Hi Kasper,
I am referring to the following:
"I think people should be a little less uptight about what to PUBLISH &
what to POST & what to SEND IN & whatnot, & what not. I pretty
seriously doubt that anyone is going to get all devious & scheming &
start selling books of our poetry (snaps) without our knowledge. I
think the idea of an online archive of this list's Snaps is a LOVELY
idea, & one that needs (kneads) a lot of work so truly many thanks
Roger -- I'd enjoy being included, but if it means a bit fight over
definitions, count me out. I don't do snaps, at least not as they're
SUPPOSED to be done. sorry"
especially the last sentence. I would like to let you know that the only
requirement to have your snap published is to add :
snap
in the Subject Line.
That is how Roger will distinguish poems to be published from other poems.
If I am not clear, please let me know. You can b/c me or f/c as you wish,
my best,
Anny
On 7/26/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> well, this is an idea that I've been struggling with from the
> beginning. I have understood that a snap is, traditionally on this
> list & 'strictly' speaking, a poem or a little piece of a poem written
> quickly & suddenly, based on an observation or event or thought that
> occurred authentically to the writer very soon prior to it being
> written. but there is a limitation: snaps are normally written &/or
> sent (NOT 'published') on wednesdays, which lends the idea that a
> primary point of snapping is to provide a stimulus or a deadline or a
> Task for a poet to fulfill.
>
> snapping doesn't really suit me. the 'short-poem'-part I'm ok with,
> though it gets a little semantic; I very rarely write short,
> off-the-cuff poems & I don't always even enjoy doing it -- it isn't a
> part of my rhythm. I do, however, write notes & jots & halves of
> stanzas, which would probably qualify should I want to post them here.
>
> the part of the snap idea that I have trouble with is something that
> others have commented on before; are they poems or parts of poems to
> be workshopped, or are they simple, idle demonstrations? because I
> always treat them as the former, without exception. sometimes I'll
> skip a snap if the snap is crap or slips my nitpick-stints or is
> chilly or dim-silly like lint. otherwise, I target flaws. probably not
> what a lot of people have in mind when they post something short &
> relatively sweet like a snap. SLAP.
>
> inspired by Bob.
>
> anyway.
>
> I think people should be a little less uptight about what to PUBLISH &
> what to POST & what to SEND IN & whatnot, & what not. I pretty
> seriously doubt that anyone is going to get all devious & scheming &
> start selling books of our poetry (snaps) without our knowledge. I
> think the idea of an online archive of this list's Snaps is a LOVELY
> idea, & one that needs (kneads) a lot of work so truly many thanks
> Roger -- I'd enjoy being included, but if it means a bit fight over
> definitions, count me out. I don't do snaps, at least not as they're
> SUPPOSED to be done. sorry
>
> KS
>
> On 26/07/07, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > MC Ward wrote:
> > > Hi Anny,
> > >
> > > There's a big difference between posting and
> > > publishing. The Snaps project may be published
> > > someday, but at the moment it's (only) posted, i.e. on
> > > this great list of ours. I fear that some listees may
> > > believe their work is actually being published here,
> > > only to be disappointed.
> > >
> > > Candice
> > >
> >
> > From one who no longer does...
> >
> > At they're best they're a workshop exercise. Get an idea, throw it down
> > online, good or not. No "rules." You want to revise, do it later.
> > Anyone here wish to 'fess up to cheating? I mean posting done or
> > close-to-done work?
> >
> > ken
> >
>
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