Saturday, April 18, 2009

Hunting the elusive poetry market

I have three full volumes of poetry of which I've published a few in Mrs. Everywhere and Bagatelle but most of which has not seen much light. Because I have chronic illness problems I am very disconnected from the poetics community. So every so often I go around trying to find either contemporary poets I can relate to, or poetry publishers/magazines which have exciting material. Thin pickings. I have a slew to go through this weekend -- no luck so far. I did pass a friend this great poem by Billy Collins though, the very charming Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House. (If that poem were a dance single it would be aka 'Barking, Barking, Barking'.)