Good morning,
I received an email from my tutor yesterday which I picked up today regarding one of my poems that I submitted for an assessment. I am pleased to say that it states I have been shortlisted to perform a reading of it at the Antony Burgess foundation near Oxford Road. Its a simple poem based on the found principle. Where a poet will choose a field at random which has a specific lexis or vocabulary. Now I question the randomness because there is always some element of selection when we look for something and it just so happens that the field I chose was Japanese Sword Smithing. Its laid on the page to resemble the gradual arc of the blade and contains a selection of words that pertain to the process. It is as follows.
Unfortunately I don't know which tools to use to utilise the space effectively here on blogspot. However I found a way to get around that using my other site. There is also a competition running at an independent press called Erbacce. The guys here are offering a free entry comp with a contract for the winner. I was shortlisted last year and am applying again this year too. Again the Hamon poem is part of that submission and a I have a few other poems that utilise the space on the page. If I can somehow attach the files I will. However for the time being the other poems are as follows.
http://poetryprose.webs.com//Erbacce%202011%20Submission.doc
I hope you find them engaging and fun to read. I was inspired by contemporary poets such as Bob Cobbing, Alan Fisher and Amyrl Johnson, their work has been an invaluable resource. Check out Fisher's book Gravity and an anthology called Other: British and Irish Poetry
This is great news! Well done! If you want the link to work, go back to the web page, right click. Click 'properties' and copy the web address. Then on your edit post page, click the link symbol there and paste it into the box. You can also type in the words you want to be highlighted instead of just the raw address eg 'these poems' or something like that. Then just test the link to make sure it works, then click OK. Then when you publish your post it should have a direct link. So much easier for your readers especially if their prime interests don't include poetry! Hope this helps and well done again!
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