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ABOUT THOSE LINES YOU BORROWED
Read more: ABOUT THOSE LINES YOU BORROWEDby Kathleen Cassen Mickelson, Gyroscope Review Editor Who hasn’t been inspired by other writers, memorized lines that break our hearts open, been jealous of another writer’s way of ordering words and making stanzas that enhance meaning beyond expectations? For me, lines from Shakespeare got my attention in middle school when I thought sonnets were the…
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If You Like Printed Copies
Read more: If You Like Printed CopiesWe know a lot of poets who love holding books in their hands, actual books with pages to turn and dog-ear and scribble notes upon. That’s something that doesn’t happen with digital poetry journals. Given that we fund this operation ourselves, we’ve set it up so it doesn’t make us bankrupt. Website hosts and domain…
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HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR SUBMISSION GETS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES
Read more: HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR SUBMISSION GETS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVESWith one month to go in our current reading period, we’ve received 229 submissions. Of those submissions, we’ve already declined or withdrawn 148. There are 63 pieces in process right this minute, and that will change by the time this post goes live. Every reading period, we see some of the same trends, not all of…
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Writing Narrative Poetry
Read more: Writing Narrative PoetryWriting Narrative Poetry by Constance Brewer I am, by choice, a big fan of narrative poetry. I tend to write narrative poems more than any other type. What are they? Narrative poems are poems that tell stories. The Iliad was a series of long narrative poems strung together. Beowulf. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.…