10-01-2014, 03:34 AM
Billy:
Just for the record, I hadn't visited the links.
If I'd known that the organization ran a contest that required $$,
I wouldn't have been as kind as you.
Poetry organizations that charge entry fees, reading fees, etc., even
if they say it's done for 'charitable' reasons, are usually rip-offs.
But even if their intentions are true, I still don't like it.
Poetry should be free!
(One of the few things worthy of naive idealism these days.)
Just for the record, I hadn't visited the links.
If I'd known that the organization ran a contest that required $$,
I wouldn't have been as kind as you.
Poetry organizations that charge entry fees, reading fees, etc., even
if they say it's done for 'charitable' reasons, are usually rip-offs.
But even if their intentions are true, I still don't like it.
Poetry should be free!
(One of the few things worthy of naive idealism these days.)
all this useless beauty... but what the hell, why not?