March 25, 2019 by ebbtide

Giveaway Winner Announcement!

Poetry
announcement, chapbook, giveaway, gratitude, Poetry, support, Wandering Wonderful, writing
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Friday marked the end of the pre-sales period and I received the final sales update from the publisher just this morning. Everyone who purchased a copy by the pre-order period end date had their name plugged into an Excel worksheet and a number attributed to their name. Using Excel’s super fun RANDOMBETWEEN function, one name was selected as the recipient of the book’s cover art printed to a 20″ x 30″ canvas.

I am very pleased to announce that the winner is none other than Betty Hayes Albright! Betty is a wonderful poet who blogs over at Seasonings. If you’re not familiar with her work, I highly recommend popping over to her blog. Congratulations, Betty! Your art print will be on its way to you sometime this week.

A very sincere thank you to everyone who has supported me over the past 10 years of writing this poetry blog.

With much love and gratitude,
Sarah

early morning hike

Poetry
contentment, cypress, fog, hiking, life, light, love, mist, mountain, outdoors, peace, poem, Poetry
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I wake well before dawn
so that I might walk
with the mist and the fog,
each of us finding
our own path up the peak

yet loving the damp bark
of the lofty cypress
in precisely the same way –
like light suddenly unbound,
eagerly embracing all
it can and cannot name

those who would say
a mountain does not breathe
have never placed their feet
where feet have not yet been –
have never found the river
that flows into the mountain
and does not come out again

My newest chapbook Wandering Wonderful is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. Pre-orders through March 22nd will have an opportunity to win a canvas print of the cover art. Click for details!

March 19, 2019 by ebbtide

let light come slowly

Poetry
contentment, darkness, life, light, morning, poem, Poetry, time
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light is sparse this morning
so let it come slowly,

a sifting upwards
of gold, diffuse
through wind-bent trees

let morning be hesitant –
with time, nothing
will be left out in darkness

March 13, 2019 by ebbtide

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Poetry
business, life, longing, nature, pine, poem, Poetry, responsibility, wilderness, wind
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it is late and rain falls on rain

all day long the wind called,
tumbling through the trees

unable to answer, I sit now beside
the open window imagining

that wild intensity of scent –
damp pine before the day awakens

March 12, 2019 by ebbtide

Chapbook Release Giveaway Update – 10 Days Left!

Poetry
chapbook, giveaway, gratitude, Poetry, thank you, writing
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Just a quick post this morning to say thank you! to everyone who has jumped in and pre-ordered my newest chapbook, Wandering Wonderful. Pre-orders have an immense impact during the pre-sales period since this will help to determine the press run (number of copies to be printed) in May. So again, thank you! I am truly blessed.

This brings me to the giveaway update! I wanted to share an actual photo of the cover art printed to canvas, which will be sent to one wonderful reader. Anyone who pre-orders a copy of the book by March 22nd either via Finishing Line Press, or directly through me will qualify. One name will be randomly selected once I receive the final pre-sales update from the publisher.

With much gratitude,
Sarah

March 8, 2019 by ebbtide