September 2010 Newsletter

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Words of Wisdom ready for your use

There are phrases that are often repeated that have information that make us wonder why we do things when we do them, and these are called words of wisdom. Here is a collection of such phrases in several categories that were gathered by the staff of this website for your interest. Click here or on the above graphic to see the full list and seem wise beyond your years.

World of Words has second Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge and skill of the World Of Words by Elias Tobias web blog, and take the blog’s Trivia Quiz for fun. It’s like a scavenger hunt. No prizes are involved, though. No points for merchandise are available since everything on this web site is already free. The World of Words by Elias Tobias has several free items to easily download, including logos, posters, autographed photos, ArtBrushed photography and a complete brochure about the Web blog that reaches more than 2 million people daily. These  free images and products can be used for screen savers, material for a new Elias Tobias fan club, T-shirt iron-on designs, window clings, mouse pads, coffee  mugs and other items.

Use the search box to help find information from all posts.  Click on the logo to go to the quiz.

Mike’s Book Café has free books online
The gift of reading is a gift that keeps on giving, long after the Christmas presents have been opened.  The best presents are free and there are hundreds of books online for no cost from a variety of sources.  So when it’s cold outside, and you have time on your hands, fix yourself a cup of coffee and then pick up a book or anthology of poems and relax.

If you just want the latest news from your own hometown to the nation and world, go to Topix at http://www.topix.com/. The type in the name of your city or town in the search box and get information from your neck of the woods.
Here is a set of links from Mike’s Book Cafe:
1. Thousands of books available through http://www.readbookonline.net/
2. Turn page after page at http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
3. Read and print books for free from http://www.readprint.com/
4. Want a romance novel? Choose hundreds at http://www.publicbookshelf.com/
This is just a start of what can be found for free.  Reading in fun-damental.

The World of Words by Elias Tobias has a series of 26 podcasts from the Love Notes book. You can listen to the recordings and download them for free to your favorite IPod device. You will need a program to hear them, so if you do not have a program, you can click here for a free QuickTime program. Find these and other love poems in the Love Note book. Use the search box to find the text of a specific poem.

“Lines of Life” Theme for September
The theme of poetry for the month of September 2010 is “Lines of Life” for all daily posts, including the Poem of the     Month below. This is the title of of one of my favorite poems, and it has also been published before and during the time this poetry blog began.  This months work will explore snapshot of life in lines of poetry and photographs.
 Poem of the Month

Life is Like a Lottery
Life is like a lottery,
and the numbers change daily,
Success and popularity
are a matter of fate and destiny.
The odds change with
effort and ability.
Angelic assistance is heavenly.
There are insurance companies
who determine life expectancy
like the odds of a lottery
based on age and activities.
Life is like a lottery.

Have you read the childrens’ story, The Peasant Princess? It is in English, French, Spanish, German, and Arabic.

August 2010 Newsletter

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Levi Jacobs is next LSC member to be inducted

Levi Jacobs is a funeral director and main partner in Jacobs and Son Funeral Home in a Central Texas town. It’s a third generation business that he inherited from his father and is teaching his only surviving son, Michael, the trade.  He is an honest, faithful and professional businessman who had another son, David, who was learning the biz, but died in an accident in 2008 while at Texas A&M University.

Jacob’s father, Joseph, was in the U.S. Army during WW II as a medic based in San Antonio when he was discharged.  He met woman of German descent named Lydia and got married. He moved to Kerrville, near Fredericksburg, after he married and settled down. He used what service had taught him, in medical field, to start the family business. His only son, Levi, was born.  They grew up there, and married Etta, short for Marietta, and they had two sons. Joseph died unexpectedly in 2007. His mother continues to work at the business and is the corporation’s CEO and Board Chairman, and Etta works in accounting department at family business.

Jacobs’ membership  was sponsored by Christopher Benedict , who was attending a friends’ funeral in late February, 2010, at Jacobs and sons.  Levi, a poet whose main theme is celebrating life, recognized Christopher Benedict as LSC member from the Web blog, World of words, and Levi showed him some of his work. Interested,   Benedict decided to sponsor Levi as a candidate.  A three member committee, E.T., Bill Kelso and Karl Dobson, conducted a background search and interview.  The candidate was confirmed, and the LSC group voted as a whole to add him as another brother, thus establishing policy for further memberships.

Poetry First Aid can help your poetry sparkle

Sometimes the words don’t seem right, no matter how long you have thought about the feelings to be expressed in a poem, or you have not used the right tools to get the poem in a final form. Here is where I can help. With Poetry First Aid, a poem written by someone other than myself can be submitted to contact(at)eliastobias.net  to Poetry First Aid. I’ll work with the original text, help edit it to be a better poem, and the result may be a better poem.  The new poem belongs to the original writer, with all rights reserved.  It’s free.

Free Poetry Poster

How would you like to get something to dress up your laptop or your desktop computer?  The answer is a free poetry poster with one of my favorite poems, like Captian of My Ship. You can print it  and frame it, too. Just double-click on the image on this page and choose the “Save photo as” option when you right click again.  You name it. You can use it.  Then find the “main page” link on the right side of the page to go back to the main page.
Enjoy.

Download a copy of the Captain of my Ship poster. For other posters, click here.

How to have a free poetry blog in three easy steps or claiming your homestead on the wild frontier of the Internet

For serious writers, there comes a time when various types of contests, open poetry nights,  and sharing works to friends and family are just aren’t enough.

Publishing a book with a traditional concept, even with publishing-on-demand companies on the Internet, still takes some sort of cash investment.  Self-publishing is how many great writers received their start, and it remains an option, if money is available.  Like the open ranges of the Old West, the Internet offers alternatives to getting published without great costs for writers.

One option is to start a free poetry blog, and it can be done in three basic steps.  First, decide what kind of blog will be created. Then get a free quality host that offers an independent e-mail option, and then third, maintain and promote the web site through personal and online network techniques. Click here for the complete version. 

My Summer Vacation is theme for August
As a follow-up to last month’s theme, and as tribute to the thing that most people do in the summer, “My Summer Vacation,” is the theme for poetry in August 2010.  It just so happens Patty and I went to Louisville, Kentucky, for a three-day vacation, and I have pictures and video to prove it.  This month is also my birthday month. The Friday photos will reflect our experiences.  The poems will be a vacation of sorts, a look back over the years, like thumbing through an old photo album.

 Poem of the Month

unfinished dreams
unfinished dreams
haunt my mind as I
toss in my sleep.
the beginnings
of these thoughts
are silent and deep.
several asprins
to relieve the headache
is what I need.

Who is Elias Tobias? Go to his biography that is also in Spanish.

July 2010 Newsletter

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Mission Statement for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

As I get back into the corporate world, new things are being introduced, and trainings use mission statements to create a company culture.  So I decided to try it with this enterprise. The World of Words by Elias Tobias is dedicated to entertain and inform its world-wide audience with meaningful creative poetry, short stories, articles, and photography.  The poetry blog will establish many opportunities for the readers to interact and download material at no cost so they can become an important part of the web site.

Spring Wildflower Portfolio to be presented

This month will feature this year’s crop of Indiana wildflower photographs.  Each photo will be sized to fit the page post, however, by clicking on the photo, the user will get a larger version which can easily be downloaded for free.  It is requested that any public use of these photos be credited to Mike Hall and the World of Words by Elias Tobias.  Hope you enjoy these pictures.

Alice Cooper said is best when he sang the song, “School’s Out for Summer.”  July is here, and its time to do things that you do not do while school is going on, like go on vacations and travel or have more time with your friends - all kinds of agenda changes.

This is the Summer of Fun at the World of Words by Elias Tobias World of Words.  Words and photos will illustrate this theme, and readers are invited to send their summer snapshots via e-mail with basic caption information, and published with the new Summer Snapshots logo at contact(at)eliastobias(dot)net.  Just have a Polaroid or a film camera?  Photos can be put on a CD or prints can be scanned. Also any summer videos sent to YouTube can be promoted on this Web blog with the appropriate Internet link.  Of course, all photos should be of publishable content and quality, as determined by the blog management.

Separate Elias Tobias Fan Club website merges with World of Words Web site

Be a part of the World of Words official fan club. The separate pages of the Elias Tobias Fan Club web site have merged with the World of Words blog to make it easier to join.  The Fan Club  is free, and those who want to join are urged to register for the main site with the link in the bottom right portion of the page. The  Elias Tobias Official Fan Club is for those who want more from Elias Tobias and read all there is on the web blog. The Fan Club has many added benefits and the goal of the fan club is to create a true community of the webs site’s readers. Benefits include a personal blog by Elias Tobias called Between the Lines, Faces and Places, the Exponet Insider, free downloads and free classified ads for those who register.

“Celebration” Theme for July
The theme of poetry for the month of July 2010 is “Celebration” for all daily posts, including the Poem of the     Month below. This celebration is not limited to the obvious national anniversary of the creation of the United States.  This is a personal celebration of those who work to accomplish their family, personal or professional goals in small daily steps, for a journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first steps.  In times of financial recovery, a change in one person’s life has a ripple effect for many others associated with that person. Let’s celebrate.
 Poem of the Month

Goals in my Pocket

I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
All this is not enough for me.
I don’t like to live day to day,
not knowing what my future will be.
There has to be a better way.

I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
I need to get a full-time job,
and a car to get me around.
Next I need a girl friend who
will take me to town.

I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
I’m praying to the Lord.
Jesus, I need your help.
It m doing all I can now
to make a name for myself.

I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
I have the heat on In this house,
but it ’s really not a home.
I need the comfort of a lover.
I don’t like living alone.

I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
I don’t want to be different,
I just want to be like the rest
of the people who work hard
every day to be their very best.
I have goals in my pocket,

I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
I have goals in my pocket,
and my dreams in my head.
I’ve got food on the table
and a roof over my bed.
Who is Elias Tobias? Go to his biography that is also in Spanish.

May 2010 Newsletter

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Join the staff of the Exponet

Become a part of the World of Words by Elias Tobias by volunteering as a correspondent for The Exponet, the newsletter for the World of Words  By Elias Tobias.  Basic writing skills are needed and an interest in poetry is desired.  News can include guest columnists and news from your neck of the wodds.  All correspondents get an official The Exponet press pass to perform the duties of their work. All work will have bylines and be edited by the webmaster, who has final control of the web blog content. So join the staff of the Exponet!  Send an e-mail to contact@eliastobias.net if interested.

TV commercial for the World of Words

To see the 30-second TV commercial, click on the above image.

If no video is seen, click here.Download the LSC crest for Free

Like the Lambda Sigma Chi Crest?  It makes a great screensaver for computer background. Just click on the image above and save it to your hard drive of your computer as you would a photo.  With the right software, you could use the design for a free T-shirt transfer that you can iron-on to a clean bright-colored top for the summer. Now that’s cool! You could use the image for a custom-made mouse pad from the drug store. For more free downloads go to Free Poetry Poster with words and photos from The World of Words by Elias Tobias.

In other news about the Lambda Sigs, Brother Christopher Benedict had sponsored a new candidate to become a member of the unofficial fraternity.  He is sponsoring Levi Jacobs, a funeral director in Kerrville, Texas., in the central part of the state. Benedict was attending a friends’ funeral in late February 2010, at Jacobs and Sons Funeral Home, and was approached by Levi with a folder of poetry. A three- member committee, Elias Tobias,  Bill Kelso and Karl Dobson, will conduct a background search and interview within the next few months and the entire present membership will vote on the candidate.


Get the print version of The Exponet
The latest edition of the May 2010 Exponet, the official newsletter of The World of Words, is available in PDF format, and can be sent to any specific email address upon request. To request a printed edition, contact the webmaster at contact@eliastobias.net.

Join the World of Words Fan Club

Be a part of the World of Words official fan club. The webmaster of the World of Words by Elias Tobias has created the Official Fan Club Web Site for the poetry blog, and it has now been incorporated into the World of Words web blog.

The Fan Club Web site is free, and those who want to join are urged to register for the main site with the link in the bottom right portion of the page. The World of Words by Elias Tobias Official Fan Club web site is for those who want more from Elias Tobias and read all there is on the web blog. The Fan Club has many added benefits and the goal of the fan club is to create a true community of the webs site’s readers.

Benefits include a personal blog by Elias Tobias called Between the Lines, Faces and Places, the Exponet Insider, free downloads and free classified ads for those who register.

“Wild Words” Theme for May

The theme of poetry for the month of May 2010 is “Wild Words,” for all daily posts, including the Poem of the Month below.  In May different varieties of wild flowers seem to pop up in the most unlikely of places, and bloom into beautiful elements of the landscape.  Words, like the seeds of the wild flowers, are buried under the winter’s snow and April’s rain storms set in motion a growth process with poetry all over the place.  Once captured in permanent form, these poetic version of wild flowers will always be available at The World of Words by Elias Tobias.

 Poem of the Month

Brown Eyes
I saw her again today.
It’s been a long time.
Her eyes smiled as she
nodded at me behind
the library window.
I had to smile back.
The light of excitement
was reflected in her eyes.
Maybe she saw something
that I didn’t think ever
existed inside me before.

April 2010 Newsletter

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Poetry web blog ranks among top 2.5 million websites on Internet

According to Alexa.com, The World of Words by Elias Tobias, a poetry web site started 11 years ago, has now reach  the highest point in popularity by being among the top 2.5 million websites on the Internet and int he top one million websites in the united States. To see the current ranking, click here or on the poetry blog logo.  This is a “poetry blog worth reading.”

Join the staff of the Exponet

Become a part of the World of Words by Elias Tobias by volunteering as a correspondent for The Exponet, the newsletter for the World of Words  By Elias Tobias.  Basic writing skills are needed and an interest in poetry is desired.  News can include guest columnists and news from your neck of the woods.  All correspondents get an official The Exponet press pass to perform the duties of their work. All work will have bylines and be edited by the webmaster, who has final control of the web blog content. So join the staff of The Exponet!  Send an e-mail to contact@eliastobias.net if interested.
The Mystery of Things

Life certainly is a mystery, even with all that we plan and anticipate. D. Karlan has recently begun a poetry blog called “The Mystery of Things,” and is off to a good start.  To get to this poetry blog, click on the box with her logo or go to http://www.skarlancom.blogspot.com.

If you have a poetry blog which you would like to share with the world, get it on the World of Words by Elias Tobias special feature, the International Poetry Link Exchange program.  The links are free and a reciprocal link is requested.

  Love Note Podcasts

The World of Words by Elias Tobias has a series of 26 podcasts from the Love Notes book. You can listen to the recordings and download them for free to your favorite IPod device. You will need a program to hear them, so if you do not have a program, you can click here for a free QuickTime program. Find these and other love poems in the Love Note book.

Subscribe to the World of Words Video Channel

Subscribe to the World of Words Video Channel on You Tube for free and get nearly 20 videos produced for the poetry blog. From women in bikinis to fireworks on the the Forth of July and Wildflowers to Winter Wonderlands, see the videos at the Video link on the World of Words by Elias Tobias.  To see the newest installment of Between the Lines from Red Dot Media Management, click here.

Get the print version of The Exponet
The latest edition of the April 2010 Exponet, the official newsletter of The World of Words, is available in PDF format, and can be sent to any specific email address upon request. To request a printed edition, contact the webmaster at contact@eliastobias.net.

Join the World of Words Fan Club

Be a part of the World of Words official fan club. The webmaster of the World of Words by Elias Tobias has created the Official Fan Club Web Site for the poetry blog. The Fan Club Web site is free, and those who want to join are urged to register for the main site with the link in the bottom right portion of the page.
The World of Words by Elias Tobias Official Fan Club web site is for those who want more from Elias Tobias and read all there is on the web blog. The Fan Club has many added benefits and the goal of the fan club is to create a true community of the webs site’s readers. Benefits include a personal blog by Elias Tobias called Between the Lines, Faces and Places, the Exponet Insider, free downloads and free classified ads for those who register. A special Official Fan Club Web site video has been created and is available at the World of Words web blog or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrCcg4NMyE.

“News and Views” Theme for April

The theme of poetry for the month of April 2010 is “News and Views,” for all daily posts, including the Poem of the Month below. The choice in theme is a web site’s reflection about the news of the day, trends in people’s lives, and my views about this information.  An example is what happens in Indiana in the spring … basketball championships in all the state division for the high school boys and girls.

 Poem of the Month

65 to 53

It could be any Friday or
Saturday night when two teams
prepare to fight on the high school
basketball court.
It’s a sporting event, but it’s a
social occasion, too.
Girls meet boys, boys see girls;
old friends meet like it seems
they never do.
The cheer leaders jump up and
down and all-around while the band
plays the school song.
The photographers take the pictures
of the coach who can’t figure
what is going wrong.
And there are the kids sellings
hotdogs and Cokes to all the
folks in the stands.
Soon the buzzer rings, and the game
comes to an end.
The cheerblock’s shout echos about
with its leaders screaming the most.
But, the final victory is told by the
scoreboard, and it determines
which team cries or boasts.

Join the staff of The Exponet

Become a part of the World of Words by Elias Tobias by volunteering as a correspondent for The Exponet, the newsletter for the World of Words  By Elias Tobias.  Basic writing skills are needed and an interest in poetry is desired.  News can include guest columnists and news from your neck of the woods.  All correspondents get an official The Exponet press pass to perform the duties of their work. All work will have bylines and be edited by the webmaster, who has final control of the web blog content. So join the staff of The Exponet! Send an e-mail to contact@eliastobias.net if interested.

TV commercial for World of Words

To see the 30-second TV commercial, click on the above image.

If no video is seen, click here.

The Mystery of Things

Life certainly is a mystery, even with all that we plan and anticipate. D. Karlan has recently begun a poetry blog called “The Mystery of Things,” and is off to a good start.  To get to this poetry blog, click on the box with her logo or go to http://www.skarlancom.blogspot.com.

if you have a poetry blog which you would like to share with the world, get it on the World of Words by Elias Tobias special feature, the International Poetry Link Exchange program.  The links are free and a reciprocal link is requested.

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

World of Words by Elias Tobias Reader’s Bill of Rights
1. Readers have a right to a new blog posts as scheduled.
2. Readers have a right to quality original writing and photography on the posts.
3. Readers have a right to respond to the posts quickly and easily.
4. Readers have a right to participate in the poetry blog by various interactive means.
5. Readers have a right to a site that is easy to navigate without broken interior or external links.
6. Readers have a right to a minimum of advertising which is always secondary to content.
7. Readers have a right to be informed of changes in the operation of the poetry blog through newsletters, press releases and static page posts.
8. Readers have a right to a professional-looking poetry blog with a minimum of typing errors and a variety of technical capabilities, such as videos and podcasts.
 

Red Dot Media Management created

Sand Castle Productions has been acquired by Red Dot Media Management, an organization created by the owner of the “Word of Words” poetry blog.  Sand Castle which has produced 15 videos for the World of Words by Elias Tobias Channel on You Tube, will become property of Red Dot Media.
A recent  video made by Sand Castle Productions, intended as a series of informational “newscasts” called, “Between the Lines,” has not done well with reviews, and Red Dot Media will take over the series with a new concept for the monthly videos.
“They will be shorter, casual, and more informal,” said Michael D. Hall, the real name of poet Elias Tobias and owner of Red Dot Media Management. “We may not even keep the name of the series. We want to do it right.”
Hall said the work completed by Sand Castle Productions served the needs of the growing poetry blog, however it was time that the blog do the videos and other projects in-house.

 Get the print version of The Exponet
The latest edition of the March 2010 Exponet, the official newsletter of The World of Words, is available in PDF format, and can be sent to any specific email address upon request. To request a printed edition, contact the webmaster at contact@eliastobias.net.

Join the World of Words Fan Club
Be a part of the World of Words official fan club. The webmaster of the World of Words by Elias Tobias has created the Official Fan Club Web Site for the poetry blog. The Fan Club Web site is free, and those who want to join are urged to register for the main site with the link in the bottom right portion of the page.
The World of Words by Elias Tobias Official Fan Club web site is for those who want more from Elias Tobias and read all there is on the web blog. The Fan Club has many added benefits and the goal of the fan club is to create a true community of the webs site*s readers. Benefits include a personal blog by Elias Tobias called Between the Lines, Faces and Places, the Exponet Insider, free downloads and free classified ads for those who register. A special Official Fan Club Web site video has been created and is available at the World of Words web blog or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrCcg4NMyE.

“Power of Love” Theme for March
The theme of poetry for the month of March 2010 is “the Power of Love,” for all daily posts, including the Poem of the Month below. The choice in theme is a web site’s reflection about how important love, in all its phases, is to people.

 Poem of the Month

Love’s Like Ice

First you slip, then you fall,
and don’t realize what happened at all,
except that something hurts.
It may be your heart,
Don’t know when its starts,
until you think it is gone.

When you fall, it may be into the arms
of someone whose charms may raise
the alarm that your life has changed.
It could be your name.
Ice transforms when it gets hot,
And tears form when love is not.

When you fall through the ice,
the temperature gets under your skin
and then things begin to get better.
The fall stays in your memory,
even as the years go by.
You wonder why, especially
when you lie and say it never did hurt.

It must have been an accident.

February 2010 Between the Lines video

If you can not see the video, click here.

Click on logo to view the video.