Wednesday, 6 January 2010

I AM A NANO-POET - TINY POEMS #2

Happy 2010 all!

I blogged about Tiny Poems here before, then today I read an interesting article on Nano-Poetics here at the PIW site, which says: "The miniaturisation process includes content: for example, the movement of poetry from a focus on gods or the privileged classes to that which deals with existential, practical matters and ordinary people. And it includes form: the switch from high registers to low, and from the serious to the comic."

The comic, see?! I was a nano-poet and I didn't know it but my feet showed it, they were Longfellows...(Eek. One of my Da's many, many jokes.) For me, nano-poetics also includes the found poem. Which is the category that the poem below falls into.

Anyway, what I am trying to say is that the PIW article reminded me that the Tiny Poems site said I could submit to them. So I did. And once again I have heard nothing. Since October. So once again I have decided to post one of my little nanos here. More to come!




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13 comments:

  1. Kar6 January 2010 at 15:54

    Love the tiny poem Nu! and why do these places never get back to you? the mind boggles...look forward to reading more ;-)

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  2. Group 86 January 2010 at 16:10

    Thanks K!
    Dunno re not answering. It's rife in the writing world. V irritating. I have a 3 month rule, unless the mag says otherwise.

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  3. Unknown6 January 2010 at 17:35

    oooo pretty

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  4. Group 86 January 2010 at 17:37

    Thanks Jessica!

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  5. Tania Hershman6 January 2010 at 22:35

    I love the idea of nano-poems but can't poems by tiny anyway? Having spent the afternoon in the Nanoscience and Quantum Information centre, I feel I will be writing nano! Love your found poem. Shame they never get back to you. Honestly. I have been waiting over 6 months for an Australian mag, grrrrr...

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  6. Sarah Hilary7 January 2010 at 06:35

    Ooh, small but perfectly formed! Love it, Nuala, congrats!

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  7. Group 87 January 2010 at 10:21

    Hi Tania - 6 months is infuriating. I only wait that long if I have been thrown a line OR if I know the mag well and know that they tend to be slow. I don't tend to give new-to-me mags that sort of time. It hasn't come back to bit eme yeat (my 3 month rule).

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  8. Group 87 January 2010 at 10:22

    Sarah - ta! They are fun to write. Even more fun to find ;)!

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  9. Rachel Fenton7 January 2010 at 22:05

    That's cute. So much meaning tied up in "vegan graffiti" - cool!

    V. interested in the three month rule, might employ it myself. It's difficult for me getting my head around the submission periods/dates/waiting periods etc as it is without having to wait so long I've forgotten all about what I submitted!

    Can't wait to read more tiny poems!
    Also, if you're ever in Leeds, go to Hansa's - wonderful veggie food!

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  10. Unknown7 January 2010 at 23:33

    They sound homeopathic to me...!
    Lucy

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  11. Group 88 January 2010 at 08:39

    Rachel - cheers!
    Keep a list - I keep detailed records of where stuff is sent so that I don't double up. And so that I know when it was sent.

    Lucy - love it!!

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  12. Rachel Fox8 January 2010 at 10:11

    I love tiny poems...write and read lots. I did series of blog posts of them back in Feb 09 too.

    x

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  13. Group 88 January 2010 at 11:51

    Cool Rachel - I'm off to look through your archive.

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