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Oprah Summer Reads 14-k Gold Giveaway

By Glynn Young 70 Comments

Some books make the A List, and some books make the O List.

In February, T.S. Poetry Press, known for poetry and memoirs, published its first novel, The Whipping Club by Deborah Henry. It is the story of a child placed for adoption, and years later, his birth parents learn that he wasn’t adopted as they had been told, but is in an orphanage – an institution that is more about child abuse than child care.

“Deborah Henry is a natural storyteller and she is far more, ” says Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler. “Her novel The Whipping Club is a compelling read, but it also seriously explores the terrible ways the world –as a society, as individuals—often fails its children. And most importantly, her book offers a searingly lovely vision of how wrongs can be made right. Deborah Henry is a splendid young novelist who deserves a wide audience.”

The novel is about to get that audience. This week, O Magazine—O as in Oprah—published its list of the 29 hottest reads for the summer – and The Whipping Club is on the list.

It made the O List. O my goodness.

Here at TweetSpeak Poetry, we’re celebrating Deborah Henry’s book and its O-list recognition. Like the secrets buried in The Whipping Club, we’re burying some secret words – secret O words.

Three different words will be available in our blog posts each day. For example, you might see #Oprah, and you might see #Ovation, and you might see #Onyx. Or three other O words. (Personally, I like the word #Oleander.) Look for the hashtag symbol (#) in front of an O word.

Then write a poem or take a picture, using or illustrating the secret word. Post the poem or picture on your blog, Twitter, or Facebook, with a link back to this post. Then stop in and share your post link with us in this comment box, and you’ll be entered in the 14-k-gold-secret giveaway (one necklace—winner’s choice—from the options below). Multiple entries, each using a different secret word, are perfectly acceptable.

14-k-gold-secret giveaway by Tweetspeakpoetry.com

The contest ends on Friday – this Friday, June 15, at 9 p.m. Eastern time. One winner will be picked at random and announced here at TweetSpeak on Monday, June 18. The more you share, the more chances you have to win! Just remember to link to us and to come back and share your post link with us HERE.

In addition to the O secret word contest, for two weeks only, the Kindle price of The Whipping Club will be $2.99. (I bought mine yesterday.)

Congratulations to Deborah Henry and T.S. Poetry Press. And start looking for those secret O words.

Post by Glynn Young, author of Dancing Priest: A Novel

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Glynn Young lives in St. Louis where he retired as the team leader for Online Strategy & Communications for a Fortune 500 company. Glynn writes poetry, short stories and fiction, and he loves to bike. He is the author of the Civil War romance Brookhaven, as well as Poetry at Work and the Dancing Priest Series. Find Glynn at Faith, Fiction, Friends.
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  1. LjDowns says

    June 12, 2012 at 7:23 am

    Must poems use all three of the daily words, or can you use just one or two to be eligible?

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 12, 2012 at 9:25 am

      Just one is fine for each poem. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Nancy Franson says

    June 12, 2012 at 8:11 am

    Alas, I don’t write poetry. But I’m downloading my copy as soon as I finish typing this comment. So very happy about all of this.

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 12, 2012 at 9:26 am

      Shoot, Nancy, you could try something really small. Like a haiku-ish kind of thing. What could it hurt? 🙂

      Reply
    • Glynn says

      June 12, 2012 at 9:52 am

      You can also take a photo — like an old #Oldsmobile, or an #onion.:)

      Reply
      • L. L. Barkat says

        June 12, 2012 at 10:04 am

        Well, only if the Oldsmobile or the onion was a secret word. 🙂

        But you’re right, Glynn! She needn’t write a single poem (darn 😉

        Reply
        • Will Willingham says

          June 12, 2012 at 11:20 am

          Oh, yay! We’re nesting.

          Sort of like orioles.

          Which sounds a lot like Oreos.

          Reply
          • Nancy Franson says

            June 12, 2012 at 5:48 pm

            Well didn’t you all have fun without me here this afternoon?

            You know, oodles of good words begin with the letter O.

            Like Owens. And Orangutan. Not that those two are related.

            In any case, We’ll see if I’m able to wax poetic. Or onomatopoeia-tic. Another good O-word, no?

            I’m just happy to have gotten the book for $2.99.

            Carry on.

  3. SimplyDarlene says

    June 12, 2012 at 9:14 am

    Congrats to miss Deborah and TS Poetry Press.

    Blessings.

    Reply
  4. Jennifer@GDWJ says

    June 12, 2012 at 10:39 am

    Ok. So I can take a photo, but NOT of my bowl of Cheerios, right? I don’t have any onyx or oleander around here. I do have cows who could moooooooooo an #ovation. ( <—— see all those Os in Moo?)

    🙂

    Reply
  5. Shelly Miller says

    June 12, 2012 at 11:19 am

    It only takes one person of influence to garner the attention of distracted bystanders. So happy Oprah noticed the book and shouted it to the masses. Yay! Wish I was a poet, I would join the party here. I’ll just linger in the creativity of others.

    Reply
  6. Lexanne Leonard says

    June 12, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    My poem “Ovation.” What a fun way to spend the week. Thank you for inspiring me to play with words.
    http://leximagines.com/2012/06/12/ovation/

    Reply
  7. Bradley J. Moore says

    June 12, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    So proud of you guys! BIG HUGE CONGRATULATIONS. This is worthy of shouting from the mountaintops. Or else, just quoting a celebratory poem. Either way, NICE!

    Reply
  8. Tania Runyan says

    June 12, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    Great announcement, Glynn! Well done!

    Reply
  9. Connie Cornwell Chipman says

    June 12, 2012 at 11:07 pm

    #Once

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001XV7IJG/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_Cia2pb18V2WXT

    You Only Live Once Poster Movie 11×17 Henry Fonda Sylvia Sidney Ward Bond William Gargan
    http://www.amazon.com
    You Only Live Once reproduction Approx. Size: 11 x 17 Inches – 28cm x 44cm Style A mini poster print Pop

    Reply
    • Connie Cornwell Chipman says

      June 12, 2012 at 11:52 pm

      Here’s the poem to #Once

      O’ He knew without a doubt
      what they craved,
      the crowd was wooed
      once the jazzman played

      Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 13, 2012 at 9:27 am

      Connie, can you leave the link to where you posted a link back to us? Thanks 🙂

      Reply
      • Connie cornwall chipman says

        June 13, 2012 at 5:27 pm

        Sorry LL,
        The return link is added on my Facebook
        Page. http://www.facebook.com

        Reply
        • L.L. Barkat says

          June 13, 2012 at 6:21 pm

          you’re doing great. No worries! 🙂

          Reply
  10. LjDowns says

    June 13, 2012 at 8:36 am

    “Footprints of Oleander,” my poem from yesterday’s challenge. http://bit.ly/KEAMMK

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 13, 2012 at 9:28 am

      Thanks, Leah. 🙂 Love that you wrote a poem!

      For the entry to count, it must link back to this post. Let us know when you’ve added the link 🙂

      Reply
      • LjDowns says

        June 13, 2012 at 11:37 am

        Thanks LL, link added!

        Reply
  11. Grace Marcella Brodhurst-Davis says

    June 13, 2012 at 11:31 am

    Here’s my poem to #Outside

    “Destiny”

    Outside of myself
    I can see how
    The wind blows
    Breath into me,
    But can’t seem
    To see how
    Breath in me
    Can erase the cacophony
    Of deep-hued memories
    Of my being
    Though knowing
    Such breath,
    I pulse towards
    My innermost calling
    To free myself to be

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 13, 2012 at 12:45 pm

      Let us know where you posted the link to us, to qualify for the contest 🙂

      Reply
      • Grace Marcella Brodhurst-Davis says

        June 13, 2012 at 4:04 pm

        Sorry about that. Here is the link:

        http://gracebrodhurstdavis.blogspot.com/2012/06/destiny-outsideof-myself-ican-see-how.html

        Reply
  12. Lexanne Leonard says

    June 13, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Oh, having fun with O words. I love rocks. Here’s my poem for today.

    http://leximagines.com/2012/06/13/onyx/

    Reply
  13. Connie Cornwell Chipman says

    June 14, 2012 at 12:31 am

    #Obsession

    Obsession absorbed deep into my soul,
    fostering burning passions
    of hot rhythm ready to spill out
    with spastic vigor,
    that has taken over
    my body as the music’s jump jiving,
    fast and free.

    faceboo.com

    Reply
  14. Connie Cornwell Chipman says

    June 14, 2012 at 12:48 am

    oops scratch the #Obsession poem

    Reply
  15. Connie Cornwell Chipman says

    June 14, 2012 at 1:13 am

    #OLD

    I can’t find the words
    to play.
    Oh! You said to check
    the post today.
    Just look for words
    that start with #O,
    which you will find in
    the link below.
    I’m blind and daft,
    how I feel #OLD
    I’ll go to link that you did show.

    facebook.com

    Reply
  16. path of treasure says

    June 14, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    I wrote a poem using the word #operate; the link is here:

    http://waysidewordgarden.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/sign-on-the-dotted-line/

    Thanks for the fun and chances to win! 🙂

    Reply
  17. path of treasure says

    June 14, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    I have another poem to share, titled “Dripping”, using the word #outpost. 🙂 Here is the link:

    http://waysidewordgarden.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/dripping/

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
  18. Lexanne Leonard says

    June 14, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    My last poem, a tanka, for the contest: #obsession
    http://leximagines.com/2012/06/14/obsession/
    Thank you. This has been such fun!

    Reply
  19. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 14, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    Darn. I honestly cannot figure out how this contest works. I click “blog” and it takes me back to the home page, referencing a daily blog that I can’t seem access. Are we supposed to be using the words #Oprah, #Ovation, #Onyx, or #Oleander? I was making the assumption those were examples and that the “real” secret words would be found elsewhere, but where? I am #obscured, #out-of-it, and #overwrought! Can you #oblige?

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 15, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      Seems you figured it out—that every morning post this week had the secret words. Love all the poems you offered up!

      Oprah, Ovation, Onyx, and Oleander were the words for that post (sneaky Glynn).

      You crack me up!

      Reply
  20. Darlene Kuykendall says

    June 14, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    This song, by Human League plays in my head every time I covet a new pair of shoes; Especially the last two verses. Shoes…My Obsession!

    You are an obsession
    I cannot sleep
    I am your possession
    Unopened at your feet
    There’s no balance
    No equality
    Be still I will not accept defeat

    I will have you
    Yes, I will have you
    I will find a way and I will have you
    Like a butterfly
    A wild butterly
    I will collect you and capture you

    CHORUS:
    You are an obsession
    You’re my obsession
    Who do you want me to be
    To make you sleep with me
    You are an obsession
    You’re my obsession
    Who do you want me to be
    To make you sleep with me

    I feed you I drink you
    My day and my night
    I need you I need you
    By sun or candlelight
    You protest
    You want to leave
    Stay
    Oh, there’s no alternative

    Your face appears again
    I see the beauty there
    But I see danger
    Stranger beware
    A circumstance
    In your naked dreams
    Your affection is not what it seems

    CHORUS
    My fantasy has turned to madness
    And all my goodness
    Has turned to badness
    My need to possess you
    Has consumed my soul
    My life is trembling
    I have no control

    I will have you
    Yes, I will have you
    I will find a way and I will have you
    Like a butterfly
    A wild butterly
    I will collect you and capture you!

    SHOES SHOES SHOES!!!

    Reply
  21. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 14, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    { Like so? }

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Someday Bruno Mars
    will get his wish to stand with
    Oprah and the Queen

    https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2012/06/12/oprah-summer-reading-list-14k-gold-giveaway/

    Reply
  22. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 14, 2012 at 11:52 pm

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    old pond /
    Basho’s frog /
    keeps jumping in /

    … https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2012/06/12/oprah-summer-reading-list-14k-gold-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-11013

    Reply
  23. Connie Cornwell Chipman says

    June 15, 2012 at 12:01 am

    #ONLY

    It’s easy to imagine something astounding
    if only we would take the time to look.
    Sadly, I only glimpsed.
    Time marches on, and it’s in those
    happy hours of slumber,
    when the imagination flashes…
    like Galvani’s spark, that
    in blink of an eye
    the past, present, and
    future no longer have
    restraints of time.

    https://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/chipmancs

    Reply
  24. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 12:16 am

    outside the trailer /
    blackberry bushes getting bigger /
    Internet won’t connect /

    https://twitter.com/EllenSka

    Reply
  25. Robert says

    June 15, 2012 at 12:26 am

    http://www.kwikdrysystems.com/interact/2012/06/15/poem/

    Reply
  26. Robert says

    June 15, 2012 at 12:43 am

    http://www.kwikdrysystems.com/interact/2012/06/15/outside/

    Reply
  27. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 12:49 am

    https://twitter.com/EllenSka

    travels under Ice Moon /
    with only dream-stories /
    to show / ….

    Reply
  28. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:47 am

    9. The little dog is scratching,
    and let this be a lesson
    to guard, lest flea-like Hashtags
    turn into an #obsession.

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 15, 2012 at 4:19 pm

      Obsession indeed! I’m smiling over all these O poems, Ellen 🙂

      Reply
  29. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:47 am

    8. Our hungry flea-ro Hashtag,
    looking rather like a ghost
    hopped a passing poodle—
    a much more posh #outpost.

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  30. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:47 am

    7. Finding insufficient,
    said Doc, “#Our deed is done,”
    And with a flick of finger
    he sent Hashtag along.

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  31. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:48 am

    6. “We’ll have to #operate quickly,”
    said the doctor to the nurse.
    “Is she qualified for surgery?
    How much money’s in her purse?”

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  32. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:48 am

    5. The lady’s flailing propelled her
    to a doctor’s office nearby.
    (One does not expect an #ovation
    when a flea is in one’s eye.)

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  33. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:48 am

    4. Resourceful little Hashtag
    climbed on an #oleander
    and jumped into a lady’s eye
    (though seeking doggy dander).

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  34. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:49 am

    3. The sidewalk is a bad place
    for a Hashtag flea’s loose ends.
    An #Oxford shoe just missed him
    —we thought it was the end.

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  35. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:49 am

    2. One might not even see
    A flea as black as #onyx
    Jumping on the sidewalk
    flexing both his drumsticks.

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  36. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 1:49 am

    1. #Once upon a time
    a tiny little flea,
    whose name by chance was Hashtag,
    detached himself from me.

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  37. Rosanne Osborne says

    June 15, 2012 at 10:30 am

    #operation

    O Solitude

    Solitude is the operation
    of the soul in search of itself.
    It’s in the dead center
    of soundlessness
    that vitality’s insistent
    reminder can be heard.
    The crunch of ant feet
    descending into dust,
    their mission mandated
    by singular intelligence,
    beating a rhythm
    that the soul knows.

    Reply
  38. Rosanne Osborne says

    June 15, 2012 at 11:00 am

    #Oxford

    Layoffs

    Oxford cloth shirts are as indestructible
    as he believed his career to be.
    His was a buttoned-down theology
    of work, an ethic that took the starch
    and rendered crisp collared authority
    its due. Locked from his office,
    he slumped in the pile of rumpled
    threads waiting for someone
    to see his worth, restore his press.

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      June 15, 2012 at 4:15 pm

      Rosanne, just a quick note… the entries must be posted elsewhere and link back here to qualify for the contest. Other than that, we simply welcome your poems (and that’s no simple thing either, is it? 🙂

      Reply
      • Rosanne Osborne says

        June 16, 2012 at 4:08 pm

        Actually the challenge of the game is more interesting to me than jewelry.

        Here’s the link to the first one.
        #operation http://poetryhawk.blogspot.com/2012/06/o-solitude.html

        And the second:
        #Oxford
        http://poetryhawk.blogspot.com/2012/06/layoffs.html

        Reply
      • Rosanne Osborne says

        June 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm

        Actually, I’m more interested in the game than winning the prize.

        Here are my links:
        #operation
        http://poetryhawk.blogspot.com/2012/06/o-solitude.html

        #Oxford
        http://poetryhawk.blogspot.com/2012/06/layoffs.html

        Reply
  39. Grace Marcella Brodhurst-Davis says

    June 15, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    #Oxford

    “Oxford Comma”

    Oh! Such dilemma!
    Over Oxford comma
    Old country of mine
    Says,
    ‘Lose it not!’
    Others say,
    ‘In the gutter!
    Too much clutter!’
    Haters love the brevity
    Lovers, the history
    Or perhaps utility?
    This serial comma,
    Such an innocent fella,
    Breathes such life
    In naysayers,
    Yet breeds
    So strongly
    Among players
    This English mystery,
    To everyone’s worry,
    Is still very much alive
    In World’s ever-changing drive

    http://gracebrodhurstdavis1.blogspot.com/2012/06/oxford-comma.html

    Reply
  40. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    ruffled crow feather
    hot suburban sidewalk
    one pecked plum

    https://twitter.com/#!/EllenSka

    Reply
  41. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    Easter, and the weight of this Resurrection
    Throwing off the burden of sorrow
    A too-tight shoe removed
    The pain of recirculating blood
    Restoring the body with a sharp aliveness

    (more at http://tinypaste.com/9e4e947a ) https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2012/06/12/

    Reply
  42. Ellen EtCetera says

    June 15, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    in the field beyond,
    circus tents lime green & pink
    odds bodkins!

    https://twitter.com/EllenSka

    Reply
  43. Connie Cornwell Chipman says

    June 15, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    #ONE.

    https://www.facebook.com/chipmancs#!/chipmancs

    Reply
  44. Dolly@Soulstops says

    June 21, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    Wow! Congratulations! How exciting!

    Reply
  45. http://tinyurl.com/karlwarn05095 says

    January 13, 2013 at 2:54 am

    “Oprah Summer Reads 14-k Gold Giveaway – Tweetspeak Poetry” was indeed a delightful
    post, can’t help but wait to go through much more of your blogs.
    Time to waste a lot of time on-line lol. Thanks for your effort
    ,Jillian

    Reply

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