Antiphon first issue live!

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Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:15 pm

I'm delighted to announce that we've published our first issue: http://www.antiphon.org.uk/index.php/current-issue

and I'd like to thank all from PG who have submitted and supported this venture, whether we've published you or not. Especially in the first few weeks it was PG members who submitted and made me think the whole idea might just work. I hope you all enjoy reading the first issue and will continue to submit to future issues. Please come and comment on the forum if you'd like to discuss particular aspects of the mag.

PG continues its world takeover!

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Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:04 pm

Very well done, Rozzer (and Rozzer's mate). Fantastic stuff.
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:10 pm

Yippee!

I LOVE having the first poem in a brand new magazine :oops:

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:47 pm

Our pleasure :-) Cathy - we thought it was a little bit of a risk, as it's not quite as immediately accessible as some, but we liked it so much!

David, glad you enjoyed it.
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:03 pm

Well done again Ros.

Delph, I thought that topple and fall poem the best of yours that I've read todate.

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Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:06 pm

Looks great Ros, I like the theatrical layout. I haven't had a chance to read through properly yet, hopefully I'll get a quiet moment later.
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:08 pm

you know what they say: from page to stage!

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Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:36 pm

Yay! Just finished reading it and am well impressed.

Plus I think you have the size just right. As you know I used to be involved in Triggerfish Critical Review and we used to include 30+ poems in each edition and it was too much. Possibly a bit like sizing it as if it was a paper magazine to be absorbed over several nights, but web-stuff rarely works that way. People come and want to absorb the whole thing _now_ -- and if they don't finish then 50:50 they'll forget to come back for the second half.

So nice one guys! Keep up the good work.

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Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:02 am

Yes, agree. Size is just right. Layout is imaginative and accessible. Just going back to have another read...
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Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:41 pm

Thanks, all. Think perhaps I'd like another four or so poems, but we'll see... it's quite laborious, setting it all up, so we're never likely to be huge!

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Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:38 pm

Congratulations Ros et al
A quality production in very good taste.

Dare I say the future seems Rosie

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Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:25 pm

delph_ambi wrote:Yippee!

I LOVE having the first poem in a brand new magazine

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
And I love having the last poem. No-one follows the Davester! Or, more likely, you just managed to squeeze me in at the end there.

Anyway, thanks. The mag is a thing of beauty, and you and Noel should be very proud. Huzzahs!

By the way, I'm not sure Michaela's poem isn't the best thing in there. It was always one of my favourites.
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Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:13 pm

Thanks, chaps. We put David at the end as it seemed to round off the idea of poetry and perhaps warn us not to get too arrogant.

Of those who have mentioned their favourite poem, they've all been different. So I'm pleased that most people seem to be finding something to like.

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Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:26 pm

Congrats again and it is very exciting to hear your excitement. Hard work and good rewards, enjoy yourself along the busy busy way, . Suzanne
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Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:19 pm

David wrote:By the way, I'm not sure Michaela's poem isn't the best thing in there. It was always one of my favourites
:oops:
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Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:51 pm

http://wildpoetryforum.com/phpBB3/viewt ... 444#p75444

I'd like to think we could all be happy about this comment, not just those involved in Antiphon!

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Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:49 am

I've been befriending poets on Facebook over the last few days. Even though I don't actually know them. You don't expect them to email you back, do you? I got this from Alison Brackenbury last night:"I very much enjoyed your Antiphon poem, which I thought was beautifully - and very tactfully - written".

I include this here because a) I'm being shamelessly preening etc b) I was honestly gosh pleased surprised, c) I thought Ros might like to know that the magazine is evidently being read by The Faculty

Does she have anything to do with Antiphon, Ros

I should put this quote from the email in the context of the email as a whole, which was mainly about plugging a poetry page of hers (which I've 'liked'). I wouldn't want to make out that she sent a note to me personally just to say how marvelous etc etc.

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Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:12 am

What a great comment to receive, Michaela! And thanks for posting it - no, she doesn't have anything to do with Antiphon. I think we are being more widely read than we might realise - which is great!

I should thank Catherine, too, who belongs to lots of forums etc and has been publicising us well.

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Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:32 am

Well done, it looks great!
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Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:17 pm

Thanks for giving it a read, Mercurygirl. Issue 2 now being planned...

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Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:43 pm

Ros wrote:What a great comment to receive, Michaela! And thanks for posting it - no, she doesn't have anything to do with Antiphon. I think we are being more widely read than we might realise - which is great!
Yee-haw! Well done (again), Ros.
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:48 am

Surprised and delighted to see Antiphon being plugged at thePoetry Business website!
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brianedwards wrote:Surprised and delighted to see Antiphon being plugged at thePoetry Business website!
They know quality when the see it! They've been very generous to us.

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Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:19 pm

I met Peter and Ann Sansom at a workshop this weekend. She's rather formidable. He's kinda cuddly.

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Mic wrote:I met Peter and Ann Sansom at a workshop this weekend. She's rather formidable. He's kinda cuddly.

Mic
Yup :-) I've been to one of their workshops. Did you enjoy it? I found him a bit vague about my poem, but then it wasn't very good.

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