Newsletter of the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Birthday Month

I will be 52 this month, and I will celebrate a writing “career” that started when he was 12.  That is 40 years of poems, short stories, plays (only two-they take work),  many newspaper stories,  photo captions for hundreds of photos, headlines, and college research papers. More a more complete biography, go to the biography page of The World of Words by Elias Tobias.

For a combination birthday and wedding anniversary celebration (from last month), my wife and I will be spending a weekend getaway at a cabin.  We have been married 15 years.

There are many more years left to write more poems, to take more pictures and to be with Patty.  Hopefully I’ll get full-time employment by the end of this year.

Rate this poem

I’m not running for president or anything crazy like that, however, www.poetry.com has selected Calico Creek,  a poem on the World of Words by Elias Tobias to be rated on a 1-10 scale, and those participating can win prizes.   So let your vote be heard and go to http://www.poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=13167335.  I’m Elias Tobias and I approve of this message.

Kidding aside, the World of Words readers should check out the growing listing of those responding to the International Poetry Link Exchange and see what other poetry bloggers are doing in their free time.

New Spanish Language poems  to be featured

A new book or category, Words of Inspiration or Palabras de Inspiracion, is being created and one poem by Elias Tobias will be featured each week.  The poems were previously published in the Spanish-language newspaper section of The Brownsville Herald, in Brownsville, TX.  Each poem will be linked to its English cousin, for those who want to switch back and forth.

Download Computer Monitor wallpaper/screensavers

Have you ever found a real cool poetry Web blog, like the World of Words by Elias Tobias, but don’t remember the URL?  We have the situation soived.   Below are a choice to two screensavers or wallpaper logos for the Web site to remind you of where to go first for one of the best poetry sites on the Internet! Just click on which one you want and save it to your hard drive of your computer as you would a photo.  With the right software, you could use the designs for a free T-shirt transfer that you can iron-on to a clean bright-colored top for the summer. Now that’s cool! Click here to get the two logos.

New “book,” or poetry category to features Poem of the Month

The World of Words by Elias Tobias will begin using a new book or poetry category, Mental Grafitti: Words on the Wall.  This will be a collection of thoughts that at first may be random, however the common theme will be poems that are similar to the artwork of those who paint their thoughts with spray cans on walls and train cars. They are saying this is who I am, and this is where I am at this time in my life.  Its the art of the common people.

For the record, I’m not promoting the concept of defacing private or public property, since it is against the law.  I am not promoting the use of grafitti in regard to gangs or the marking  of territory, with the use the title of this new book.  This collection is an allegory  of the words on the wall, if there is one, in my brain.