Year: 2021

  • More on Revising Poetry

    More on Revising Poetry

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    Constance Brewer
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    Revising your poetry. You’ve got a notebook (computer) full of finished poems and wonder “What comes next?” Do you slap the results in an email and rush to submit them far and wide? Or do you carefully revise your work, and create the strongest poems possible?  Revising poetry is the way to go, more so…

  • Reading Women Poets of the World

    Reading Women Poets of the World

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    Constance Brewer
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    I’ve been re-reading Women Poets: From Antiquity to Now by Aliki Barnstone and Willis Barnstone. It’s an interesting collection ranging from a lone Sumerian poet through Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Persian, Indian, African, Chinese, Japanese, European, Native American poets, and even one translated Egyptian Hieroglyph poem. The time span ranges from about 2300 BC to poets…

  • Follow the Guidelines to Success

    Follow the Guidelines to Success

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    Constance Brewer
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    Guidelines. Follow the guidelines when you submit. They’re an important part of any literary magazine. You want to have your best shot at getting your work published, so read any guidelines carefully. We (meaning Gyroscope Review) didn’t make up frivolous guidelines. They were cultivated over time with a goal in mind—making the editor’s job easier.…

  • The Summer 21-3 Issue

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    Constance Brewer
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    The Summer 21-3 Issue of Gyroscope Review is ripe with lush poetry, filled with sunshine and a few thunderstorms for your summer months. Summer 2021 poets include: Alfred Fournier, Amy Moore, Antonietta Bocci, Beth Williams, Brandy McKenzie, Carol Edwards, Claudia Putnam, Connie Soper, David Dixon, Debbie Trantow, Diana Dinverno, Donna Hilbert, Ellen June Wright, Eric…

  • Methods of Creating Visual Poetry

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    Constance Brewer
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    Methods of creating visual poetry. It’s nice to have videos of you or others reading poems to pop on YouTube or other places. Maybe you want to up your game and create something a little different. Backgrounds with the words of your poems appearing in front of them. I found some videos that show you…

  • How to Organize Your Poetry into a Chapbook

    How to Organize Your Poetry into a Chapbook

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    Constance Brewer
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    It all sounds so easy. Write poetry. Organize your poetry into book format. Submit chapbook. Profit! Well, maybe not the last one. We all know how much poetry pays. Sometimes it’s tempting to fold poems into paper airplanes and send them out into the world. I favor the “tie a poem to a balloon and…