Oh what a wonderful idea, Max: to be read by the matrons of sweet Adelaide!
Hee hee ... It wouldn't be difficult, if they so wished, to destribute
future issues to each capital city. This fair city is littered with
hairdressing salons - I could certainly place some. Now to think of some
hair-raising poems to submit ... all written with my bald-point pen, ha ha.
Andrew (who wears his hair in a short wave)
2009/12/3 Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
> As one of Stephen Matthews's [formerly Canberra, now Adelaide] Ginninderra
> Press
> poets, he has emailed me this.
>
> It seems OK to forward to the list.
>
> Max in Melbourne
>
> Permanent Waves: an opportunity for Ginninderra Press poets and friends
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> The purpose of Permanent Waves is to bring poetry into private reflection
> in the
> time that becomes available while waiting in public settings –
> specifically, in
> the first instance, hairdressers’ waiting rooms. Bringing poetry into such
> moments provides an opportunity for the public to explore poetry in
> individual
> ways, perhaps for the first time.
>
> Readers will have the opportunity to be touched by a range of emotional,
> conceptual, philosophical and narrative themes. In order to make this
> possible,
> each edition of Permanent Waves will be compiled to provide emotional
> balance
> and variety.
>
> Poems selected will be brief (no more than 20 lines, maximum 45 characters
> per
> line), accessible to a range of readers and capable of bringing refreshing
> insights and perspectives into daily life and its moments of transcendence.
>
> Permanent Waves is not a conventional literary journal. The two-sided A4
> tri-
> folded format, produced quarterly, imposes editorial constraints as well as
> providing an opportunity for poets to respond to the challenges of limited
> time
> for initial reading in busy yet impersonal public spaces. The initial
> impact
> will determine whether or not readers choose to take away the free
> Permanent
> Waves folder.
>
> Permanent Waves has the potential to stimulate public interest in
> revisiting
> poetry and, in order for this to happen, the blend of poems will be
> carefully
> considered by the editors. This process also ensures that submissions that
> meet
> the brief will be considered more than once.
>
> A special feature of Permanent Waves is that it has the potential to
> provide
> poets and poems with wide exposure. Permanent Waves is a non-profit
> publication
> and the benefits come from exposure of poets’ work rather than payment.
>
> Although circulation will be limited to selected areas of suburban Adelaide
> in
> the initial phase, the intention is to expand into other locations and into
> waiting rooms of other kinds.
>
> Submissions, selection and copyright
>
> Poems will be selected by Ann Nadge, Joan Fenney, Brenda Eldridge and
> Shelda
> Rathmann. Tim Metcalf will be advisory editor.
>
> The first issue of Permanent Waves will be published in March 2010. The
> deadline
> for submissions is 31 December. Please submit poems (no longer than 20
> lines,
> maximum 45 characters per line) to [log in to unmask]
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> Copyright will remain with the author. The editors are especially happy to
> re-
> publish previously published work. Sources will be acknowledged and readers
> who
> wish to buy books mentioned will be referred to the GP website and/or to
> East
> Avenue Books (1/53 East Avenue, Clarence Park, SA). If copyright rules
> permit,
> work that has been submitted elsewhere will also be considered.
>
> The editors acknowledge guidance provided by the Poems in the Waiting Room
> project in the UK.
>
> Stephen Matthews
> Ginninderra Press
> [log in to unmask]
> www.ginninderrapress.com.au
> PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide SA 5015
> ABN 42 447 290 724
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Andrew
'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie bookshops
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