March 2009 Newsletter
Newsletter for the Word of Words by Elias Tobias
Readership passes 1 million daily visitors
Daily numbers for readership of the World of Words by Elias Tobias show a continued growth. The site reached its first day of 1 million unique visitors. These visitors have read more than 2 million pages per day. New material is coming to the poetry web log to keep the content fresh using features that are helping to maintain or increase readership. See the Press releases page for where to get current figures.
Artbrushed Photo Gallery
Through the magic of technology and computers, The World of Words by Elias Tobias presents a portfolio of 30 Artbrushed images that originated as digital photographs by Mike Hall. Click on the Meditation Pond thumbnail photo to get there.
Live Magazine NYC joins International Poetry Link Exchange
Live Mag! is a biannual event/performance publication which takes place at the Bowery Poetry Club, hosted by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright. Poems are collected by audience members and read by guest editors. Previous editor guests have included Hannah Winarsky, editor of Princeton University Press, William Electric Black of La Mama Etc., Michael Andre of Unmuzzled Ox . Erika Jo Brown, editor of Stretching Panties Magazine, Bob Holman of the Bowery Poetry Press and Gary Parrish of Farfalla Press. To get to the site, go to http://www.livemagnyc.com/
Free Elias Tobias signature poster
The World of Words by Elias Tobias presents a free signature poster of Elias Tobias. You can print it easily. Just click on the image on this page and 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.
Journey of life is poetry theme
The journey is the poetry theme for March 2009. There is a saying that goes something like this: life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it is about learning to dance in the rain. In Indiana, there is rain, snow, and everything in between. The journey is making choices and the most of the conditions, no matter the weather.
New Book, A Cupful of Words, started
The new category or book is being started this month, and it is called, A Cupful of Words. The name of this web blog, The World of Words by Elias Tobias, stresses word choice. This book will feature poems that a person can read and understand with a cup of coffee or tea in the morning before the day starts or in the evening when the tasks have ended and it is time to relax.
Winds of Change
Dried lifeless leaves from the fall
circle in the air as a strong wind
swirls the past around.
For a moment, the wind stops, but
soon repeats the cyclone cycle
several times.
The warm sunlight stirs the convection
from the ground that a week ago
was covered in 12 inches of snow.
The rain came yesterday and washed
away the pain from the cracking
sidewalks.
No one seems to know what will happen
next, except for the weatherman, who plays
the odds with God.