Things have been, understandably, pretty somber around here lately. So I thought I'd change course a bit and share something to make you smile.
If you've ever needed a blurb for your book, or have been asked to write a blurb (I've been on both sides of that equation), this will ring true. And while it's true that "the art of blurbing isn't hard to master" — Oh! For a world without blurbs! The bane of a writer's existence.
Enjoy this nugget from Barbara Crooker and be sure to visit Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town for the Poetry Friday round-up.
Artless
with apologies to Elizabeth Bishop
by Barbara Crooker
The art of blurbing isn't hard to master.
Pick three quick phrases, fill them in with quotes,
so full of compliments, they're thick as plaster.
So what if all of this just seems like bluster?
Don't try to separate the sheep from goats.
The art of blurbing isn't hard to master.
"No ideal reader lets this book go past her."
Use adjectives like luminous but note