Saturday, February 1, 2014

Just Call Me "Miss September"

So this is something new. I'm a calendar girl now.  Yes, that's right. I'm Miss September 2014 (sort of). Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are!  Do you remember that song, "Calendar Girl" by Neil Sedaka? That song has been going through my head. Let me set your mind at ease.  There's no need to worry. I haven't turned into a pinup girl in the true sense of the word, and you aren't going to find a picture of me wearing a bathing suit hanging on the wall in some mechanic's garage. Everyone should be very thankful for that.

What you will find is a head shot of me above a poem I wrote accompanied by a lovely photo of a grasshopper sitting on a coleus plant.  My poem titled "Sir Hopper of Coleus" is featured for the month of September in the 2014 Digging to the Roots calendar created by the charitable organization called Writers Rising Up. If you are interested, here's a little bit about this organization from their website:

"We encourage a deeper understanding and participation in environmental stewardship. Through the literary arts at community events, contests, workshops, literary performances, interpretive installations and publications, our focus is on nature education and writing. We promote writers who associate their work to cultural, spiritual and social connections to place, the land, natural habitat, including flora, fauna and wetlands."

The calendar is a lovely collection of nature photos accompanied by poems inspired by the photos. If anyone is interested in seeing the photos and reading the poems and/or having a copy of the calendar for his or her very own, it is available to be downloaded and printed for free at this link:  2014 Digging to the Roots calendar.  Even if you don't want or need a calendar printed up, you might enjoy taking a look at these beautiful photos and reading the accompanying poems. I am very excited to have my poem in this calendar published by this worthy organization.  

24 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/01/2014

    Congratulations, Miss September! I am so happy for you and I look forward to viewing the calendar. Having trouble currently, but I'll try again soon.

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  2. Oh this is great!! We know a real celebrity! Your poems are definitely worthy of being published.

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  3. Daisy that is wonderful, your poems are always so inspiring and beautiful... I love reading them :)

    Thank you for your lovely comments on my blog, have an amazing rest of the weekend :)

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  4. Good for you, Daisy! I'm happy for you!

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  5. Congratulations, Daisy! How wonderful for you!

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  6. That's great! Congratulations!

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  7. Oh Wow, Congrats . I'm not a bit surprised, you are an awesome poet. I have never read one yet that I wasn't in Awe. You are an excellent writer. Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

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  8. Big congratulations! Your poem is worthy of the honor. Have a great weekend.

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  9. Congratulations, Miss September! So happy for you! I tried to download and view the calendar, but it wouldn't work, so I'll try again later. Very cool to be featured on a calendar!!

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  10. Way to go Daisy! You see things wonderfully and it comes out in your poetry. Congrats on the publish.

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  11. Thanks, all. I'm sorry if the download didn't work for some of you. It worked for me earlier, so not sure why it didn't work after that. Hopefully they have it fixed now.

    Charlotte, no celebrity here, just me. :)

    Have a great week everybody!

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  12. Congratulations, Daisy! This is great news. I'm so glad you've been published here. Thanks for sharing this with us. Best wishes with your writing and publishing many more poems in the future. I always enjoy reading your poetry.

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  13. That's wonderful, Daisy. Congratulations! Thank you for pointing us to the free calendar. I look forward to enjoying it.

    Be well.
    xoRobyn

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  14. Anonymous2/03/2014

    Hi Daisy, I was able to view tonight and I am so happy for you. This is great!

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  15. Brenda, Robyn, and Mildred, thank you all very much. :)

    Mildred, I'm glad to hear the link is working again. Thank you for letting me know.

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  16. Daisy
    I'm going to hop right over and check this out.
    A big congrats, you should be proud of your self!!

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  17. How cool are you! I raced over to the site immediately. The calendar is BEAUTIFUL and I so enjoyed your addition. Congrats!

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  18. very nice! <3
    maybe we can follow each other? let me know! http://locastrica.blogspot.com/

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  19. Kimberly and Reenie, thank you! :-)

    Hello Sparkle! Thanks for visiting and commenting here. :)

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  20. That is wonderful, D. Kudos to you. Love the poem, too. :D

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  21. Congratulations, Daisy, it was wonderful news to read. I will be heading to the site after this comment. Nice to hear when good things happen for fellow bloggers!

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  22. Thank you, Cary. I'm glad you liked it. :)

    Thank you, Beatrice. :-)

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  23. Wow Daisy- you deserve it- your poetry is just wonderful! Congrats!

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    1. Thank you, Terri! :) Happy weekend to you!

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