This is the last April article. Congratulations to all those who managed to complete their 30 poems, and heck, even to those who just tried!

The latest interview with a poet: Interview with a woman of many roles, ~Esin. There's one more interview to go, so look out for it!


In this news article:

Results of Week Three
Results of Week Four
Details of the Mini Chapbook Contest - OPEN!
Poetry Daily Deviations, January - April '08


Results of Week Three

The winners are ~Esin for sermon of the praying mantis, and *fllnthblnk for Elephant.

~Esin and *fllnthblnk win a 3-month subscription each and a spot in my journal.

Honourable mention

Trafalgar Square by *ThornyEnglishRose

Congratulations! And thank you for judging, `PinkyMcCoversong. :heart


Results of Week Four

The winners are *poisonedrose for Upon turning twenty, and *fllnthblnk for Deerlodge.

*poisonedrose and *fllnthblnk win a 3-month subscription each and a spot in my journal.

Honourable mentions

Old World by *story
Antelope Valley by *jade-pandora

Congratulations!


The Mini Chapbook Contest - OPEN!

One of my favourite pastimes involves playing around with my poetry, arranging them in sequence, dreaming about how it would if I had a collection published...

So I thought it would be fun to have a mini chapbook contest. Not only is it fun, it also "will be good training for everyone in thinking of how their poems can relate to each other and build up into something greater than the sum of their parts," as the contest judge said. This should be good practice for anyone with plans to arrange a chapbook or full-fledged poetry collection in the future.

Pick a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 poems from your April poetry collection.
You can edit and revise the poem using the Literature Workshop or any of the critique clubs on deviantART. The more revision, the better.
Arrange them in a sequence that makes sense to you.
Give your chapbook a title.
Submit ALL your poems in one deviation. The title of the deviation should be the title of your chapbook. This deviation goes under the category: Contests & Projects --> Contests --> 2008 --> Mini Chapbook Contest
You can also submit your chapbook as a .pdf under the same category.
If you have any doubts, please note me (^lovetodeviate).

Deadline: midnight May 7 (GMT)

Prizes: $50 and $25 deviantDOLLARS, and best of all, the top two mini chapbooks will get published online in the roundtable review; also, a 3 month subscription for first place from =Flynn-the-cat!

Judge: Editor of the roundtable review, ~jack-cade

Judging criteria:

1. Overall quality of the poems
2. How naturally and sensibly the collection develops certain themes and ideas (whether to do with form or content) without requiring an explanation
3. Sequencing
4. Anything else that makes the collection stand out



Poetry Daily Deviations, January - April '08

I thought I'd leave you with something to read. These are all the poems that have been featured as Daily Deviations this year. There have been 40 in a span of four months (assuming I've counted right), which is an average of 10 poetry Daily Deviations a month. Not bad, huh?

Hope you find something to enjoy.


Arranged by form, genre and reverse alphabetical order of deviant's user name


Ballads

Children's
Bones by *ormsqueak


Songs

Spiritual
Moleskine Prayer by ~elle-sophocles


Sonnets

General
My Mother's Marionette by *GrimEden


Visual Poetry

by =Flutterings


Experiments

Cyber
Program Life Basics by =Meryovi

Surrealism
napolean at seven by ~trumancoyote


Fixed forms

Philosophical
Turner's Hill by *SitkaReign

General
Advancing Aubades and Phantom Palaces by ~John-A-Dreams
Noel Games in the Shalanka by ~HerrheRR


Spoken word

Children's
Fetch me a Fertle by *Otterwen

Narrative
Socks by ~intimachine

Erotic
Beat Poem Mockeries by ~OneMoreFreek


Haiku & Eastern

Spiritual
Tanka Series by *Laurence55

Philosophical
Spring Haiku'athon March 2008 by ~SOLARTS

Humour
Worst Haiku Ever by `Beccalicious

Nature
Meguriau by ~moyanII
Boing by =Bogbrush


Open/Free Verse

Nature
Snow by ~Roulle

Sociopolitical
Too Late by =ghostlove

Urban
The Guide by ~MissusHow

Horror & Macabre
Black Bird by =something44

Romantic (Mature/Other)
Vagrant Hearts by =SephirothXer0
Worship by ^GeneratingHype
Aphelion by *Comrade-Kelly
It's Hard To Break Bad Habits by *Clippers0507

General
Bathtub Escapade by ~urbanpolkadot
don't forget by ~skufti
Lobotomy for Beginners by ~McClelland
Old Ghosts by ~Danteholic
The New Bridge by *a-random-quigle

Human Nature
Digging a Hole by ~Paul-Cooper
Jim by ~paradoxicalshaman
for to fall on your deaf ears by ~JShay
three point turn by =inmyroom
Happiness' Allure by *Infrunitas
Only Acquaintances by *fllnthblnk
I'm Not Sure Why All of This by ~DAWNeatsdishsoap
Suspended Animation by ~chugglepuff
the politics of sleep by ~blackamnesiaofheaven
House Poem by *batousaijin


These Daily Deviations were suggested by:




_{Apologies to anyone I've missed out. It was definitely not intentional. Please let me know if someone's name is missing from the DD or suggestor lists and I will remedy that.}


You can suggest a DD, too.

All you have to do is go to one of the Literature Gallery Director's page, find out if they have any specifications about DDs, and then send them a note with a link to the deviation and a short note about why you think the piece deserves to be featured. Also,

Literature Gallery Directors (^StJoan, ^GeneratingHype, ^LadyLincoln and ^lovetodeviate) can accept only prose and poetry deviations.
Don't send your suggestion for a particular deviation to more than one GD. However, if you would like to send different suggestion to different GDs, that is perfectly okay with us.
Please remember that not all suggestions are featured on the DD page. It is up to the GD to decide what deserves to be on the today page, but we always appreciate suggestions.


More about DDs

Daily Deviations: How to Suggest

FAQ #61: What is a Daily Deviation?
FAQ #18: Who selects the Daily Deviation and how is it chosen?
FAQ #873: What do I do when I disapprove of a Daily Deviation feature?

Daily Deviations: Prose 2007