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The Premiere Place for Clown Poetry on the Web! We hope you run
around and have lots of fun here! And now, a message from the Editor.
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Hey
Kids! This is Chuzzlewit, friend, editor and host!
December 04, 2004
Repost of CP Editorial from 02/14/04
Hey Kids!
We'd like to thank all of our contributors. Though we love to read
and review all of your submissions, not everyone is "ready
for the show."
Lately, a lot of folks have been losing sight of the vision that
ClownPoetry is an artistic project. This project is often taken
very lightly and addressed with much liberty... simply at our expense,...simply
because we're an easy, universal target.
Yet we endure.
From a literary perspective, there's a difference between poems
about clowns & Clown Poetry. We receive many poems from earnest,
wonderful people. Unfortnately, it's not always poetry. A true ClownPoet
is easy to spot. But the rest are just people or clowns writing
poems about clowns or people who are clowns writing poetry about
being clowns...and such.
My fellow editors and I recently deliberated on this issue.
We conclude that there are, in fact, Clown Poets among you. However,
the rest simply write poems about clowns. And that's disappointing.
Afterall, it takes a Clown Poet to recognize a Clown Poet.
During any given month, clown poems come in from all over the place
via email or our through our website. Every week we gather them
up and email a review journal to the editorial board members who
rate and comment on the submissions. Because we're not in the hardcopy
publishing business, it's a pretty simple rating system:
1) Seltzer Bottle or "The Well-Wrought Urn" (Ready
to Publish) -- Seamlessly crafted, original concept, stylistically
flawless, obvious mastery of language (syntactic and syntagmatic),
transcendent.
2) Squirting Flower or "Ya Got Me" (Debate &
Edit)
-- Not quite art, but hit the mark. Good, solid, clown poetry with
balloon twists and bumper-car turns. Funny, endearing, witty ditties.
3) Dribble Glass or "Don't Get Any On Ya" (Try
Again)
-- Most submissions wind up in this limbo. An effort was made, but
a line was crossed: subject, language, style, craft, tact, or simply
joie de vivre. Where? How? That's up to us. But apparently it's
not something the author cares much about.
4) Piss Bucket or "What's That Smell...?" (Delete)
-- Straight to the toilet. Flush twice.
Glad you came back to visit. Hope you have a better understanding
of the project now. Regardless, we'll have more good stuff for you
here this year. Keep sending us your submissions and comments!
Talk to you soon & keep on smiling!
Chuzzlewit
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