Sorry, Rob, but how is that 'on the other hand' to my point? If this list
were a commercial venture then it would require paid subscription, its
owners would run it for a profit instead of its managers doing it for
nothing, none of us would be willing to share information without a
charge unless it was in our commercial interests etc etc
Yes, some poetry magazines used to pay a token fee for contributions, a few
I think still do, but those that require subscription or anything similar
shouldn't be countenanced anyhow.
On 17 April 2010 12:02, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> On the other hand, Steve Mulrine once suggested to me that the only way you
> knew that someone *really valued your poetry was when they paid you money
> for it.
>
> That was in those long-ago days when poetry magazines did occasionally pay,
> rather than charging you money to enter a competition, or take out a
> five-year subscription, before they'd consider publishing you.
>
> Robin
>
> (who's becoming as devolved and cynical as Patrick, if not quite so old and
> neanderthal)
>
>
>
> I'd suggest that the ethos and identity of a non-commercial poetry
>> 'venture'
>> such as this list is typical of the kind of activity that would be
>> incompatible with a 'business approach' to poetry.
>>
>> best
>>
>> dave
>>
>>
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