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Poetry Potpourri, Volume 3
8 February 2008, the poet @ 11:37 pm

This short story contest had no winner and some entrants are plain pissed off about it. Oh, well. Better 10,000 pissed of losers than one mediocre writer thinking he deserves some kind of credit.

Stumbling Verse, a form for a new millennium.

Bill Moyers asks, “What books should the next president read?” I don’t really care as long as he reads more than the summaries of news stories presented to him by his press corps and the Sunday comics. I’d like him to have more than a fifth grade reading apprehension level.

VQR solves for the X factor. But if your submission is one of those that is automatically deleted then you’d be on the reverse side of this equation. That 4.6% wouldn’t mean a thing to you except that your submission would be included in it. Honestly, I’d have thought that figure would be higher.

When will the children’s fable be considered serious literature?

Street poetry is a “major art” and therapy for the homeless.

Is it erotic to have two vaginas?

The Princess of Black Poetry celebrates black history.

Asking what the poem wants. I just always assume my poems want to make love. You know want it, Baby! You know you want it!

Write a poem today. Then revise it tomorrow.

1 Comment a “Poetry Potpourri, Volume 3”

1. Waldo Jaquith — February 11, 2008 @ 9:40 am
   

   Nobody reading this blog is on the reverse side of the equation. The people submitting this stuff have never seen VQR in their lives, have no idea of what a lit mag is, and certainly aren’t reading literary blogs. It’s really ghastly work.

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