Well it’s only a couple days until that little naked man starts running around the place shooting arrows at everyone. No I’m not talking about Rob on some homicidal rampage here (I wouldn’t need arrows because the shock of seeing me naked would kill enough people on its own), rather I mean the god of love Cupid, doing the bidding of his good buddy Saint Valentine.
So a big day for all of you lovers out there I’m sure, but sadly, with Mrs. Rob much more preferring a cup of a tea and a biscuit these days, there’s not going to be a lot of the ‘love thang’ floating around RobAround Manor on Sunday…awwww 
. So I guess there’s not much use for my shiny new copy of Canongate’s recently published anthology of Scottish love poems – A Red Rose or a Satin Heart, edited by Antonia Fraser.
So rather than see what looks to be a good collection go to waste (it’s got a bunch of great Scottish poems in here from the classics of Robbie Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson to the more contemporary works from the likes of John Burnside and Carol Ann Duffy), I’m giving this copy up as a giveaway for lovers everywhere.
Simply drop your name into the comments below (remembering to also leave a valid email address), and I’ll pick out a winner at random on Sunday evening (well I won’t have anything better to do will I )
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Ooo, such lovely, romantic pictures you paint, Rob! Naked Rob on a rampage spurned by his tea and biscuit loving wife. You know she is going to get you for that one, don’t you? I do love poetry though, and if you insist that you will not be reading from this book to your nearest and dearest, I would love a chance at it. Now go get her a gift. Happy Valentine’s Day!
that books sounds lust worthy!
enter me fr this one!!
givingreadingachance AT gmail.com
Oh, that looks like a lovely book–please put my name in the hat!
esashamartinez[at]yahoo[dot]com
Also, I was confused a little–the deadline says January, instead of February?
Hello to naked man shooting arrows! 
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Doh on the mistake with the months Sasha.
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enter me rob
Nice sidebars, Rob!
(Everyone on Jackie’s site is talking about them! – Had to come and have a peek for myself.)
Please do count me in.
Angelika dot Devlyn at gmail dot com
In case you are wondering who on earth I am, Rob, allow me to introduce myself. I’m another BIP project student and a fellow book-sniffer extraordinaire. Grin.
Need this for my scant poetry collection book pile.Please pick me Rob.
leelasoma@hotmail.com
Antonia Fraser put together a book of love poetry? Hmm. I’m much more familiar with her biographies, so I’m interested in what she picked out for this collection!
Hope you have a good V day, with or without poetry!