POETRY ON THE WEB * WRITERS ON THE WEB * NEWSLETTER

Saturday, 13 July 1996

"Out flew the web and floated wide
The mirror cracked from side to side"
.... Tennyson

Dustbooks publishes the Directory of Poetry Publishers. An order form is available at http://www.soos.com/mall/dustbook.html

The Poetry Webring: A Fun Concept. Instead of having a links page, the Poetry Webring is a direct link from one page to another. Anyone can join up, and it simply requires adding a small logo to your page. You can hook directly to the Poetry Webring from http://www.soos.com/poetpark. It's still small (only 6 or 7 pages so far have joined), but the concept is one worth adding to your poetry pages. The RingMaster is Carol Close, (cclose@academy.net.au). Many kudos due!

Announcements:

I have a homepage listed on your poetry on the web page its called the Chants of xar , the URL of my page has changed from http://www.telepath.com/~xar to http://www.telepath.com/xar/index.html

RickPoet@wavenet.com - I'm trying to compile a list of Poetry related Homepages: IE: bookstores, magazines, and individual poets pages, if you know of any, or run one yourself, please send me the URL. Thanks!

Ken White is putting together a poetry reference book. If you publish a magazine, send a SASE for an application to be included. North Hills Publishers, 2824 Shantar Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

Web Sites not yet listed on Poetry On The Web:

1. Archibald Michiels
2. My First Computer Poem by Buk
3. Zuzu's Literary News & Notes
4. Jeffrey Romanyshyn
5. SF Buzz Poet Esplanade
6. IW
7. Jolie Fille
8. Links/Poetry/Discussion
9. Library of Improbability
10. Poetry Band
11. The Salon
12. Seriously Fishy
13. Terry Adams
14. Rob Leathern
15. Chris James Kulkosky

Review:
"About A Year" by Ruth Daigon. $3.00 from Small Poetry Press (362 Odin Place, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523). This new offering from Ruth is a joy. Writing about seasons of a year will typically lend a hand to cliche filled writing. While we read a few cliches sprinkled through these "civilized ripples", they are there only for effect. To bring the familiar back around when my mind starts to wander into the well crafted music:

At the first sunprobe, small deaths
surface. Winter's custs and slashes
heal at the slightest sign of green,
fertility's the width of a dirt-
stained thumb, and light gleams
on earth's wet spine.

While I miss Ruth's keen observations of people that made her book, Between One Future And The Next, important; I also enjoy the pastoral effect of this poem/book. In "Wet World" (94), we heard the poet saying : "I move by touch alone,/ feel the water pour its meaning/through my hands, and know/exactly who I am." In this new work, we hear the poet in a winter scene grasping a bit beyond knowledge: "I watch the grass grow blades/of ice and my reflection in the window/like a star that sees beyond it's own light/for the first time."

Question: Hey there! Can anyone tell me where I can find poetry specifically about Best Friends? I am putting a collection together for my best friend who is moving to Winnepeg (from BC) and I am looking for contributions to this. If anyone can help me, please E mail your stuff! colleen mckay spiritrider@cyberlink.bc.ca

News:

SLATE, the new web magazine from Microsoft includes poetry with each issue. Worth checking out. CK Williams has a decent stab at denying a personal afterlife in the current issue.

On October 19th, I will be doing a reading w/Lyn Lifshin in Washington, DC @ Rick Peabody's (GARGOYLE fame) bookstore.. The event will be filmed by Blair Ewing for later showing on his cable show.. I'll post time & address as I get them... But, thought maybe someone might be interested enough to plan ahead.

Just a little note, There are many poetry channels on the UnderNet (IRC). #Poetrys, #Poets, #Poetica.... Speaking for #Poetry, we're nearly one year old and doing great, come on in to read or listen (but watch out for readings in progress!) Hope to see you there! --GriffJon (Jon Camfield) vis_jmc@unx1.shsu.edu

Chicago-October 12, 1996/ Underground Press Conference-Independent Comic Exposition (will feature an Open Mike Poetry Reading) Dan Weinberg www.redweb.com/upc-ice

The Droplet Journal is a monthly publication focusing on the joy and art of experimental and fresh writing. Submissions welcome. Please send up to any 5 items at a time. Include a SASE if you wish a reply. Single issues: $1. Subscriptions: $10 ~ 12 issues. The Droplet Journal 29 Iron Mine Road, West Stockbridge, MA 01266-9223. Email: droplet@bcn.net Matthew Lopez, Editor

Would you like to use LoveNotes to help your poetry project? Visit at LoveNotes.com and go to demo. Only works on PC. If you like this and want to give it a shot I will send you a copy of LoveNotes, Free!. If not best of luck with Poets Park. Miles Rose

Thanks for including Laughing Boy Review in your newsletter. I appreciate the exposure. I have two problems though. Since the newsletter came out I have gotten a dozen submissions via email and I don't accept email submissions. I also have enough poems for the 1st issue but will accept them for the 2nd which will be out in January 1997 and has a deadline of November 1st. Laughing Boy Review Nikki Morawski, Editor 910 Minnesota Avenue South Milwaukee, WI 53172

"Etcetera" - Journal of art, literature and ideas is seeking submissions for next issue. Deadline is Sept. 15, 1996. Write (or email: Iedit4you@aol.com) for submission guidelines: Etcetera, 156 Maple St., New Haven, CT 06511. Copy of last or next (please specify) issue for $1.75 to cover print and mail costs.

The Free Cuisenart, an e-zine created, published and maintained by Creative Coalition of Artists will be producing a special issue in August, 1996. It will feature a 3-D poem by Austrian poet Martin Auer. The Free Cuisenart is accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction (up to 2,500 words) for its fall issues. Please submit your work to jordanh@iquest.net You may read The Free Cuisenart at http://www.stjpub.com/ccazine.htm

DIRIGIBLE, a quarterly journal of language art, is looking for inventive - especially "postmodern" - texts. Send fictions, essays, poetics, to: David Todd, ed., DIRIGIBLE, 216 Willow St., New Haven, CT 06511. For sample copy, send $2.00 mail and print cost.

Contest:
The Santa Cruz/Monterey Local of the National Writers Union announces its Thirteenth Annual National Poetry Competition. This year's judge is Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning poet, Mary Oliver. Prizes are $200/First, $100/Second, $50/Third. Reading fee required. SASE for info:A-NWU, PO Box 2409, Aptos, CA 95001

Error:
Well, not quite. This situation was one where I was expected to be God and simply "know" that people had moved their pages. Anyway, this was not sent as an announcement, but as a complaint, so it fits best in the error department:

The link you have listed for JJ Webb is incorrect. I am no longer associated with art.net. As well, you have an a listing for "The Hawk" that is incorrect (there's another The Hawk listed [no quotation marks], that is correct). Sorry to always appear to be complaining. I appreciate the links ... it's just that I'd like it if they actually directed people to the poetry. JJWebb http://www.cruzio.com/arts/lib/poet/jjwebb/jjwebb.html & http://www.cruzio.com/~hawk/

Dead Web Links, courtesy of Dave Jones:
The following links seem to be dead:

This link has moved: Art-Environs

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Thanks! -Rich