http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2007/07/feedback-is-a-fickle-mistress/ Poetry Editor and Struggling Poet Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2007/07/feedback-is-a-fickle-mistress/#comment-80 Anonymous Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/?p=47#comment-80 Ah..sorry. More meticulous than<br/>most! Cool. Ah..sorry. More meticulous than
most! Cool.

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2007/07/feedback-is-a-fickle-mistress/#comment-79 Tim Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:23:00 +0000 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/?p=47#comment-79 Nope. Tribute themes only comprise about 20% of the poems we publish in any issue. The rest -- around 65 poems -- is all open to anyone. Nope. Tribute themes only comprise about 20% of the poems we publish in any issue. The rest — around 65 poems — is all open to anyone.

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2007/07/feedback-is-a-fickle-mistress/#comment-78 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:22:00 +0000 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/?p=47#comment-78 Tribute editions make it really<br/>tough to send to a place, if'<br/>you aren't coincidental to a theme.<br/>Not a direct thing, but more than<br/>scattered tribute coverage inhibits<br/>the general search ffor the best...yes? Tribute editions make it really
tough to send to a place, if’
you aren’t coincidental to a theme.
Not a direct thing, but more than
scattered tribute coverage inhibits
the general search ffor the best…yes?

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2007/07/feedback-is-a-fickle-mistress/#comment-77 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:16:00 +0000 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/?p=47#comment-77 Great publications, and perhaps<br/>the highest editorial integrity<br/>I have seen.<br/>There seems to be a bit of a <br/>tilt towards "gritty stories",<br/>but the 2006 winners appear to<br/>ease that a bit. Great publications, and perhaps
the highest editorial integrity
I have seen.
There seems to be a bit of a
tilt towards “gritty stories”,
but the 2006 winners appear to
ease that a bit.

]]> http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2007/07/feedback-is-a-fickle-mistress/#comment-76 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:59:00 +0000 http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/?p=47#comment-76 tim, the slam tribute was alright. reading marc smith's comment regarding the trend to take the audience out of the slam and how he feels about it validates how i feel. at the green mill, the audience can give the poet everything he/she has coming, the good and the bad. i really feel that's why it's called a "slam." but everywhere else i go, some guy who claims to be the local slam master announces to the crowd that "we boo the judges, not the poets." audience reaction is squashed, bad poets get the same polite applause they'd get at a regular reading, positive reinforcement for shitty work. and everyone goes home feeling warm and fuzzy. it's become an institution, the exact thing slam was supposed to react against. tim, the slam tribute was alright. reading marc smith’s comment regarding the trend to take the audience out of the slam and how he feels about it validates how i feel. at the green mill, the audience can give the poet everything he/she has coming, the good and the bad. i really feel that’s why it’s called a “slam.” but everywhere else i go, some guy who claims to be the local slam master announces to the crowd that “we boo the judges, not the poets.” audience reaction is squashed, bad poets get the same polite applause they’d get at a regular reading, positive reinforcement for shitty work. and everyone goes home feeling warm and fuzzy. it’s become an institution, the exact thing slam was supposed to react against.

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