Date: May 7, 2019

 

 first snow

Pre-Publication Announcement

 

A Letter to  Readers of Walking by Inner Vision:

I am so pleased to let everyone know that my first chapbook,

first snow

is accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press

 

My chapbook is a wintry-themed collection of 30 poems.

 

My themes are:

nature – landscape

memory – passage of time

places & people

journeys – dreamscapes

 

 

Please enjoy 2  sample poems from the chapbook.

 

“Dream Sequence” # 4

In my dream

I climb upwards

on the ladder I stumbled upon

in the woods one afternoon.

Earth disappears

the ladder is unstable

“Keep it straight up,” I whisper.

“Keep your body centered. Stay poised.”

_

 

 

 

“My Daughter Cut the Roses”

 

 

My daughter looked

at the bouquet of fresh roses

noticed two of them were drooping.

“Let me show you how to trim the roses

so they stay fresh and strong.” she said.

Her hands held the roses tenderly

One-by-one, trimmed off extra leaves

“These will make the water stink,” she said.

She found scissors in the drawer

put the roses in a bowl of tepid water

held each stem under water

sliced them all, diagonally –

“As I cut the rose under the water,

little bubbles of air come to the surface.

Now, when the rose inhales

it will only breathe water into it,

it won’t fill up with air.

The living water inside the stems

gives longer life to each rose.”

She carried the freshened flowers

In the tall glass vase

back to the center of the dining room table

darkest crimson buds, sunny yellow petals,

deep green fern leaves

and a frilly white carnation.

–

Finishing Line Press will send a Pre-publication announcement card for advance sales

I will put together a list of friends who would like to received this invitation to buy the chapbook.

Finishing Line Press is a small specialty press.

The editors need to know in advance that at least

55 chapbooks will be sold at  $13.99.

 

While it feels uncomfortable for me

to ask you

to buy my chapbook,

I understand why a small press must know in advance

that the book sales will  justify  their  cost  of printing it.

 

 

I sincerely hope that you and your friends who love literature will want to be on my mailing list. The little book would be a really lovely holiday gift to send to friends on your personal list next Christmas!

MESSAGE ME

riverwoman@zoominternet.net

 

with your NAME and MAILING ADDRESS,

I will put you on the mailing list

to received the card.

Your response will let me know you want to be on my mailing list and that you would buy a chapbook. I’d certainly love to hear from you. Once I received your reply, I will have the publication announcement sent to you in early summer prior to publication.

 

Once the card arrives, you will have 2 weeks to order a chapbook

If you have friends who love literature and poetry, please send this message to them ASAP. I will be creating a mailing list and will include all who have sent me a response with your mailing information if you indicated you want to buy a book when you received the Pre-Publication Card.

 

The press run for the Chapbook

“will be determined by the SUCCESS or LACK THEREOF of advance sales.”

 

I will love knowing that my first chapbook, first snow, will be in your personal library or collection or that you chose to gift it to friends. This is an exciting new development in my writing life! Thank you, in advance, for your support of my poetry publication, first snow.

–

 

Lynda McKinney Lambert. Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved.

Lynda’s Poems:  Click here to read more poems!

Read more of Lynda’s HOT PICKS Click here.

Listen to the Audio of “Weather Observations” and “Of Smoke & Mirrors,” on Wordgatherg:  Listen now!

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Contact: Lynda McKinney Lambert

104 River Road

Ellwood City, PA

E-mail: riverwoman@zoominternet.net