Category Archives: poetry
Ten Tips for Getting Published in CounterPunch/Poets’ Basement (or Anywhere Else)
1. Read the Submission Guidelines and actually follow them. Poetry editors don’t set up guidelines just for kicks: there are specific reasons for each guideline. We receive a lot of submissions and having them formatted a certain way or delivered … Continue reading
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Submit your Poetry to Poets’ Basement on CounterPunch
CounterPunch is the internationally renowned political newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Its weekly poetry installment, Poets’ Basement, has published work by Robert Creeley, Harold Pinter, Laurence Ferlinghetti, Patti Smith, and William Heyen, as well as many … Continue reading
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… Perhaps this is too many. Maybe our poetry would be stronger with less to choose from. As Jim Harrison says, “The earth’s proper scripture could be carried on a three by five card if we weren’t drunk on our … Continue reading
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