CONTEST - Win A Copy of A Plab B Chapbook

As promised. Up for grabs is a copy of Dan Maguire's Finding The Words. This contest will run all the way to the end of the month and includes all viewers. I will ship the book to Brazil if a Brazilian comes up with the best entry.

The best way I can describe the poetry of Dan Maguire is intrinsically obscure. That is to say he shares the minutiae of the personal moment and every time, despite the particulars of his life, he delivers these moments in a way that we can all relate to. This is not to say that the poetry of Dan Maguire is mundane. There is nothing quotidian about the language and construction of his poetry. I wrote a piece for one of the local papers recently, supporting my old store Wolfgang Books and the Plan B poetry reading being hosted there. You can check it out (here) if you like.

The poet I would most compare Maguire to (something I am loathe to do) is none other than T.S. Eliot. There is a similar semantic of situation meeting language. That said, the contest will concern T.S. Eliot.

I have taken a stanza from Eliot's masterwork, "The Waste Land" and it will be up to you to finish the final line of the stanza. Here it is in original:

She turns and looks a moment in the glass,
Hardly aware of her departed lover;
Her brain allows one half-formed thought to pass:
'Well now that's done: and I'm glad it's over.'
When lovely woman stoops to folly and
Paces about her room again, alone,
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand,
And puts a record on the gramophone.

The winner of the contest will replace "And puts a record on the gramophone." with the best alternative.

Submissions should be sent to theaccountant@devilsaccountant.com. Free book. Free shipping to anywhere in the world. Just come up with the last line.

Winner will be contacted and announced on April 31st.

Did I mention that the book is signed by the poet? Well, it is.