tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post2975498718245212039..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Why I Give It Away FreeIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-21511957981045266512011-07-24T07:36:13.515-04:002011-07-24T07:36:13.515-04:00Charles, no worries, I've got it ... DonCharles, no worries, I've got it ... DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-7274447635669009822011-07-23T19:29:57.275-04:002011-07-23T19:29:57.275-04:00Now I have to wonder whether I forgot the SASE on ...Now I have to wonder whether I forgot the SASE on the poems I sent you recently. It's been a while since I sent anything out in an envelope. Egads.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-36008621488439575272011-07-23T09:28:33.689-04:002011-07-23T09:28:33.689-04:00Lyle,
Thanks very much for the thoughts - envisi...Lyle, <br /><br />Thanks very much for the thoughts - envisioning <i>Lillie</i> as a sort unspoken exchange has always been something that seemed right to me. Doing this post puts it out in the open for poets who 1) can't afford to buy sample copies from every press they send to also to promote 2)establishing a possible dialogue between poet and editor and specifically in this case 3) to see if, on the net, anybody really cares about a frankly old school value like this.<br /><br />I didn't know about Scott's book of translations so thanks very much for the supplying the link. I believe I'll go back in and put it in the post, too.<br /><br />best,<br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-73065111580049367642011-07-22T20:44:46.865-04:002011-07-22T20:44:46.865-04:00I wholeheartedly support the notion of giving poet...I wholeheartedly support the notion of giving poetry away. Several times over the years I've been writing, I've photocopied one or two poems (or in one instance, mimeographed 10 poems) and handed them out randomly as leaflets.<br /><br />I've also surely given away many more copies of my books than I've sold. My thinking is, I'd rather someone read the poems, rather than sit at home looking at a stack of unread copies of my book and complaining about the miserable publishing business, miserable bookstore business, etc.<br /><br />I've had good fortune in finding publishers, though if I hadn't, I certainly would self-publish (as I did with my first book), and would do as much of the physical work on the book as I knew how to do myself. I mean, I don't have illusions of competing with The New Yorker or the handful of remaining large New York book publishers.<br /><br />*<br /><br />In case readers might be interested, Scott King translated the full sequence of Ritsos's <i>Shadows of Birds</i>, and published it through one of his own imprints, Thistlewords Press. (Scott is the publisher of Red Dragonfly Press; he uses the separate imprint Thistlewords Press to publish his own poems and translations occasionally.)<br /><br />The book <i>Shadows of Birds</i> is available <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/shadows-of-birds/4302255" rel="nofollow">here</a>, for anyone who wants to go looking.<br /><br />(By way of full disclosure, Scott King's Red Dragonfly Press has published three books of my poems, and has another one of mine forthcoming.)Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-47391735282695686172011-07-22T15:21:35.981-04:002011-07-22T15:21:35.981-04:00Thanks, Kokkie-san ...Thanks, Kokkie-san ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-80931283637226049412011-07-22T14:51:41.150-04:002011-07-22T14:51:41.150-04:00"my part isn't diminished
in the river
or..."my part isn't diminished<br />in the river<br />or in the rose"<br /><br />THAT"S F*****G BRILLIANT !<br /><br />methinks that this should replace ALL religious prayers<br /><br />... and political hog-warsh, too !!<br /><br /><br /><br />K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com