<<<::Now open to new submissions from previous participants::>>> DECONSTRUCTION AND REMOVAL FROM PUBLIC VIEW COMPLETED - SUBMISSIONS RETURNED TO THE AUTHORS COMPLETED AND PROJECT CONVERTED TO PRIVATE 1/10/10. A close community of poets and poems for sharing and review by one another.
Freestyle or classic. Show everyone your very best stuff. Try concrete poetry or surreal. Be creative and build your own castle in the sky.
~The Phenomenon Machine~
The words poem and poetry derive from the Greek poiēma (to make) and poieo (to create). That is, a poem is a made thing: a creation; an artifact. One might think of a poem as, in the words of William Carlos Williams, a "machine made of words". Machines produce some effect, or do some work. They do whatever they are designed t
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Freestyle or classic. Show everyone your very best stuff. Try concrete poetry or surreal. Be creative and build your own castle in the sky.
~The Phenomenon Machine~
The words poem and poetry derive from the Greek poiēma (to make) and poieo (to create). That is, a poem is a made thing: a creation; an artifact. One might think of a poem as, in the words of William Carlos Williams, a "machine made of words". Machines produce some effect, or do some work. They do whatever they are designed to do. The work done by this "machine made of words" is the effect it produces in the reader's mind.
"A tolerable definition of poetry, on its formal side, might be found in this: that poetry is speech in which the instrument counts as well as the meaning--poetry is speech for its own sake and for its own sweetness. As common windows are intended only to admit the light, but painted windows also to dye it, and to be an object of attention in themselves as well as a cause of visibility in other things, so, while the purest prose is a mere vehicle of thought, verse, like stained glass, arrests attention in its own intricacies, confuses it in its own glories, and is even at time allowed to darken and puzzle in the hope of casting over us a supernatural spell." (The Elements and Function of Poetry, George Santayana=see project chat forum)
Most of all have fun. And, please rate/review others. For those who accept an invitation, but do not intend to submit, please don't worry if this project will fill your update screen - let us know what your response is to our effort and/or leave a suggestion. Thank you so much.
Best regards,
~gonzodave
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