Poster poems: the blog that just won't go away. When we put together the online anthology a few weeks ago, there was a lot of enthusiasm for the idea of a print anthology to match.
Well, the good news is that the fine folk in the Guardian shared that enthusiasm, and are planning to publish a Poster poems anthology as a print-on-demand book. I've been pondering what should go in it; for the most part, the poems I've earmarked for inclusion are taken from the anthology thread as picked by you, and here's the full list:
AdrianHula: New Order
alarming: "A poem is like an iceberg" and "I love you best"
anytimefrances: you are your house and a failed housewife deserts the property
arsenelupin: Unlucky At Cards
artpepper: On My Sleeping Wife, Who Makes Men Clumsy and A Sestina for Wallace Stevens
BaronCharlus: Not Everyone Gets a Sequel and Dunwich
CaptainNed: change lobsters and An Alien Remembers Its Birth
CarolRumens: Sunset for the Under-Fives
Cherryfranklin: "You who were born"
creel: "Dance implies a symmetry"
Crikfan: Then call it a love letter
crisosto: My modest world
cynicalsteve: "These are the wanderings of the poet Wordsworth" and "The question is: why write in sonnet style?"
deadgod: Endorphins: A Gamble on Gambol
degrus: "A true gardener is a man"
dickensdesk: "Walking down this lane"
drewd1: "I love the year's decline, and love to see"
elcalifornio: Virginia Dare
Flarf: together
freepoland: An Aged Man Waits for the Morning and Opus Dei
floribunda: "He would throw off his donkey jacket"
fourfoot: "You do not see clocks in shops anymore"
graceandreacci: Porthcurno and Invulnerable Children
HamishSweeney: "You'll die before your time they said"
HenryLloydMoon: april showers in borrowdale and Saturn V
herdwicktup: After The Funeral Party
Iamnothere: Next time you view the white
Ishouldapologize: "Swear off nostalgia" and Approaching Belfast
Jantar: And on the roofs
JulianGough: Dromineer, December 2007
LaxativeFunction: "Was it me who left"
MeltonMowbray: the Is this the autumn of our love? trilogy and Union Street, Saturday night and Sunday morning.
MrStevenAugustine: the fine arts in berlin
motherofgod: Saint Davids
mvide: "I am ever disappointed in Bucharest."
norwegianwood: Houses
obooki: "Our office is very wide."
ofile: Sun Salutation
parallaxview: The Dashing Good Soldier
Parisa: Quiet as Snow in the City and "Dear ant"
Pinkerbell: Dreaming...
pinkroom: Fibonacci snowfalls and The last pfenning
RobertLock: Home thoughts from another planet and "Celsius reaches double figures"
roomwithaview: The sudden ageing of a worker
ruhooper: Summer night, Sligo
SirTopaz: As I walked out one morning
smpugh: This is just to say
stoneofsilence: Tango and for my dear beloved niece
suzanabrams: Hanging the Laundry
sylvianew: Skin Shedding
thebeardedlady: Keep things simple when throwing a sickie
thebookofsand: Inward bound and Salary
3potato4: "i love the way the sun"
TyrannosaurusAlan: Trainspotting
UnPublishedWriter: Sonnet without a cause
Unsinkmolly: College as new home, a honeymoon and three haiku ("Glass branches glisten"/ "Snowflake calm descends"/ "Friends extend heart-hearths.")
wheelchairbarbie: "For SJB, who discovered peace too late"
whitstable5: "My mother was going blind"
Woofsson: "Those who the gods would drive mad,"
zephirine: "Does madam prefer still or sparkling water?" and "I wish that money liked me more"
zombus: "I happen later in a dream"
But before this can go any further, there's work to be done. First up, I need all the poets on this list to email Sarah Crown (sarah.crown@theguardian.com) to confirm the poem or poems in question are your work and give permission to include them in the anthology. You also need to consider what name you want to publish under and maybe send a very brief bio to go in the book. If you're in touch with anyone else on the list who you think might miss this blog, can you let them know about it?
Equally importantly, I want to know if there are any poets or poems that I've missed but that you feel strongly should be included. Just post a comment to let me know; it's not too late to add more good work.
The timelines are tight; let's get cracking. Ideally, the book should be available in early June; it should make the perfect holiday reading this summer.
