Erin holding the prize mug
OK, a litte bit about this book. I am a narrative poet who tells my real story through my verse. I am also a narrative poet who fictionalizes a lot of events–sometimes you can’t tell the difference between what’s real or not. Many of these poems in this book came to be because of the memories I have of the split level house I grew up in Annandale, Virginia with my parents and brother, outside Washington, D.C. I have also included many persona poems about men who make a living working with their hands. As I gathered the poems together I noticed a pattern: all of the poems contain images of houses, both of their interiors and exteriors. And so Unfinished Projects was born! My ideas for these poems came from poetry prompts and many of them also came from dreams. I strongly remember my dreams about the house I grew up in.
If you’d like to check out my poems, they’re available here on my author page at my publisher’s site HERE
And stay tuned for my “World Tour” coming in Jan 2011. I’ll be reading my poems at various Triangle locations along with traveling to Charleston, Charlotte, Hickory, New York! and the beautiful mountains of Waynesville, NC.
Good luck on getting the mug which is filled with Godiva chocolate (Hmmm…chocolate), a bookmark, letter opener, pen and more!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
About Alice Osborn
