tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post114503209198715960..comments2023-10-31T09:37:59.862-07:00Comments on Rocket Kid Writing: Poetry online - the questionRachel Dacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1146232717219909762006-04-28T06:58:00.000-07:002006-04-28T06:58:00.000-07:00Poetry workshops on the web take many forms. It c...Poetry workshops on the web take many forms. It can be a simple form of group therapy - where amateurs share their feelings in poetic form - expecting only positive comments - or it can be as complex as a workshop devoted to intensive critique of advanced poetry.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who loves poetry may create an online poetry magazine. Usually, the ones who love it are the ones who write it, and they're the editors of these e-zines.<BR/><BR/>These editor/poets span the skill ranges from amateur to accomplished poet. As such, they have widely varying ideas of what constitutes good poetry.<BR/><BR/>Contrast this with the print mags - usually run by university lit departments, and it's easy to see why print mags have a higher perceived quality in the minds of most.<BR/><BR/>There are online poetry journals out there which (I feel) surpass the print mags - they certainly reach a wider audience.<BR/><BR/>Given a choice, would we choose publication in an exclusive magazine with limited readership, or wide readership in a less-respected zine?<BR/><BR/>For my own part, I don't seek to publish my work - unless someone asks. I haven't yet reached a point in my writing where I can look back and like the stuff I wrote six months ago. If you're published on the web, it's archived there (and read) until the site is taken down.<BR/><BR/>I'll probably choose online over print publication, only because I have no desire to teach. There's not much point competing for publication in an academic rag, and professors must publish.Carl Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03528744359857732425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1145055942333988312006-04-14T16:05:00.000-07:002006-04-14T16:05:00.000-07:00It's true, isn't it, that we still revere the prin...It's true, isn't it, that we still revere the print mags like Poetry (which I think is fast going downhill in terms of poetry quality, though uphill in terms of critical writing). And I'd be thrilled to be accepted in Smartish Pace, too. I was wonderfully amused when they accepted a glowing review of my book from Barbara, after they had turned down some of the poems in my book. <BR/><BR/>Your point is a good one, about the online community making possible the globalization of poetry -- I'm copyrighting that term -- no matter where you are writing from.Rachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1145034599678613202006-04-14T10:09:00.000-07:002006-04-14T10:09:00.000-07:00In the littlest, tiniest way possible, the web has...In the littlest, tiniest way possible, the web has made it possible for me, an obscure poet living in a somewhat backward state, to have an international voice -- to publish in Europe for example. Wouldn't have happened for me otherwise. So I love it and I'm all for it.<BR/><BR/>Still, I think I'll feel that I've really succeeded when I get accepted by Poetry or Beloit. (I'm not holding my breath.) Well, I'd be pretty thrilled by Smartish Pace, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com