)
But enough with the stupid news. Ach.
By Anonymous, at 2:10 PM
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