Octopus Magazine are accepting manuscript submissions. they're looking for 16-32 pages of poetry (which i totally have). the problem lies not in whether or not i have enough poems to put together a chapbook, the issues is with which ones... do i go for the domestics side of my poetry, the happy little wife; or do i unleash the poetess?
you'll have to excuse me for not hyper-linking everything here. but those of you who do read my blog (anyone who recognizes at least half of the titles listed below), which list do you think would work better in an octopus chapbook? which group of poems have i got a better chance of selling?
note: these lists of poems are not in the order which i would arrange the poems in a chapbook.
domestic bliss
the puzzle bird
not a sex poem
the undoing
husband & wife (as edited by brian)
the hotel science series (as selected by brian)
room service
domestic bliss
pneumonia boy
the imaginary me
and i the poet
dear salamander
and then i wrote this poem
[i am the cat]
eggs
the laundry matt princes
[not writing poetry is not easy] (as in an introduction, perhaps)
what do you get for the fish who has everything?
or
poetess complex (am not sure i would actually call it this, though)
he & she
a different
[i know you]
foul
fish into six [prose form]
halogen (as edited by brian)
playgrounds' romance
blasphemed (not sure about this one to be honest)
[my heavy eyelids shut the light out]
this is february
the giver
you thought as though
angels do (another one i'm not really sure about)
nice to meet you
graces (edited version)
without your sex
stage hand
doll
the act of being fruit
almost all these poems are available on this blog. the few edited by brian are not here in the form in which they would be submitted but they are here.
so, what says you? or should i not bother with a chapbook and go back to my one-poem-at-a-time submission spree? if you like a particular group of poems are there any you would add or take out? let me know, even if i don't end up submitting, at least i'll have an idea for a collection brewing!
12 comments:
LOL well I'm all for fence sitting, how about alternating? kinda like his and hers towels in a hotel. Good luck with the venture!
thanks for joining me on the fence, weta!
I'd take the best 26/28. arrange them in progression from bliss to complex from complex to bliss.
my top pics to include would be (i think):
the puzzle bird
husband & wife
room service
domestic bliss
eggs
what do you get for the fish...
he & she
a different
foul
[i know you]
the giver
you thought as though
nice to meet you
graces
without your sex
the act of being fruit
the laundry matt princess
the imaginary me
that's 18 poems. add or take from that?
I am not familiar with the magazine (though I love the design of the site!), but I think you should go for the manuscript. And I agree with what's been said: I think you should pick the best of both. You don't have to present a one-sided manuscript when your writing isn't. I wish I had the time to re-read all of them this weekend to give you better feedback. When do you have to submit by?
(You're not considering submitting PoemTree?)
i have to post it by mail and it has to be there by the 30th of this month. i am not submitting poemtree because poemtree has already been published and is available for your reading pleasure on the tippity top floor of the dubois library at the university of massachusetts in amherst--that is, if you aren't one of the 6 people with a copy of it already.
:) is one.
Katy I've been busy all day and haven't been able to respond to you e-mail. I'll try to read through your current list and give you my thoughts.
take your time, brian. arch already told me he'd reread my poems and make a list for me, so i'll compile both lists then.
Katy,
I only read a few on your blog from these lists, but liked a few with robots in them, for whatever that is worth (so the domestic one?).
Regardless, these are a fun read. I look forward to it.
Good luck.
*girl creeture press*
or *bad mana books*
am in love with the idea, michelle. print gocco no machine ga nanen desuka? (how much does this print gocco machine cost?) i will pitch in if you agree to be my publisher!!!
will have to break out the text books, and my kanji-reading skilz suxes like whoa, but will do my best!
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