Some great, realistic advice about poetry publication is available in this online excerpt from Salt Publishing’s book on the same subject. If you’re new to poetry, before you send out your work for the first or second time, read this: http://www.saltpublishing.com/info/submissions.htm
A new review of Becoming the Villainess by Diane Lockward in the April 2007 issue of Review Revue.
A few poems in the new issue of The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, and a few more in the first issue of the new journal, Radiant Turnstile. I’m proud to appear there alongside my friend Jeff Walt.
Spent the weekend getting situated in the new place. Furniture keeps mysteriously appearing from the garage, and pictures on the wall…
I’ve been contemplating the expected archetype of “poet.” You know, the Byron/Plath/Breadloaf orgy thing – he/she has a dramatic personal life, gets drunk/smokes/takes drugs a lot, hangs out in seedy bars, hooks up frequently with other poets…I think I don’t fit into this particular cliche very well. In fact, I think Adam Ant wrote the song “Goody Two Shoes” about me. What do you think? Are these still requirements for being a poet?
Anne
Despite the occasional tipsy attendance at the drag karaoke bar in Provincetown, I’m pretty much right there with you in the “goody two shoes poet” department! What’s more, I have the nerve to be (gasp) relatively happy, not angsty or depressed. Maybe I am just a fake poet. 😉
(Needless to say, no, I don’t think that cliche holds as a requirement!)
Sara
I’ve got the “smokes alot” part down, but otherwise, I’m pretty square. Maybe that’s why I’m not published more? If I start partying and sleeping around, will I be a better poet?
Radish King
The only requirement for being a poet is to write.
Gerald Huml
Thanks for the Salt Publishing link. I enjoyed reading it.