wwould you like to send it for PS, Gerlad?
cheers
SallyE

on 21/2/06 1:44 pm, Gerald England at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> --- Gill McEvoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> And also why is it hard for a jointly penned poem to
>> get published? I ran a
>> workshop based on Elma Mitchell's poem "Lifecycle of
>> the Moth" in which the
>> poet uses only the common names of the moths to tell
>> a story. We used the
>> names of flowers and birds to make a story-poem and
>> 2 people (we worked in
>> pairs as I only had a few flower books/ bird books)
>> produced a stunning poem
>> called "Clinton's Lily" which they can't seem to get
>> published under 2
>> names. Any advice?
>> best wishes to everyone,
>> Gill
> 
> Interesting point -- I suppose some editors may be put
> off by the need to provide two contributors copies for
> one poem and others may be concerned by potential
> future disputes of ownership if the poets fell out.
> 
> As an editor, I've published a few jointly written
> pieces in my time. The difficulty in finding a
> publisher may be more due to the poem itself than its
> joint authorship.
> 
> Has anyone actually cited joint authorship as the
> reason for rejection?
> 
> I've written some collaborative pieces myself and the
> problem with finding a publisher has often been a case
> of which of us is charged with the job of submitting
> it for publication. There are also cases where I've
> fallen out of touch, for one reason or another, with
> my collaborator.
> 
> I'm sure your two poets only need to find a suitable
> market for the particular poem.
> 
> yours
> Gerald
> 
> 
> Gerald England
> New Hope International, Haiku Talk
> poetry, reviews, travel photography and more
> http://www.geraldengland.co.uk
> 
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