Great sites, that of Lynx and Douglas Clark,
recommended to all.
"Mong" among Doug's poems is pure history
but "Hulagu's Ride" is one of the most unique
pieces on history and a poet's 'schizophrenic
experience' mourning his lost Susan, you could
hope to read.
Sick of the screen and headed for the social
but would highly recommend Lynx archives.
best
Hugh Tolhurst
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Clark <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: posting poems
> I started posting my poems, as I wrote them, to rec.arts.poems on
> USENET in 1988. Since then I have extended it, first to
> alt.arts.poetry.comments and then later when the mailing-lists
> appeared to `british-poets`, `peter howard's list' and finally
> `poetryetc'. It is a very trivial thing for me to do when I
> am word-processing a poem. Needless to say they are first drafts
> which may have minor modifications made later, but I seldom
> post corrected copy unless it is drastic. It is only occasionally
> that I get feedback, when I usually know I have got a hit,
> but it does help to advertise my Webspace where all my poetry
> is lodged by keeping my name in reader's eyes.
>
> Thru posting poems from 1988 I spent an enjoyable ten years in
> Jon Corelis online poetry discussion and criticism group where
> poems were workshopped. All my poems were circulated there.
> If you cant get to a highquality local workshop then find one
> on the INternet. THey abound. There is no substitute for peer
> review.
>
> You might have to wait months submitting a poem to paper magazines
> before it is published and then it disappears into a black hole
> as do books after their review. But the great advantage of the
> Internet is that it is instant and if you get a reaction it comes
> within a matter of hours.
>
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