Hi Doug,
Thank you. I will have to check out these sites. As you say there are such
a lot. I've had some luck with Divan and Stylus Poetry Journal in
Australia, wanderingdog and nthposition in UK, Softblow in Singapore,
M.A.G. and Tattoo Highway in US among others. I would prefer to get to know
a site in a more than superficial way if I'm going to be published there -
but there's only so much I can keep up with:-) Usually I find places
because other people tell me about them, or they are linked to sites I
like. So although there is a great sense of freedom about using the
internet, one is constrained (as well as guided) by 'community' factors.
Of course there are hierarchies 'ordering' these publications, but I sense
that they are fairly fluid ones with all sorts of local and special
interest patternings. I wonder how much consensus there would be on this
group about which are worth reading? How many people have moved away from
paper to the screen for much of the poetry they read?
best,
Sue
At 05:38 AM 2/15/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Sue, & welcome. More people talking is always fun, so unless it's
>something more personal, reply to the list where the thing you wanted
>to reply to appeared. Right, Alison?
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>There are a number of good mags out there, & almost all of them get so
>many mss they are overwhelmed, but the same must be true of the good
>on-line journals, & given the fact that next to porn poetry appears on
>more sites than anything else, you have to look carefully for the good
>ones. But they're there, like Alison's Masthead, Rebecca's
>thedrunkenboat, Geoffrey Gatza's journal (can't recall the name at the
>moment -- Geoffrey?)
>
>Etc.
>
>Doug
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