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KARREN LaLONDE ALENIER Gift Without fanfare, she said, "Give it to me." Then the opium vanished in one flush. Vexed, he asked, "Why couldn't you let it be?" Their friend the playwright laughed hard and said, "Hush!" Then Tennessee's drugs vanished in one flush. "Come with me, Paul, to see our leg our lamb." Their friend the playwright laughed hard and said, "Hush!" "Tennessee paid the butcher in dirhams." "Come with me, Paul, to see our leg our lamb. Afterwards let's watch the blue people dance. Tennessee paid the butcher in dirhams." Fire, earth, water, wind — a blessed trance. "Afterwards let's watch the blue people dance." Vexed, he asked, "Why couldn't you let it be?" Fire, earth, water, wind — a blessed trance. Sans fanfare, she said, "He gave it to me." --- copyright KARREN LaLONDE ALENIER. 'Gift " is from her unpublished collection of poems Raconteurs in Tangier: The Jane & Paul Bowles Love Story REPAIR: Concourse or confluence of people at or in a place; resort, frequent or habitual going; making one's way; to arrive; to dwell; to heal, to cure, to recover; to renew; (AND!) to fix to original condition. Oxford English Dictionary Allegany College of Maryland: PS : Sponsor Poetry visit Poetry Sponsors

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BOB BURNHAM Internet Book Marketing-3 Tools That Practically Sell Your Book Themselves Looking for internet book marketing tools that are practically hands free? Add these three tools to your arsenal and you'll be certain to sell your book. Internet Book Marketing Tool # 1 Website Marketing Possibly the most critical tool for a self published author is your website. A well optimized web site, meaning that people searching for your information can find it quickly and easily via the search engines like Google or Yahoo, means targeted traffic and customers are led directly to your book. A well written landing page that captures email addresses and sells your information can sell thousands of books. Add a few pages of free content that provide immediate benefit to your reader and credibility to your status as an author and you're well on your way to becoming a 'profitable' self published author. As a self published author, your website can offer a variety of pages to their visitor including: • Ezine/newsletter subscription • Free Articles and/or short stories • Bio • Sales page • Links to stores • Shopping cart to purchase directly from the website • List of appearances/promotions Internet Book Marketing Tool # 2 Ezine Marketing Magic Ezine marketing is not only a great way to build your opt in list, it is a fantastic tool to sell your book, your information products, and any affiliate products that you choose to endorse. Additionally, it provides you with a constant means of communication to your target market and the ability to provide them with quality information that will benefit their lives. The time saving aspect of this tool is that you don't have to struggle to come up with content. You've already written your book. Pull one or two useful paragraphs from your book, round it out, and you have an ezine article! In addition to publishing your own ezine you can contribute to other relevant ezines, just make sure that you provide a link back to your own website and product line. You can also purchase inexpensive ad space in relevant ezines to market your book. For example, if your book is a small business book, you can purchase ad space in other small business newsletters and link directly to your website. Internet Book Marketing Tool # 3 Rave Reviews Reviews are the proof to others that your book is worth the money it costs. Reviews can be used in your publicity package, in your press release, on your book's back cover, on your website, and even on your business card. They are a valuable and economic expert marketing tool. Visit our website or click on the following link to learn more about secrets to getting rave reviews. Internet book marketing doesn't have to be an all consuming struggle. It's true that the more time you spend marketing your book, the more you're going to sell. But why not use a few tried and true marketing tools that drive traffic and sales to your book with little or no work from you? --- copyright BOB BURNHAM. Bob Burnham Entrepreneur, Consultant and Author of '101 Reasons Why You Must Write A Book'. For Information on How to Write and Publish your own book go to Expert Author : http://www.expertauthorpublishing.com poetryREpairs.com welcomes essays on any topic related to poetry.

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DIANE PAYNE Real Food Chicken popping in hot oil, green beans bobbing beneath boiling water. No Hamburger Helper tonight. Real food. Kids outside playing while wife looks out the window, waiting for her husband. He said he'd be on time tonight. Says that every night. After a few beers and shots of whiskey, the father returns. Relieved he didn't kill anyone driving home, the wife will add an additional thanks to tonite's prayer. From the pans to the plates, food is passed around this family of five without a word spoken. Just the sound of spoons clanking on metal and the slush of food landing on mellomac plates. The children eat quickly, hoping to finish a meal without angering their father. Chicken makes him happy. He looks at his eight year old daughter, gives her a big toothless grin, then pulls the chicken tail off and drops it in her milk. "Drink up," he laughs. Excited, he puts his cigarette out in her mashed potatoes. "Eat everything on your plate. I paid good money for this food." One by one, they leave the table, except for the girl. She watches the chicken tail floating on milk, the ashes resting on potatoes, wishing she could sink beneath the soggy green beans. --- copyright DIANE PAYNE. " Real Food " was previously published on poetryREpairs 02.01:006 'all the fine arts are species of poetry'

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