Two Sonnets Selectect For Showcase

Just wanted to share that two of my sonnets have been selected by ThinkingPoetry.com for its latest collection, “Sonetti: Modern Sonnets 2009.” “Majestic” and “Zion Tears” were chosen by the owner/editor of ThinkPoetry.com, a one-stop collection of information on the different components and forms of poetry.

You can find “Sonetti” at http://www.thinkingpoetry.com/community/showcase#sonetti.

Hope your 4th of July weekend has been great.

Poetic Forms Section Added to Website

Just a quick note:

I’ve been writing weekly articles about various forms of poetry for a popular Ryze group (Wordmeisters, Poets and Writers-Unite!) and recently decided to post them on my website, JackHuber.com. I’ll be adding more articles week by week, and will take requests to discuss different forms.

For more information, go to http://www.jackhuber.com/poeticforms.htm.

Enjoy!

Jack

My latest poetry news

The most recent anthology from WritingRoom, “Rain From The Tangerine Sun,” is a collection of poems selected from among their January and February 2009 poetry and short story writing contests. Included were three of my poems, “I Dream of Space,” “An Eerie Calm Before the Night” and “Begone, Ugly Year.” For more information, go to http://www.writingroom.com.

I’ve started a “Poem of the Week” feature of the Jack Huber Fan Club group on Facebook. It’s free to join the group, and you can post your thoughts about any of my poems or photos. (http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?f=1#/group.php?gid=71529503539&ref=share).

Have a great Father’s Day weekend!

Jack

My new book, “A Splendid Alternative,” is available

Good news! I received my final proof and have approved it (finally), making my new book available on CreateSpace and Amazon.com. Like all my books (weird saying that, this is my fourth book now), “A Splendid Alternative” is named for a poem within, a piece written about the goings on of the tiny town of Greensburg, KS, after being devastated by an EF-5 tornado in 2007. Their rebuilding efforts are inspirational.

This new collection of poetry and photographs contains 55 poems paired with photos from my travels, and includes sonnets, haiku, senryu, villanelles, and other classic poetic forms. Author Marsha Dean Walker has written a review (http://www.jackhuber.com/review4.htm).

For ordering information, please go to http://www.jackhuber.com/splendid.htm.

Jack

PoetryDances Highlights “Dormant”

PoetryDances.com is currently highlighting a site favorite, “Dormant,” as its “Poem of the Week.” “Dormant” had already been chosen as a “Selected Poem” for February-April of 2009, one of three of Jack’s poems to have been named to that list.

Jack was also notified that his haiku, “Ice,” will be highlighted soon.

You can see PoetryDances’ “Poem of the Week” at http://www.poetrydances.com/poemoftheweek.htm.

New book coming

I’m putting the finishing touches on my third paperback book, fourth overall. I hope to have “A Splendid Alternative” on the market by the first week of May. Watch for more news at www.JackHuber.com.

PoetryDances.com Adds Two More

PoetryDances.com has chosen two more of Jack’s poems for its “Selected Poems- February to April, 2009,” bringing the total in this time period to three. PoetryDances searches out and links to a limited selection of what they believe to be the best of online poetry on Poetry Websites, Poetry Blogs, Social Networks and Poetry Networks across the Internet. Joining “Dormant,” the first work chosen in the February set, are “Midweek Marina” and “I Dream of Space.”

You can see PoetryDances’ “Selected Poems” at http://www.poetrydances.com/poetrydancesfebapr09.htm.

Download “An Eerie Calm” for only $5.95

Please pass the word:

I have made my latest book available only as a pdf, downloadable for just $5.95. “An Eerie Calm Before the Night” contains 22 sonnets, my favorite form, and each is paired with a full-color photo. Some of this work is not yet included in other collections. I’ve also enabled full-color printing if you wish to print one poem or the entire book.

This e-book has been reviewed by Diane Tegarden, Firewalker Publications, and also by author Randy Hunsucker.

For more information, go to http://www.jackhuber.com/eeriecalm.htm.

“I Dream of Space” Wins Second Place

 Jack was the second place winner in WritingRoom’s February Poetry Contest. They selected the poem “I DREAM OF SPACE” as the runner-up poem, which will be featured in their latest anthology. The anthology will be for sale later this year at the PublishingRoom.com bookstore.

For information about Jack and his writing, go to www.jackhuber.com.

“An Eerie Calm” reviewed by Diane Tegarden, Firewalker Publications

“An Eerie Calm Before the Night- A Collection of Sonnets” by Jack Huber
(review written March 14th, 2009)

Jack is as skillful with the images he captures with his camera as he is when he is painting them with words. His sonnets entertain and inform the reader as his pictures fill your vision.

While reading his new collection “An Eerie Calm Before the Night- A Collection of Sonnets”, I was drawn to a poem called “A Phoenix Rises”. This poem aptly describes the sudden, frightening devastation that a tornado wreaks on a town and its inhabitants, so vividly, in fact, that you think you’re in the middle of one.

And I couldn’t take my eyes off this next piece, reading it over and over again. “The Heron” is a masterful play on words that is a delight to both the ear and the eye. Jack’s artistry and playfulness brought a smile to my face by the end of this short sonnet. His photos show such a variety and are clear and clean; his composition, precise without being postured.

I highly recommend reading this book!

Diane Tegarden, FireWalker Publications, Inc.
Author:
“Getting OUT of Limbo- A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”- http://www.amazon.com
“Light Through Shuttered Window- A Compendium of my Poetry”- available exclusively at: http://www.firewalkerpublications.com
“Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time” (a preventable vision of the future)- available exclusively at: http://www.firewalkerpublications.com