I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
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I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by CRS on Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:53 pm
Okay, I've got my poetical stuff together to be sorted so maybe I can get some polished for book form. Some have dates and some don't. Should I even worry about that or should I just go with my theme of each piece to sort them? I'm one of the worst organized people, but I'm pretty good at following directions. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! :)
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by AmandaLyn on Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:25 pm
I wouldn't worry about the dates unless there is some significance to it... like it was written on valentines day or 9/11 or something like that. just my 
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by davids on Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:53 pm
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by CRS on Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:42 pm
Okey doke. Thank you!
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by Kie on Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:00 pm
When poetry uses specific dates in titles, it's usually to indicate that it was written sporadically (Written on London Bridge 14/10/1981, for example) -- and when grouped by date in an anthology or chapbook, in most cases it's not the date written but previously published. This is why Drummond's poems of 1616 is a body of work dated between a number of years.
So, unless there's any actual reason for using dates to catalogue your poetry, theme is more than sufficient.
So, unless there's any actual reason for using dates to catalogue your poetry, theme is more than sufficient.
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by CRS on Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:14 pm
Thanks, Kie. I have very few that are actually date specific so theme it is. Thanks everyone.
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by CRS on Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:47 pm
How do you figure out what pieces to include in a book if your writing topics and styles are all over the place? Do you offer what you want the world to hear or do you offer what you think the world wants to hear? A combination of both?
I'd ask these questions privately, but maybe it will help someone else seeing responses.
I'd ask these questions privately, but maybe it will help someone else seeing responses.
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by AmandaLyn on Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:45 pm
i think a bit of both, Bobbi. the diversity is good and keeps the attention. giving the people what they want is always good, slipping in your own message and perspective with that is also good, because then your message will be heard a bit better. I would say it is like being a good politician -- tell the people's what they want to hear while teaching them to love what you have to say -- but a good politician is just too much of an oxymoron for a friday morning.
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by CRS on Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:59 pm
haha So it's the ole baffle 'em with bs and bthoom method? Cool! Thanks!
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Re: I gots questions about bringin' in the sheaves!
by AmandaLyn on Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:11 pm
that's why its in the siggy line 
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