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03-08-2013, 08:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2013, 08:07 PM by billy.)
I know leanne has and also mercedes. (please post a link to their work here.)
have any other's been published. a single poem is fine. if so, post a link to the poem here and tell us about it.
I placed it in discussion so people can generally chat about their stuff and bask in some small amount of glory.
While we all know not all published poetry is good poetry, that isn't up for discussion. this thread is for showcasing members published poetry
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I was one of several winners of a Forward Poetry contest and will be published in a book that's going to be donated to the National Library. My entry was this:
http://pigpenpoetry.com/Thread-There-is-...his+castle
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe
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i've just had a quick look to refresh my memory jack, i liked the edit you did on it. well done.
it's good to see you getting a poem published, i'm suprised you haven't had a few more done.
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Yes, I've been published some. I was very active pursuing it twenty years ago. I have been less active as I've went along. A lot of my early credits were more due to persistence and networking than any level of talent at the time.
I published maybe 4 poems (which I've tried to forget) in these journals: Twisted Nipples (renamed later World's Too Heavy Press, Curmudgeon, and a few in the Penny Dreadful Review. If I recall the titles were: Liquid Love, Hate Crime, Pretty, Pretty, and Prince Charming...Utterly forgettable.
There was a gentlemen I met who was published a collection of poets on the Internet he reached out to me and I had the following poems included in the collection (which I have posted here):
Howard and the Details
Premature
Logos
Two I haven't put on here:
On That Day
Signifying Nothing
The cool thing about this collection was I was told it was being taught in one of the small colleges in Mississippi.
Then I got asked to include poems for an anthology on Fairy Tale Retellings.
I got these poems published that have appeared here:
Hood
You Call Them Fairy Tales
A Queen Considers Her Options
The woman who pulled that collection together is a fantastic poet whose work I respected so I didn't mind saying yes.
I mostly don't look to publish anything but that's what I've done recently.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
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i remember some of the fairy tale ones you've posted here. enjoyed them. is there any links where we can see them in all their glory ?
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I have to take a cat to the vet right now. I'll edit in some links later. They are subdued glory at best.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
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Yes, I have been published, three poems in the same anthology for a charity. Unfortunately cannot post a link because they are not on an open forum, but here's the short one
The Call
Once comforted
against mortal grains of knowledge,
wanton news
yet of dreadful possession.
Time erodes;
a knowing sign, a hopeless glance
another place
called.
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Twice, but only in German. (short prose in Anthologies of the German forum I attend.)
cheers
pouting serge ,-)
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Gosh I'm so jealous of those who can speak another language fluently, let alone write poetry in it as well- hat's off
saeity.
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(@ saeity ;-) You can keep your hat on. I'm pouting because I am German. Just as jealous as you of people who can write poetry in foreign languages. )
cheers
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(03-13-2013, 07:55 AM)saeity Wrote: Gosh I'm so jealous of those who can speak another language fluently, let alone write poetry in it as well- hat's off
saeity.
Doesn't really matter, I'm crap at writing poetry for both. Constantly rejected by online journals and such. =__= Oh, I'm fluent in English and Mandarin by the way. =)
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(03-13-2013, 09:45 PM)brandontoh Wrote: (03-13-2013, 07:55 AM)saeity Wrote: Gosh I'm so jealous of those who can speak another language fluently, let alone write poetry in it as well- hat's off
saeity.
Doesn't really matter, I'm crap at writing poetry for both. Constantly rejected by online journals and such. =__= Oh, I'm fluent in English and Mandarin by the way. =)
Then I'm even more jealous (of you). Tried to learn (sigh) Mandarin several times. Who knows: maybe some day (in a future life? ,-)
Oh, and to yorkshirize it: "Constantly rejected by journals?" - You were lucky! I was not only rejected. They called the police. ,-)
Not poems. I tried to publish a few poems before. A lady in London said my cover letter was disgraceful.
