[New post] Poetry Friday: A 10th anniversary of blogging? Can it be true??
Matt Forrest Esenwine posted: " Apparently...yes! It's hard for me to believe, but my first blog post was ten years ago on August 1, 2012. It was an introduction to me and why I had even begun the blog (to showcase my poetry and market my writing and voiceover business). A fe" Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
It's hard for me to believe, but my first blog post was ten years ago on August 1, 2012. It was an introduction to me and why I had even begun the blog (to showcase my poetry and market my writing and voiceover business).
How many have, before me, tried in vain To capture beauty, constancy, and love Through fluent phrase, in happiness and pain, And simile of summer, star, or dove? Their words so eloquent, imagery lush – In perfect imperfection testify...
I made a promise that I would re-post that poem every year here at the ol' Triple-R in order to celebrate our Aug. 10 anniversary, and I'm honoring that today. I wouldn't be able to do what I do without the support (emotional as well as financial!) of my bride, and I'll never be able to repay her for it.
A few blog stats, by the numbers...
82,000+: total number of views 49,114: total number of visitors 1,024: total followers 674: posts published 176: number of distinct countries that have viewed my blog
Honestly, it boggles my mind that there are that many people who care what I have to say every week. But I'm grateful, nonetheless! And although I don't focus so much on radio/media or even parenting quite as much as I did when I first began, I continue to post poetry and share interviews with children's lit authors and poets - and will continue to do so as long as the blog keeps rolling along.
~ GIVEAWAY! ~
To celebrate my 10-year "blogiversary," I'm offering a signed copy of any one of my five books! Just leave a comment below letting me know you'd like to be entered in the drawing - and if you'd like an extra entry, simply share this post on Twitter and tag me! I'll pick one name at random next Thur., Aug. 11 and announce the winner here on Fri., Aug. 12.
Looking for more poetry? Molly Hogan is hosting the Poetry Friday roundup at her blog, Nix the Comfort Zone with a couple of original baseball poems and all of today's links!
Be sure to check out all the cool new picture books arriving this year from my PB22Peekaboo partners!
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I continue adding to my "Wit & Wordplay" videos ! These videos were created for parents and educators (along with their kids) to learn how to write poetry, appreciate it, and have fun with it. From alliteration and iambs to free verse and spine poetry, I'm pretty sure there's something in these videos you'll find surprising! You can view them all on my YouTube channel, and if you have young kids looking for something to keep busy with, I also have several downloadable activity sheets at my website.
Ordering personalized signed copies online? Oh, yes, you can!
You can purchase personally-signed copies of Flashlight Night, (Astra Young Readers, 2017), Don't Ask a Dinosaur (Pow! Kids Books, 2018), and nearly EVERY book or anthology I've been part of!
Just click the cover of whichever book you want and send a comment to the good folks at MainStreet BookEnds in Warner, NH requesting my signature and to whom I should make it out. (alternatively, you can log onto my website and do the same thing) They'll contact me, I'll stop by and sign it, and then they'll ship it! (Plus, you'll be supporting your local bookseller – and won't that make you feel good?)
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