Violets much less
Poetry24 is one today
Happy Birthday to us!
Just over a year ago, fellow blogger Martin Hodges from Square Sunshine made me a proposition: how did I fancy co-editing a new news-related poetry blog?If I'd stopped to consider the hours involved in setting the project up, promoting it and updating it with submissions from poets around the world on a daily basis, I may have hesitated. But it seemed like a really good idea - and a year ago today we posted our first few poems.
We've kept it going through thick and thin, and you know what? It still seems like a really good idea. I know from all the poetry open mic nights I've been to that poets are often inspired by current events. But so many poetry mags take forever to respond - six months or more, some of them. We reckon Poetry24 is unique in that it only publishes poems on subjects linked to recent news - and does so really quickly - a quarter of the poems we use are published in less than 24hours.
111 poets, 312 poems
subjects covered: Arab Spring to Zanesville Zoo
Happy Birthday, Clare! Ready to blow out that virtual candle yet? Okay, make a wish...
ReplyDeleteNow, that's a birthday to celebrate--I like your stats, and my you have many more Poetry 24 birthdays to come!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a great year Clare :) and thanks for all your hard work on Poetry24 - I don't now how you do it!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comments. My press release got no results and it felt a bit muted - but it's nice that the select few are enjoying it... wonder what we'll be saying next year?
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