I’m going out on a limb and trying to get into the practice of preparing poetry for a collection. Now that I have said this, let me digress and be honest. I feel like a fool in a room full of professionals. If a laugh escaped your mouth that is because one has escaped from mine. I do NOT consider myself even in the same league as you dear readers and poets whose names line my blog roll. For me, this opportunity is good exercise, like a long training run before the marathon.
Last week, Michelle posted on her website that she was going to be participating in the Great Poetry Exchange. I opened the link to their website, read about the exchange, and decided that I was going to participate also.
What is the Great Poetry Exchange?
The mission of the Great Poetry Exchange is to expose as many people to as many other people's poetry as possible. So there are no judges, no winners, no losers, no harsh comments by Simon Cowell, etc.
To participate, you must volunteer to mail one copy of one poetry book that you have written to another participating poet. In exchange, you will receive in the mail a copy of a poetry book written. (E-books are not allowed!)
If you are interested in participating, click here. You will need to fill out a standard form (name, mailing address, email, website, and the name and description of your poetry book).
As for my submission, [kicking myself] I could not decide which title I liked the best so I just put them both down, Departure, or At the End of the Street Lies the Sky. I’m suddenly regretting that I didn’t go with the latter. Maybe I’ll change it and confuse the poet receiving my chapbook. And don’t even ask me about the description I wrote. I might as well have said "poems created since pre-school" and it would have been more intriguing.
Speaking of titles: There are some great ones already short-listed for the Exchange. These are the titles I find of most interest:
28 Days: The PMS Series by Michelle M. Buchanan
All the Ways We Could Have Met by Susan Culver
Cheating the Sphinx by Howard Camner
Driven into the Shade by Brandon Cesmat
The Frequencies by Noah Eli Gordon
The House That Hijack Built by Adeena Karasick
I Write My Name in the Mist by Jon Mundsack
I'd Like to Bake Your Goods by Rick Lupert
Incomplete by Khadijah Queen
Let Winter Come by Elizabeth Marchitti
Making The Most Of The Light by Matt Merritt
Shedding the Angel Skin by LaDonna Witmer
Since I Saw You Last by Lisa Helene Donovan
We Wish To End All by Lob
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