Poetry Forum

This one may be of interest...

http://www.happenstancepress.org/index. ... oetry-book

...or at least it made me smile

best

mac

http://litrefs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/a ... e-for.html

Intentions for 2017? Unlike Tim, I don't think I will bother with submissions for next year.

Submitting to mags is ok. The whole competition thing leaves me pretty cold.

Ros

Ros wrote:Submitting to mags is ok. The whole competition thing leaves me pretty cold.

Ros

Depends on the prize. Certainly proved a stepping-stone for some.

I presume some mags depend on competitions. A sort of 'giving' exercise by the poetry community'.

Personally, I've never entered a competition and never will. I buy books instead

cheers

mac

I like Helena Nelson. She makes me laugh, wryly.

What are your plans for your book launch, Ros? If there will be lasers and dry ice, I shall definitely be there. And maybe even if there won't.

I like Helena's blogs too, though our concept of what makes good poetry differs rather widely.

I've no ideas yet about a book launch, David! I shall have to arrange something. I'm wondering about co-opting a few other local poets too so that I don't bore people. I hadn't thought of lasers and dry ice, but it's tempting. It would be marvellous if you could come! In fact everyone is welcome to come! I've just finished the final proofing, so not long now...

Ros

Ros wrote:I've no ideas yet about a book launch, David! I shall have to arrange something. I'm wondering about co-opting a few other local poets too so that I don't bore people. I hadn't thought of lasers and dry ice, but it's tempting. It would be marvellous if you could come! In fact everyone is welcome to come! I've just finished the final proofing, so not long now...

Exciting!

Macavity wrote:http://litrefs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/a ... e-for.html

Intentions for 2017? Unlike Tim, I don't think I will bother with submissions for next year.

Thanks for sharing this one. I had not seen it before. webbsakerhet

Recent figures from Nielsen Book Research show that in the past 12 months 1.1 million poetry books were purchased nationally.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/ ... nottingham

Outside the obvious names...that's a lot of social networking in the small press world...shows poets are a friendly bunch

Macavity wrote:

Recent figures from Nielsen Book Research show that in the past 12 months 1.1 million poetry books were purchased nationally.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/ ... nottingham

Outside the obvious names...that's a lot of social networking in the small press world...shows poets are a friendly bunch

They are in my experience.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/books ... er-flowers

1.4m sales!

I do like the pics

https://19before97.files.wordpress.com/ ... 640&crop=1

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/3221728/thumb ... -570.jpg?1

The fact that poetry works so effectively with visual media is an interesting one...the sound of the thing...or an unequal marriage...where does the 'power' weigh in this relationship? Is the inclination to judge one medium as the one that drew attention...and the other that kept that attention?

1.4m poetry book buyers can't be wrong.

Discuss.

David wrote:1.4m poetry book buyers can't be wrong.

Discuss.

Refreshing that 1.4m buy a 'poetry' book...a starting point

For Magma 79, we have between 5000 to 6000 poems submitted...

In my view, the brutal truth is not the need for competitions and grants. Instead, it's the huge disparity between the number of poets who submit and those who subscribe to print-based magazines. If just 10% of the poets who submitted to Magma were to subscribe, the journal would surely be self-sustaining. The key question is why they don't do so.

http://roguestrands.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-brutal-truth.html

1, Ezines are free.

2. Ezines have poems that are just as 'good' as those in magazines (or just as 'bad', but no money wasted)

3. I stopped buying Envoi because there were too many translations of 'world' poetry.

4. I stopped buying Poetry Wales because there were too many translations of 'world' poetry.

5. I stopped buying poetry magazines because of 'clutter'.

6. I prefer to read a poet's book rather than read an isolated poem.

7. I don't spend money on poetry books anymore because of 'clutter'!