Back Pocket Poet

By Lily Steiner

 With a mission of creating poetry works that touch a persons heart, soul and day-to-day life, Tony Haynes is more than expressing his love of people and their creative desires. He is personalizing a special gift for an individual, one that will last forever and can be passed down to future generations. He loves inspiring people to imagine and hope, to dream and believe.

Calling himself the Greatest Poet in the World, Tony has made popular a unique type of poem, the acrostic poem. Used for years as a way to introduce poetry writing to children, he has elevated it to a whole new level. He is also known as The 48 Second Poet because he can pull a special poem, one tailored to the recipient, out of thin air in less then a minute. The person tells Tony what they would like the title to be and he composes the poem on the spot. It is a one-of-a-kind gift, personalized and magical.

For instance, if you would approach Tony and ask for a poem as a gift for John Smith, he could write a poem with 9 lines, each line starting with a different letter of Johns name. It could be about any theme you desire. When giving a special gift like this to your friend or loved one, the reactions upon receipt are often ones of amazement and wonder.

With his unique approach of spontaneous showmanship combined with his artistic abilities of penmanship, Tony is taking the gift market by storm. This is not the only creative thing about Tony, however. He has spent years creating special things for our world as a songwriter, music publisher, record producer and author.

As a songwriter, Tony has written songs for over 200 albums, his first song recorded by the Spinners in 1981, Send A Little Love. With his songs selling more than 70 million copies worldwide, they have earned him sixty gold and multi-platinum awards, as well as several ASCAP Awards. Music publishing includes artists such as Bobby Brown, Jeffrey Osborne, Earth, Wind & Fire, Al Jarreau, Kool & The Gang, The Temptations, the Isley Brothers and many more.

Living and creating in the world of children has been one career highlight for Tony, and in 1993, he began to focus on childrens entertainment. He produced many different audio products, wrote books and created animated characters. Under the Warner Kids label and others he wrote and/or produced famous projects like Looney Tunes Lovables Lullabies, Bugs Bunny in Carrotblanca, and others. For Hanna Barbera and Motown, Tony was executive producer for The Flintstones Motown Christmas. His list of accomplishments is vast and significant.

With a number of books for children also published by Warner Bros.Worldwide Publishing, Landoll and Penguin Books, he entertained our kids with classics such as RazzamaTaz, A Dune Buggy Ride With Baby Taz, Baby Tweetys Flying Machine, Baby Sylvesters Big Day and Baby Bugs Favorite Things.

Now with Tonys new GreetingsBooks, a spiral-bound book with a pocket for envelopes, he is accomplishing his mission with finesse, and creating pleasure for kids and adults alike.

Tony Haynes is putting rhymes where darkness or sadness lurks to touch the lives of all, and make happiness prevail. Its the light of love that shines through.

By Lily Steiner

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By Jaci Rae

 As I gaze out the window at my Grandmother walking swiftly up the path in her backyard, I sit in awe and amazement of her. At nearly 90 years old, she is as vital as any of my peers. She has as much energy as anyone I have seen in their 30’s, and she certainly does not look more than 50. She is an amazing woman.

Most of my fondest memories are of time spent with my Grandmother. The trip to her house always seemed so long I could hardly wait to see her. I would ask my mom every few minutes, “How long ’till we get there?” Once there, warm hugs would follow. I would look up at her face and her sparkling eyes, with her hair pulled back in a neat bun and I knew I was home. This was the home of my heart.

The smell of fresh baked bread permeated the air as I would rush to the cookie jar to grab a few of Grandma’s cookies. The mornings were a quiet rush down the hallway into the kitchen, trying not to wake anyone else. The first child at the breakfast table, dressed and with their bed made was given the honor of using the Silver Fish Spoon. It was a time honored tradition that was passed on from her childhood. No other spoon could equal the taste of any food that was eaten from that spoon.

Days were spent watching her do her gardening, playing in the playhouse in the backyard, walking up town, dressing up in period dresses, playing with antique dolls and tea sets (each with a wonderful history that Grandma would tell), and learning to crochet.

Afternoon would find her playing the piano…Beethoven, Chopin, Joplin. I remember climbing onto the piano stool when I was 2 years old and watching her fingers glide across the ivory keys of her baby grand. She never said a word as I would try to mimic her playing on the upper register of that piano. Patiently she would play as I wrecked her masterpieces. I wanted to be just like her.

When I was a little older, I got an old tiny keyboard and I sat on the floor and we played our first duet, “Valley of the Dolls”. I was so proud that I was playing a duet with my grandmother, that I could barely hit the right keys. She bought my first piano for me. An old upright. I played it day and night.

Evenings at her house were special too. She would read the paper in her chair by the wall and I would watch her turn every page. It would soon be my turn to sit in her warm soft lap and watch the pictures go by in the Beatrice Potter book she would read to me. “Benjamin Bunny” or “Peter Cottontail” to name a few. Then it was off to bed and off to sleep with the sound of her piano lulling me into sweet dreams.

She remembers the days when things were simpler. A happy time when there was no such thing as self-service gas stations; milk was delivered to your door in glass milk containers; people smiled and said hello to one another; and you could pick up the phone and order your groceries to be delivered to your home for no extra charge. For her the 50’s are modern day. These must have been great times, if for no other reason then they were graced with her presence.

Things haven’t changed all that much for me. There are still warm hugs and sparkling eyes to look at. The smell of fresh baked bread still permeates the air. The cookie jar is still ever welcoming, although my Grandmother says she has help from Pillsbury now. She is still helping me on the piano, cooking 3 meals a day, and running the house.

The only changes now are, the garden is a plush, beautiful jungle that captures the imagination, and I read “Benjamin Bunny” to myself. But with everything she is, there is still so much more that I am just beginning to discover. Now that I have become an adult, my awe and wonderment of her are only added to as I discover how incredibly intelligent she is. Who needs a library when I have her?

She is truly an amazing woman my Grandmother. I can only hope and strive to be the same kind of woman she is when I reach her years.

Jaci Rae is a #1 Best Selling author of The Indie Guide to Music, Marketing and Money and Winning Points with the Woman in Your Life One Touchdown at a Time. Book Jaci for your next show: and hit contact button for her publicist.

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By Richard McNeal

 Planning a funeral service is no easy task, as people are weary and uncertain during such an emotional time. Finding ways in which to express thoughts and feelings is difficult when there are no perfect words to say. A funeral poem is a useful aid, as its words are specifically intended to help mourn and honor a loved one. Appropriate at a funeral, memorial, graveside service, or wake, memorial poetry speaks to the heart.

In the Eulogy

Memorial poetry is a powerful medium of expression and often communicates our thoughts and feelings better than our own words. As such, using poetry in the eulogy can be a most fulfilling and moving experience. While writing a memory poem yourself is always a meaningful endeavor, there are many memory poems available that can accurately and appropriately express the particular message you’re trying to communicate-whether it be one of sorrow, remembrance, or hope. A few examples of appropriate funeral poems include: All Is Well by Henry Scott Holland, Farewell by Emily Dickinson, No Longer Mourn for Me by William Shakespeare, or Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd.

On Acknowledgement Cards

Often the best way to express your deepest gratitude for those close friends and family members who stood by your side during this difficult time is to send acknowledgement cards. While, of course, a personally written message is a meaningful gesture, it’s also common to include a poem. This poem can be a thank you, a memorial poem pertaining to the loss of your loved one, or a general poem about life and death. Whichever you chose, using a poem graciously expresses your sentiments for their love and support. Below is an example of a general poem you might include:

Poem of Life

Life is but a stopping place,

A pause in what’s to be,

A resting place along the road,

To sweet eternity.

We all have different journeys,

Different paths along the way,

We all were meant to learn some things,

But never meant to stay…

Our destination is a place,

Far greater than we know.

For some the journey’s quicker,

For some the journey’s slow.

And when the journey finally ends,

We’ll claim a great reward,

And find an everlasting peace,

Together with the Lord.

–author unknown

Poetry Inscriptions

After someone passes away, friends and family often want a consistent reminder of the wonderful influence and life of their loved one. Since visiting a gravesite or final resting place everyday is improbable, a small token of the deceased’s life is a meaningful and practical solution. This is often achieved through an inscription on a particular keepsake or memento. Whether it’s a custom figurine, plaque, or personal item of the deceased’s, an in memory of poem is a fitting supplement. Since the lengths of inscriptions are contingent upon the size of the object, the in memory of poem you choose should reflect the space available. The most suitable poems likely consist of short phrases and few stanzas. A couplet or quatrain is most common, for instance. The following is an untitled piece by Molly Fumia:

The season of mourning,

will also pass.

Memorial Bookmarks

Often friends, family, and colleagues of the departed also appreciate a small keepsake or memento. A popular and practical item is the memorial bookmark. Consequently, the medium of a bookmark is conducive to longer prose that expresses experience and feeling in wonderful poetic detail. Despite whether your loved one was an avid reader, a memorial bookmark will hold the place of his of her memory for years to come.

Richard McNeal, 2009

Traditional memorial poetry and end of life quotes can be sentimental and heartfelt. Find the right expressive eulogy poem or share one you have written at Poetry Reading online.

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By Daniel Millions

 There are numerous ways to improve your writing skills. Whether your final goal is to write simply for enjoyment, or to become a big-time newspaper columnist, by practicing these tips, you’ll be sure to progress.

You can start your quest to good writing by good reading. Immerse yourself in novels, plays, poems as well as articles. Pick out the differences between what you think is a great piece of writing, and identify what could use editing, or more time spent on perfecting it. Reading is a critical step in this process because not only does it give you an idea on how to write a plethora of pieces, but it also gives you a more extended vocabulary, and can give you ideas for your own writing.

Buy a notebook. Without a notebook, there’s no organized place to keep your ideas. Bring this prized possession everywhere with you, because you never know when you’ll feel inspired. It’s also a very effective way to get used to writing daily. By always having a notebook by your side, it’s not only easily accessible, but it’s always there to grab if you find an amazing story. Just make sure you don’t forget a pen!

Join a writing group, either in your community, or on the internet. By communicating with aspiring writers such as yourself, you can network with one another. Ask for advice if you’re stuck, or for tips that they use to get the ball rolling. Talking with other writers can only help you, so why not give it a try?

No matter what it’s about, or even if it doesn’t make sense, just write. If you have writers block, clear your mind, and let the words flow. Take a break from the writing, and go back to it a few hours, or even a few days later. Your writing will becomes clearer, and you’ll be able to add onto the writing after having thought about it for a while.

Make sure your thoughts are organized, and not all over the place. Keep your ideas relatable, and don’t mix them all together. The reader will get confused if you jump from topic to topic without any explanation in between. Make sure your ideas are well developed, and don’t jump around too much. If you do stray from the main topic, just be sure you can bring it back to the topic at the end. Find some reason they were put together in the first place.

Make time to write. If you’re too busy to dedicate yourself to writing, even for ten minutes a day, then you won’t improve. As they say, practice makes perfect, and without practice, your writing will become monotonous. Settle yourself down in a quiet, comfortable setting and just let the words flow. The more you write, the easier it becomes to think of attention-grabbing openings and witty endings.

Check your spelling and grammatical errors. Even though it sounds tedious, it’s imperative to make a good impression. If you were to show anyone your work, and there were mistakes throughout the entire piece, no one would be able to concentrate on the content of your writing, only the blunders. For this reason, make sure your writing is as perfected as it can be.

These tips are just a few ideas that will get you on your way to becoming a good writer. Believe in your writing, and don’t be afraid to persevere and take it to the next level. Follow these examples, and you’ll be sure to not only advance, but become more confident in your work.

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By Zacharias Allred

 Teaching children to write poetry can be done if the steps are broken down. Children learn best when it is simple and easily accomplished. Basically all you need to do is show children how to rhyme words and then put them together. Here are 6 methods.

1. Write a list of words. On the board or at home on a piece of paper write a list of words that rhyme. An example would be: try, high, fly, kite, night, fun, run, roam, home, etc. Next, have the children arrange some of the words in a sentence.

2. Recitation. While the students are writing their sentences you can write some of your own and then read them out loud. Hearing words rhyme is different than saying them in your head. Have each of the children do this. There may be giggles which is normal.

3. The Bible. The Bible is the most widely read book in the world. It is written in prose and parts of it are quite beautiful. You can read parts of the Bible a loud and discuss why it is considered poetry. As an exercise you can have the children try to imitate some of the verses.

4. Poems about familiar things. Poetry is an expression of feelings and emotions. Help the kids by getting them to express thoughts and ideas about people and things they are very familiar with. Encourage them to be expressive.

5. Rhyming games. An effective method for teaching kids poetry is to use games. Nursery rhymes are some of the first poetry we hear. You can read some of these to the kids and have them stomp their feet and clap to the rhythmic pattern they hear. Be prepared for some noise but this is very effective.

6. Music. Listen to music and show how lyrics are similar to poetry set to music. This is particularly effective with older kids. Music is a huge part of our lives and many children and teenagers are aspiring musicians and already have favorite music groups.

Writing poetry is a fun activity and the kids will enjoy it. You need to start with simple rhyming schemes so the students can build confidence. You can use the Bible, games and music to further their understanding.

Get a free e book on parenting by visiting Zacharias Allred’s web site about teaching children. You can also click on teaching children to write to read other free articles.

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By Paul Warren

 As an author or songwriter, we should not just expect to sit down and be connected with our ‘now moment inspiration flow’ unless we have been exercising it! Object writing is the writers’ set of bar bells to get us in the zone, and keep us primed for when one of those muse moments comes along.After recently doing some songwriting classes with Berklee music professor Pat Pattison I have become a great fan of object writing. What is that you might ask?

Essentially object writing involves picking a subject, usually a noun, and writing about it for a fixed period of time. This can be five minutes or ten minutes. ten minutes usually gets you into some solid trains of thought , so I suggest you stick with that at first.

The key to successful object writing is to stay as sense bound as possible. For example I could state that “I drove over the bridge”. But if I really wanted to expand on that I need to draw the reader, or listener in the case of a song, into the scene. So you might write something like this;

“As I drove up the incline of the bridge I began to feel ball bearings running about in my stomach. I always get a little nervous being so high, it’s like being on top of a skyscraper. You feel yourself swaying in the breeze and get that sense that you could almost fall over the edge. There’s also that fear that the whole bridge could just drop away, like a plane dropping in turbulence”. There! That was that a bit more engaging than “I drove over the bridge” wasn’t it!

The idea is that we dive into our sense memory bank to bring the picture alive. So what are our senses? There’s 5 we are familiar with of course, but there are two that aren’t spoken of so much. The first five are; Taste , touch, sight, sound, smell. But what are these other two senses you might ask? Well, there’s the sensations that originate in the bodily organs. Notice in the example that “ball bearings are running about my stomach”. I think any of us can associate with what that’s like, it also gets us over the line instead of the tired old ‘butterflies’. So, think of your organs as a sense; heart it was ticking like a grandfather clock, lungs my lungs were a jackhammer in my chest liver, stomach etc.

The other missing sense we use in object writing is our kinesthetic awareness. That is a sense of movement or motion. Once again from the example ‘like a plane dropping in turbulence’. Think of that sensation when you go over a hump in the road or imagine what it is like to be a feather floating around on a hot wind.

Sometimes it’s hard getting the creative motor going but it is amazing what you can come up with if you regularly practice. Initially just try to stick with the word that you have picked and write anything, starting is the most important thing! I suggest random picks from the dictionary.

Make your objects things you are familiar with, and as you grow in confidence, begin to broaden the scope. You might might start out with knife for example, and write about eating, the weight of the knife in your hand which could lead you to what it’s like to carve the food, then what it’s like to put the food in your mouth. Use as many sensations as you can gather. Ten minutes can dissolve away fairly quickly. You might wind up after a few weeks of object writing moving into more abstract objects. The term , midnight, for example, which is a bit more challenging, but is still a noun. See where your imaginationm takes you on that one. You might come up with a line like “the sound of midnight is me waiting to hear her key in the lock”. This brings me a final point. When you are confident with getting your stuff out in ten minutes, give yourself another challenge and try to stay with just one sense. For example with midnight you might just focus on sound;

Ths sound of midnight is the roar of a thousand air conditioners in the city as I lie waiting to hear her key in the door, the sigh of relief when you hear that ka-chunk-a. She’s home.

Visit Paul Warren’s website ObjectWriting.com and write on the ‘word of the day. For songwriting hints and tips visit myhomerecordingstudio.com.

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By Ethan Christ

 If you want to know how to make money online from your poetry, there are many ways in which to do so. Different people want different poems for different things. Some simply need it for a homework assignment. Other’s possibly need it for an email to a significant other. Whatever the case is, you can always find someone to do your work for you.

One example of a poet for hire is at www.poeticmoney.com. This poet is a very talented person, who is capable of just about anything that deals with words. If you need a poem for any reason what so ever, this is the poet I would have to recommend for you. This poet’s website offers more than just a simple poem. It also offers webmasters links and advertising.

Poems are fun to read and they attract attention. If you have a website, and are wanting to promote it, and build up links, what better way than to hire a poet, hyper-link a few keywords, and voila. You now have a poem, (Which you can repost anywhere), and you’ve build up a few more links.

Another way to make some money online with your poetry, is to submit them to some place like Helium, where you collect some money for every page view. You could set up a poetry blog, and post half of the poem on your blog, with a link back to the page that it’s posted on Helium. That would increase your pageviews.

You never know what you can do with the Internet now a days. Who would of ever thought that you could sell your words online. or better yet, people would pay you for a few links. If you’re really looking to make money online, one way to start out is with poetry.

If you’re not that artistic, try selling something else. Come up with something that you can do easily, and isn’t very stressful, and tell people about it. Eventually, somebody will buy your product, and more customers will follow.

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By Emma Garcia

 Ser padre o madre no es tan fcil como parece. Se necesita reconocer que la persona que traemos al mundo es una persona que necesita de ayuda por varios aos, adems necesita de atencin amor y comprensin.

Es difcil comprender cmo en la edad media se sola tratar a un nio de la misma forma que se le trataba a un adulto. Hay diferentes libros que comprueban esa teora y diferentes autores tanto de literatura como de poesa. Hablamos de Charles Perrault, los hermanos Grimm, y otros escritores que plasmaron su cultura y sociedad desde el siglo 17 en adelante.

Hay varios libros que fueron escritos en esa poca y que muestran como era el trato de los adultos con los nios, desde que edad los nios empezaban a trabajar, y como fue la evolucin de la vestimenta, carcter y vida de un menor hasta nuestros tiempos.

El libro Daniel campen del mundo “Danny Champion of the World” muestra uno de los ejemplos de libros escritos para nios que muestran el trato de su padre hacia su hijo y el mal ejemplo que se promueve hacia el acto del robo. Esa misma idea y la idea original fue escrita para adultos bajo el nombre de Campen de mundo “Champion of the world” que despus de unos aos fue traducido por el mismo escritor Roald Dahl a una versin para nios.

En la versin para nios fue escrita en un lenguaje mucho mas entendible para los nios pero igual lo que ocurre es contenido para adultos y no para nios, hay escenas de venganza, robo, complicidad etc.

Cmo es posible que se escriba un libro en el que un padre le mal ejemplo a su hijo? Es obvio que los padre siempre quieren lo mejor para sus hijos pero en la realidad hay padres que se olvidan de esa frase y simplemente trata a sus hijos como personas ya maduras, teniendo el nios apenas 5 o mas aos.

Cuando me refiero a mal ejemplo es a las cosas que hacen los padres delante de sus hijos y no se dan cuenta de los problemas que pueden causarle al nio en su infancia y adems cuando ya sea grande y tome sus propias decisiones.

Si un padre, fuma en frente de sus hijos y no le importa que los afecte, si juega en un Casino Online todo el da, si un padre golpea a su mujer delante de los hijos, qu se puede esperar de este nio cuando sea grande? Hay varias opciones, o que el nio crezca y cuando tenga a su familia haga exactamente lo mismo porque es algo que el ya vivi y le parece algo muy normal o por lo contrario que diga que el no quiere ser y actuar como su padre o simplemente ser indiferente a lo que le ocurri cuando era nio.

Ahora padres, pnganse a pensar en qu quieren que sus hijos se conviertan cuando sean grandes. Desen cuenta que la mayora de los nios toman sus padres como un modelo y quieren ser como ellos cuando grandes; entonces piensen un poco y cambien sus actitudes contra aquellos que toman su ejemplo a diario. O lo mejor es que antes de tener un hijo piensen bien si Uds. son un buen ejemplo para aquel ser que va a nacer y si Uds. pueden con la responsabilidad de ser padres y criar a nios que sean personas de bien.

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By taig_a

 Mythopoetic kind of textual interpretation as a probable way to adecuate definition of literature appears in russian philology in the 70-s on the crossroads of several paradigms of humanities. Sharing the basic features of poststructuralism, Mythopoetical criticism goes to use practically some methodological orientations of contemporary linguistics, semiotics and the study of culture. This approach to text helps to describe the level of deep semantics which remains inaccesible for traditional literary history. Nevertheless, some traits of this method seem to be strange and doubtful, because it principally chooses innovative way of interpretation. That’s why Mythopoetical criticism became very fruitful for many scholars of russian literature in their intentions to leave the obsolete schemes of analysis. The famous representatives of Mythopoetics are both in the Western scholarship (for example, Erzy Faryno, Wolf Schmid, Aage Hansen-Love, Igor Smirnov, Mikhail Weiskopf) and in the Russian (such as Vladimir Toporov as a predecessor of the movement and several scholars of youngest generation - Goncharov family, Tupa & so on). In my opinion it’s necessary to grasp the whole circle of Mythopoetical questions in historical, typological and practical aspect. It is a common purpose of the 1’st part.

Althoguh this trend of criticism is rich of different practical analyses of singular texts, there is no any hint on a strict theoretical conception, which could form the basis of all. In this sense there will be useful to examine the history of method’s development, because it was extremely eclective from the very beginning. The first part of my work is dedicated to the historical survey of methodology and its evolution.

The second part presents an attempt of practical adaptation of theoretical constructions to the concrete material. For this procedure I’ve chosen the material of Soviet Literature in the twenties and early thirties. Regularity of my choise is accounted for very special type of conciousness in early Soviet culture which revived some archaical models in modern context very actively. As it is known, the poetry of this period is more rare object of literary studies against the so-called Socialist Realism of the 30 - 40-s. In the second part of dissertation I decide to examine a lowest, or, speaking more exactly, basic mythopoetical level of the texts including key-motives and universal structures of plot.

Let me enumerate my objects of interpretation. There are proletarian poetry of the 20-s and fragmentary of the 30-s; the long poem “The Land of Muravia” by Alexander Tvardovsky; short stories by Andrei Platonov and the novel-in-verse “PUSHTorG” by llya Selvinsky. I tried to organize this material typologically in order to envelop all basic spheres where mythopoetical elements are function. The purpose of my study is to emphasize the basic mythopoetical extracts in Soviet Literature of the mentioned period, to find semantic universals similar to archaic models.

Further, I’d like to mark out some derivates of the most widespread scenario in traditional society - I mean the ritual of passage from one world to another displayed in the many encoding structures. In present work there are three incarnations of this plot - namely vegetative, animalistic, industrial. This mythological scenario sets out as a substitute of Revolution, the central event of the epoch and its turning point. Early Soviet poets accept and describe Revolution as a momentary destruction of the old world and immediate creation of the new. That’s why the models of mythological consciousness, especially, cosmogonical plots, become actual in the process of writing.

Of course, this range of objects is not full and exhausted, but at least it gives all basic notions of the literary tendencies of the studied period. I hope that topic of my dissertation could open some new perspectives in the study of soviet literature without ideological pressure outside.

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