The Million Dollar Poetry Project

I wanted to take the time to thank those of you who’ve subscribed to my feed. I hope you’re getting what you want from the blog and if you’ve got any suggestions or requests, feel free to ask. To me, poetry’s a challenge of trying to express ideas, emotions and imagery so if you ever would like give me a challenge, I don’t mind giving it my best shot. You don’t HAVE to buy a poem, you can simply challenge me to write what you want and I’ll see if I can deliver.

I’ve just gotten a new column writing job over at SongMeanings.net where I review albums for those guys. It’s a pretty cool site because it lets people get into discussing the lyrics and their take on what each song means. This week I reviewed Coldplay’s latest album Viva La Vida (Death and All His Friends) so you’re free to check that out if you like.

Beyond that, this auction for Defiance of Balloons has only ONE HOUR left! It’s a nail-biter, lemme tell ya. I sure hope we see a victory there, so if you’re so inclined to bid I’d be delighted to see that.

Thanks for visiting and look forward to new poems before the sun rises!

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Well, it’s awfully ironic that the first day I change the blog’s header to "Fresh Poetry Daily" ends up being the first day I didn’t post a new poem! Don’t worry, though, that’s going to be as rare of an occasion as I can possibly make it. I did write poetry yesterday and today and I’ll be bringing you that in just a bit.

If you’re wondering what’s been the hold up, well, I’m a writer and tech guy over at Happy Horror. It’s taken me a good deal of time to set up the forums there so that’s why my post didn’t make it up. Fear not, before the sun rises I’ll have some fresh poems for you!

And the video’s taking longer than anticipated due largely to Mother Nature not cooperating as well as I’d like. A new video will also be up soon, but here’s where the others are for those of you interested in viewing them.

Finally, not only have I got the poems on this blog for sale, I’ve got an auction going right now and of course, I’m always willing to write custom poems for you ($5.00/5 line minimum orders, please) in any style and on any subject matter you’d like! Feel free to mail me at the HappyHorror.com address, with the first part being "GlowStormLion@" (sorry, gotta trick those spambots!)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to hit again soon for the new poems. I like ‘em alot!

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As regular visitors to this blog have come to know, I feature fresh poems daily. I work to make sure there’s something new every day for each of you to enjoy, but I want to go beyond that because the road to a million isn’t going to be easy or quick.

With that in mind, I’ve initiated a new weekly feature! I’ll be auctioning off one poem each week on E-bay in order to raise more funds for the Million Dollar Poetry Project. Not only will the winning bidder receive the traditional button on the front page and link to a website of their choice, each of the auctioned poems will come with a handwritten original copy of that particular poem mailed FREE to the winner!

In case you’d like to take a look, here’s where you can find the latest poem up for auction:

The Defiance of Balloons

(click the link above to visit the auction)

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I’m delighted to report that the Ebay auctions for the first 3 Sponsored Buttons on the front page have each SOLD! While they did not go for a dollar a line, that wasn’t my intent when I began the auctions. What I wanted was for at least one person to bid on each poem - that was the goal I hoped to achieve. I started them at a penny and fully intended to honor a penny bid if a penny bid I ended up getting for each.

That’s not the case! Here’s what each button went for:

1st Sponsor Button (top billing): $1.50

2nd Sponsor Button: $0.30

3rd Sponsor Button (oddly enough): $0.82

That totals out to: $2.62

A fine total for the very first sales and I’m glad that they get permanent advertising to their sites for winning bid, too. They deserve it for believing in the project when not many people yet do. Those buttons (and the poems they link to) just may become a little part of history!

Please note, these buttons are a "one off" deal that I won’t ever do again for the rest of the project. That’s what makes them so special for me. I’m excited to show the poems once the winning bidders have approved them! Be sure to check back for announcements because I’ll be posting the links to each poem here in the blog, as well.

Tonight means another video and a new ‘weekly feature’ that I’ll be running from here on out. I invite you to come back and take a look! Thanks for visiting, each visit’s encouragement so please know that even if all you do is read along, I appreciate it!

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Guess what?

ALL THREE AUCTIONS NOW HAVE BIDS!!!

If you’ve not checked ‘em out and you wanna, I’ll list the url’s for one last time:

FIRST Sponsor Button/Poem

Second Sponsor Button/Poem

Third Sponsor Button/Poem

A HUGE thank you to all the bidders so far! You guys have made my WEEK!

Now back to work.. should have a new page up tonight and more big changes

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Okay, update time! The very first poem I’ve written for SINMinX has been approved by the person who requested it. It’s five lines total and I’ll be putting it up as soon I’ve received payment and the appropriate graphic for the button.

Also, don’t forget to check my completely ghetto YouTube video where I show a couple paintings that I’ve done - two that did NOT sell on E-bay during my first two auctions. Aside from that, I’m ecstatic to announce that the E-bay auction for the TOP (first) sponsor button received its first bid!! Here are the auctions if you’d like to track their progress:

Special Sponsor Button #1 auction

Special Sponsor Button #2 auction

Special Sponsor Button #3 auction

I’ve altered the listing to specify that I’ll be writing a handwritten copy of the poem out for the winning bidders that will include a personalized message from me to them.

Also, the press release for The Million Dollar poetry project has been accepted by four organizations:

Free-Press-Release.com

PRUrgent.com

PRUnderground.com

and TheOpenPress.com, thanks to technical assistance from their CEO!

So, if you come across one of the press releases about this project, I’d be most grateful if you felt like socially bookmarking it to help it reach a wider audience!

Honestly, I had high hopes for SINMinX when I started a couple days ago, but I’m truly awed at the generous support people have been offering. I also appreciate the criticisms because sometimes valid points can be made that way, too.

In the coming days I’ll be fine tuning the more functional aspects of this blog, so please stay tuned. I’m not a graphic arts type person so the site may not wind up LOOKING better, but it’ll have a wider array of useful features that you visitors might want to take advantage of.

Despite the completely hectic schedule I’ve been keeping, I’ve managed to keep up with posting for Happy Horror and even to write a new poem. If anyone’s interested I can publish it here so everyone can take a look, but I’ll wait until someone comments or e-mails to request it.

Again, your support means more to me than I can convey via text, so for those of you rooting for this project (and maybe me, as well) - THANK YOU! Keep your fingers crossed that the Million Dollar Poetry project’s press releases get put in front of the right sets of eyes.

Then we might just end up making a little history and we’ll all be able to say we were there from the very first days! Be sure to speak up and get yourself counted as a founding supporter of the idea, even if you never plan to buy a poem.

Oh, before I forget, here’s my MySpace page so feel free to friend me if you’d like.

That’s a wrap for me, but stay tuned. I intend to be as candid and transparent as possible so I’ll be posting videos daily - hopefully - to keep everyone updated. I want you who took the time to read my blog to get a clear picture of how I’m going about climbing the path to success. I don’t want to give a retrospective based off time-corroded memories, I to tell the
story AS IT HAPPENS.

Simply because those kinds of stories inspire me. Be what you wish you were, that’s one of my guiding philosophies.

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Alright, I’m just posting because I took a very terrible and candid video for YouTube… I figured if I waited around to do it ‘right’ it’d not be as authentic. So, it’s done totally on the fly with a dinky digital camera we had to ’stabilize’ on a Coke can. Yeah, ghetto, I know… Anyways, here’s the auctions

1st button Auction

2nd button Auction

3rd button Auction

First terrible video attempt to launch SINMinX!

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