Agit Prop Poetry 101

To jumpstart some great Agit Prop Poetry—about troubling current life issues (politics, the environment, war, racism—the list is too long), OW and St. Vitus Prose and Poetry Review have joined together in a unique project. And we want your help! We NEED your help! Specifically: your poetry!

Give us poetry that pushes the envelope, that makes people think, that has edge and heart--and is about important societal issues. Sorry, this ain't the page for poetry about you, your sex life, or how much you drank last night. This page is for poetry about 9/11, Katrina, Iraq, Global Warming, Religious Extremism, Corporate Control. You know the issues--hell, these days even our pets are not safe!

Left wing, right wing, chicken wing...it doesn’t matter. What does matter is passion, anger, and wanting to change this world for the better!

What are we looking for? New: it should be previously unpublished on paper by someone else (websites and self-publishing, send it in). Length?: does size really matter--isn’t it what you do with it? Content: must be about a major public issue (no naval gazing, we don’t care about you or your little dog either!). Submit: by email, with the text of your poems in the body of the email. NO MORE THAN THREE POEMS AT A TIME. Submit to: Victor Schwartzman ( \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or through the link to Victor at the top of the Review page. Do you get paid: I don't know, do you? Can you lend me some money?

Victor of OW and Todd Moore of St. Vitus Prose and Poetry Review will then from the submitted poetry each select the poetry they like for their sites. Submitters retain all copyrights, apart from us being able to post their work, and with an option to put the poems into a book.

Bring it on! Mission (soon, maybe, eventually) accomplished!

Last update : 20-04-2007 21:23

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