Congratulations Goodreads Winners!

Thanks to all of you who signed up for the Goodreads Giveaway 
of "Spotted Overcoat!" 

The winners of the contest are...

Nikki H.

and

Kelly G.

Congratulations!

Thank you all for your interest in my poetry book and Happy Reading!


     -Denise

Cut and Shuffle

Mud of a hundred memories

Caked thick

On worn leather,

Torn boots,

Shoddy soles

Of a burned out soul

Scraping the past

On the threshold

Of a fresh start,

Evading the footprints following

From town to town to wharf

Unloading history

For someone else to recover

While awaiting a good rinse,

A temporary patch

To shake the tracks

Until he is ready

To live in

A new pair of shoes

300

His worn, lucky shoes

Sliding on highly polished lanes

Polyurethane alley

Magic gloves caressing the

Scratched old faithful apple

Wishful strikes and perfect scores

Evading the sad scorecard

With a crashing, thunderous split

Causing bets, making bets

As the clumsy error

Of an accidental damsel

Takes the scenic route

Crossing lanes, crossing lives

Rolls a spare

Sparing his bet

Losing the set

Winning a more perfect game

With a laugh and a glimmer

And a wholesome heart

Goodreads Giveaway!

Guess who is now on Goodreads?

Spotted Overcoat, Poetry on the Lam is!

And...you can sign up for a free copy through May 31, 2013. There are 2 copies that will be given away, so if you missed out on the book launch giveaway, you still have a second chance!

Just tap that cute little button on the right side of this page and voila!

Good luck and thanks for following the lost beat!

I Put That Envelope Somewhere. . .

Today is the day! 

After two weeks of celebrating the launch of “Spotted Overcoat, Poetry on the Lam,” it is finally over. 

The website contest, that is. Not the celebrating.

I heard about this wonderfully scientific method of choosing contest winners. It had something to do with medieval chanting and sand covered bongos and my aura. That just got way too complicated, even though it would be fun to howl in a bowling alley at sunrise.

So, I just closed my eyes and pointed to names on a paper.

Disappointed? Well, you won’t be if you are one of the winners.

Enough babbling. Less coffee.

The book winners are:

Elizabeth C.

Elizabeth S.

The winner of the artwork by Sherry Ann Greer is:

Mary Mc.

Congratulations to the winners! 

Thanks to all who participated!

-Denise