David I've been into your site and enjoyed your poetry. You don't need a formal poetry education, you are very much entrenched already in the art. As they say our best teachers are the books on our shelves. Thanks also for some great information on poets you like. I also like Charles Simic, William Carlos Williams. Charles Olson, is great too. Check our http://www.cortlandreview.com (archives) for some great poetry. I esp. like Gregory Djanikian (he's very funny and I'm sure you would like him). My favorite all-time American female poet would have to be Adrienne Rich. Poets on the web have been my inspiration lately. What part of the world do you live in where you can't join others of like minds? Helen (apiring poet) >none of which particularly interest me. I have found a >number of literary journals on the web that print >poems I like, but from what I've seen, these don't >really facilitate contact/discussion among aspiring >poets. > >I've created my own website as one attempt at >connecting with others, but I'd be interested in >hearing any other suggestions you might have in this >regard (both in terms of online and offline >possibilities). > >Thanks in advance, > >David Pfaltzgraff-Carlson >[log in to unmask] >http://geocities.com/odd_carnivals > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. >http://invites.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%