From Hell's frozen heart I cuss at thee, Ottawa. You can't even manage to crush the Maple Leafs like the bugs they are? A heart breaking way to end an eleven game winning streak. 5-0. Flawless victory for the leafs.
Monday, February 08, 2010
From Hell's frozen heart I cuss at thee, Ottawa. You can't even manage to crush the Maple Leafs like the bugs they are? A heart breaking way to end an eleven game winning streak. 5-0. Flawless victory for the leafs.
The Quest for a Million
Badoo: 304
Scribd: 83
iLike: 71
CherryPeel: 29
SoundCloud: 19
iSound: 20
MySpace: 82
Amazing Tunes: 20
Mp3.com: 666 (creepy!)
Internet Archive: 138
Independent Artists Company: 105
The Sixty One: 23
Houndbite: 1352
Youtube: 12
Total: 2922
Badoo: 304
Scribd: 83
iLike: 71
CherryPeel: 29
SoundCloud: 19
iSound: 20
MySpace: 82
Amazing Tunes: 20
Mp3.com: 666 (creepy!)
Internet Archive: 138
Independent Artists Company: 105
The Sixty One: 23
Houndbite: 1352
Youtube: 12
Total: 2922
Guest Poet: Langston Hughes
I been scared and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,
Looks like between 'em they done
Tried to make me
Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'--
But I don't care!
I'm still here!
If you want your work to appear on my blog, just write to atleverton@yahoo.ca.
Wall of Fame
Lucy — Monday, 01 February 2010 09:52 PM
amazing i write poetry
Michelle — Monday, 01 February 2010 01:05 PM
That's a great poem
Jennifer — Tuesday, 02 February 2010 06:15 PM
hello very nice poem hun :D
Sanndy — 03:35 AM
cool
Lesley — Wednesday, 03 February 2010 02:26 PM
send me a copy -
Mel smiffy — Thursday, 04 February 2010 03:20 PM
email address
Ann — Thursday, 04 February 2010 11:47 AM
absolutly delightfull loved it
Hi Adam Tod...thank you for sharing it's a lovely poem....sad & encouriging tho...
Ann — Friday, 05 February 2010 10:39 AM
Any time, your welcome and i would be honored to read more.
Janice — Sunday, 07 February 2010 01:55 PM
very nice poem :-)
Lucy — Monday, 01 February 2010 09:52 PM
amazing i write poetry
Michelle — Monday, 01 February 2010 01:05 PM
That's a great poem
Jennifer — Tuesday, 02 February 2010 06:15 PM
hello very nice poem hun :D
Sanndy — 03:35 AM
cool
Lesley — Wednesday, 03 February 2010 02:26 PM
send me a copy -
Mel smiffy — Thursday, 04 February 2010 03:20 PM
email address
Ann — Thursday, 04 February 2010 11:47 AM
absolutly delightfull loved it
Hi Adam Tod...thank you for sharing it's a lovely poem....sad & encouriging tho...
Ann — Friday, 05 February 2010 10:39 AM
Any time, your welcome and i would be honored to read more.
Janice — Sunday, 07 February 2010 01:55 PM
very nice poem :-)
Poem of the Week: Moonlight Dreams
Moonlight Dreams
tell me what the moonlight dreams
what it cares for
and who it longs to embrace
I see now its shimmering
liquid reflection
does the moon think
and does the wind breathe
a plaintive sigh?
will you sing me
the songs the
coupled angels sing
I will bring you
dandelions and clovers
and a bird with a broken wing
let the sea dry up
let the forests burn
This is about Beth, a student from my first year of university. I don’t think that I had a crush on her, but she was beautiful. I had a job cleaning the dining room. There was a piano there and she used to play by herself while I cleaned. Mostly jazz, but sometimes Beethoven.
Moonlight Dreams
tell me what the moonlight dreams
what it cares for
and who it longs to embrace
I see now its shimmering
liquid reflection
does the moon think
and does the wind breathe
a plaintive sigh?
will you sing me
the songs the
coupled angels sing
I will bring you
dandelions and clovers
and a bird with a broken wing
let the sea dry up
let the forests burn
This is about Beth, a student from my first year of university. I don’t think that I had a crush on her, but she was beautiful. I had a job cleaning the dining room. There was a piano there and she used to play by herself while I cleaned. Mostly jazz, but sometimes Beethoven.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Adam's Update
This post will use the wondrously low-tech 'alphabet' and 'writing' I've heard so much about. I've finished adding my Korpo to Youtube, it's nothing to fancy, just to give people a taste. I've also got the fan club up and running, as you can see from the badass logo to the left. Continuing the promotion work, and working on the super secret Leverton day surprise. In real world news, they've decided I can permanently stay in the glorious republic of Poland. I just have to get a card and then I can apply for citizenship and start my business in about 3 months. They've also canceled one of my classes at work as there are only four people (it was like that before, but the decisions of the people I work for never make any sense). This means less money, but more Lena time, and I may even get to start the business earlier.
This post will use the wondrously low-tech 'alphabet' and 'writing' I've heard so much about. I've finished adding my Korpo to Youtube, it's nothing to fancy, just to give people a taste. I've also got the fan club up and running, as you can see from the badass logo to the left. Continuing the promotion work, and working on the super secret Leverton day surprise. In real world news, they've decided I can permanently stay in the glorious republic of Poland. I just have to get a card and then I can apply for citizenship and start my business in about 3 months. They've also canceled one of my classes at work as there are only four people (it was like that before, but the decisions of the people I work for never make any sense). This means less money, but more Lena time, and I may even get to start the business earlier.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Hockey Update
So the Ottawa Senators are on an eleven game winning streak, the longest in their history, but yet, they continue to get no respect. There was even an article on ESPN on how the Western teams get no respect. Their argument was that Ottawa and Washington are the only two good teams in the East. They seem to have forgotten Buffalo, and Pittsburgh. It's stupid but hockey writers are sheeple, too. No audio this week, Ola's got the next couple of weeks off.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
The Quest for a Million
I've decided to do this a little more scientifically, and to list all of the places my music/poetry is available and update the list weekly. The Houndbite site crashed and still isn't working properly, but the statistical information seems to be sound.
Badoo: 290
Scribd: 75
iLike: 71
CherryPeel: 28
SoundCloud: 15
iSound: 19
MySpace: 81
Amazing Tunes: 19
Mp3.com: 457
Internet Archive: 138
Independent Artists Company: 73
The Sixty One: 8
Houndbite: 1352
Youtube: 2
Total: 2628
I've decided to do this a little more scientifically, and to list all of the places my music/poetry is available and update the list weekly. The Houndbite site crashed and still isn't working properly, but the statistical information seems to be sound.
Badoo: 290
Scribd: 75
iLike: 71
CherryPeel: 28
SoundCloud: 15
iSound: 19
MySpace: 81
Amazing Tunes: 19
Mp3.com: 457
Internet Archive: 138
Independent Artists Company: 73
The Sixty One: 8
Houndbite: 1352
Youtube: 2
Total: 2628
So this is my new blog format.
Blog Schedule
1. Adam Update
2. Book Review
3. Poem of the Week
4. Wall of Fame
5. Guest Poem
6. Quest for a Million
7. Hockey Update
I don't have any guest poems yet, but I hope to change this in the near future.
Blog Schedule
1. Adam Update
2. Book Review
3. Poem of the Week
4. Wall of Fame
5. Guest Poem
6. Quest for a Million
7. Hockey Update
I don't have any guest poems yet, but I hope to change this in the near future.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Wall of Fame
Jackie — Sunday, 24 January 2010 02:04 AM
the poem was lovely
Brenda — Friday, 22 January 2010 02:21 PM
hi i likt this ty.now are you
Kathryn — Friday, 22 January 2010 01:56 PM
Hi. Your poem is lovely and I would love to read your book.
Barbara Anne — Friday, 22 January 2010 01:25 PM
its beautiful tod,
Louise — Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:34 PM
beautiful :-)
5 compliments!
Jackie — Sunday, 24 January 2010 02:04 AM
the poem was lovely
Brenda — Friday, 22 January 2010 02:21 PM
hi i likt this ty.now are you
Kathryn — Friday, 22 January 2010 01:56 PM
Hi. Your poem is lovely and I would love to read your book.
Barbara Anne — Friday, 22 January 2010 01:25 PM
its beautiful tod,
Louise — Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:34 PM
beautiful :-)
5 compliments!
The Poem of the Week
The First Poem
the first poem is the hardest
the moment before the plunge
the delicious uncertainty
I have never woken up
beside you sleeping
though god I want to
that the aftermath of these moments
I asked the conquesting stars
how they entice the shy planets to dance
a mute and silent response
so dance with me until the timid light fades away
until the forever night swallows up
the tender sighs of the stumbling day
The first poem I wrote for my wife. It’s all about the difficulties of writing the first love poem for someone. I like short little moment poems like this. I also like the line ‘how they entice the shy planets to dance.’
The First Poem
the first poem is the hardest
the moment before the plunge
the delicious uncertainty
I have never woken up
beside you sleeping
though god I want to
that the aftermath of these moments
I asked the conquesting stars
how they entice the shy planets to dance
a mute and silent response
so dance with me until the timid light fades away
until the forever night swallows up
the tender sighs of the stumbling day
The first poem I wrote for my wife. It’s all about the difficulties of writing the first love poem for someone. I like short little moment poems like this. I also like the line ‘how they entice the shy planets to dance.’
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
18 Promotional Ideas
1. Blog more and blog with more structure. This will help my artistic career in two ways. A lot more random people will encounter my work as my posts might pop up on google or some other search engine. More structure will help me to be more focused and save time.
2. Leverton Day. Every year on September 7th I will unveil new material, and hopefully, in the future it will be a celebration of my work and Canadian culture like with Robbie Burns. I will try to give a reading every year on the day.
3. Leverton Army. This will be a highly motivated group of my fans. They can create groups to read my poetry, listening to my music, celebrate Leverton Day. The idea is to create an audience for my work, and give that audience ownership of my work, not in the economic sense, and in an emotional sense.
4. Quest for a Million. This is a cheap marketing gimmick, true, but I think it may be effective. It is simple, just trying to give a million people to read, or listen to my work.
5. Patron. Poetry, unfortunately, is not a populist art. Many people treat it as a kind of therapy, and not as a craft. I know that poetry is still an important art, and I think if I could find a rich investor to fund tours, publishing ventures, my art could be a commercial hit. This may be naïve, but we may be in a historical moment where poetry is an art that might require rich patrons, like it required in the past.
6. Tours. This idea is connected with the previous. I would eventually like to do cap and pub tours. Go to, for example, 12 university towns in the United Kingdom. Do an afternoon reading at the university, and then in the evening do a reading at a pub.
7. Poster Campaign. Translate a poem into Polish and put in up on posters with the number for donations. This is an unusual way to attract attention, and I think that is a positive.
8. Make my work available for free download. I have already done this, on Scribd, SoundCloud, and other platforms.
9. Keep sight of my goals. This is not really a promotion method, but it will help me to keep focused and motivated. My goals are simple, to become a well-known poet with a large audience and make a living from my work.
10. Take myself seriously as an artist. Again, not really a promotion method, but good to maintain my focus motivation. My work is both an art and a craft, I have something to say, artistically and something that people would like to hear. I know that I have written some brilliant poetry and that it deserves a place in Canadian and international literature.
11. Constantly work on artistic projects. This is connected to the previous two. Because I have a unique artist voice and vision, I have the responsibility to constantly create, to constantly produce work, until I can no longer do so.
12. Poem Exchange. Feature a poem from another poet in one of my blog posts in exchange for the same on another blog.
13. Million/Million contest. Another gimmick, but also a potentially lucrative one. Everyone who donates money to me is entered into a contest. When I’ve received a two million Euro, I will do a draw and give one million euro to the winner.
14. Wall of Fame. I can’t think of a better name, but it will be a series of blog posts of positive feedback of my work. Why not include negative feedback? Because the idea is to attract people to my work. Generally, negativity is not attractive.
15. Social Media Campaign. Have pages on different social media sites where I can connect with people.
16. Poem of the Week. Every week focus on one of my poems, publish the text, the korpo and comment on it.
17. Focus! Focus! Focus! Make this blog my public face, and keep on message. The message is to promote my work, and myself. Also, limit my creative efforts to either poetry, korpo or plays. This will give me focus, motivation, and also free up time to spend with my family.
18. Music videos on Youtube. Turn my korpo into music videos and publish them on YouTube.
1. Blog more and blog with more structure. This will help my artistic career in two ways. A lot more random people will encounter my work as my posts might pop up on google or some other search engine. More structure will help me to be more focused and save time.
2. Leverton Day. Every year on September 7th I will unveil new material, and hopefully, in the future it will be a celebration of my work and Canadian culture like with Robbie Burns. I will try to give a reading every year on the day.
3. Leverton Army. This will be a highly motivated group of my fans. They can create groups to read my poetry, listening to my music, celebrate Leverton Day. The idea is to create an audience for my work, and give that audience ownership of my work, not in the economic sense, and in an emotional sense.
4. Quest for a Million. This is a cheap marketing gimmick, true, but I think it may be effective. It is simple, just trying to give a million people to read, or listen to my work.
5. Patron. Poetry, unfortunately, is not a populist art. Many people treat it as a kind of therapy, and not as a craft. I know that poetry is still an important art, and I think if I could find a rich investor to fund tours, publishing ventures, my art could be a commercial hit. This may be naïve, but we may be in a historical moment where poetry is an art that might require rich patrons, like it required in the past.
6. Tours. This idea is connected with the previous. I would eventually like to do cap and pub tours. Go to, for example, 12 university towns in the United Kingdom. Do an afternoon reading at the university, and then in the evening do a reading at a pub.
7. Poster Campaign. Translate a poem into Polish and put in up on posters with the number for donations. This is an unusual way to attract attention, and I think that is a positive.
8. Make my work available for free download. I have already done this, on Scribd, SoundCloud, and other platforms.
9. Keep sight of my goals. This is not really a promotion method, but it will help me to keep focused and motivated. My goals are simple, to become a well-known poet with a large audience and make a living from my work.
10. Take myself seriously as an artist. Again, not really a promotion method, but good to maintain my focus motivation. My work is both an art and a craft, I have something to say, artistically and something that people would like to hear. I know that I have written some brilliant poetry and that it deserves a place in Canadian and international literature.
11. Constantly work on artistic projects. This is connected to the previous two. Because I have a unique artist voice and vision, I have the responsibility to constantly create, to constantly produce work, until I can no longer do so.
12. Poem Exchange. Feature a poem from another poet in one of my blog posts in exchange for the same on another blog.
13. Million/Million contest. Another gimmick, but also a potentially lucrative one. Everyone who donates money to me is entered into a contest. When I’ve received a two million Euro, I will do a draw and give one million euro to the winner.
14. Wall of Fame. I can’t think of a better name, but it will be a series of blog posts of positive feedback of my work. Why not include negative feedback? Because the idea is to attract people to my work. Generally, negativity is not attractive.
15. Social Media Campaign. Have pages on different social media sites where I can connect with people.
16. Poem of the Week. Every week focus on one of my poems, publish the text, the korpo and comment on it.
17. Focus! Focus! Focus! Make this blog my public face, and keep on message. The message is to promote my work, and myself. Also, limit my creative efforts to either poetry, korpo or plays. This will give me focus, motivation, and also free up time to spend with my family.
18. Music videos on Youtube. Turn my korpo into music videos and publish them on YouTube.
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