Clearing out the attic, I found some poetry I wrote in 1987! When my friends read it they cried and said I should enter some of them into a competition. Any ideas?
2007-01-04 03:12:58 · 6 answers · asked by puffy 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Why not put the poem on a web site and let the world see it? Each of us will come from a different perspective, experience and background ; for some it will have relevance and resonance for others it won't.
A competition is probably the most inappropriate method for you to access its worth. It's obviously important to you and that is really all that counts but I guess it would be nice to know if others appreciate your insights.
2007-01-04 05:57:58 · answer #1 · answered by g187360 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be rich and famous...try writing a book.
However, if you just want to share your poetry, as someone else has said, put the poems on your own webpage, share them that way. (Poets are very rarely famous or wealthy in their own lifetime. Was lecturered in creative writing at uni by a published poet, she'd been in publication for something like 15 years, a steady stream of poems, but she told us she'd only ever made about £100-£150 in that time from her poetry.)
2007-01-04 08:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by i_am_jean_s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess your friends are wrong. Why they want you to enter into any poetry composition? A poem is the result of owners own inner need and at best you can share your poems but winning any composition is not the reason a poem is written.
2007-01-04 03:21:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Puffy, ENTER IT!! It could be priceless!
GoodLuck!
2007-01-04 03:21:17 · answer #4 · answered by Yvonne Mystic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
put one on yahoo answers , that way you'll know for real if its good, cos we'll tell you it is!
2007-01-04 07:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
go for it
2007-01-04 03:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by $ coyote chick $ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋