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Originally posted by MissInformation
Do those of you who dislike poetry also dislike song lyrics? Song lyrics are poetry (well, I'm sure you could find an exception, but it's mostly true).
For anyone who submits poetry for Poetry.com, be very careful. They have been under investigation for fraud since 2001. Here are some links about it:
From Writer's Digest
From Fiction Factor
Before you submit anything for publication try to find out if they are on the up and up. There's a group called Writer Beware that lists alerts for scams. And also make sure to read the fine print about your rights to your poems, because some places can and do steal your copyright to your work if you submit it to them even if they don't publish your work. Writer's Digest, Fiction Factor and Writer Beware all offer good information on spotting scams and on actually alerting writers of scams, though they may not find all of them. There's also a site called the Writers BBS Forums which is a message board and members post information of scams they run across.
Heidi
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this is the poem that never was, or was it?
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O my! thank you so much. See, i've never gotten the courage to go on and send something to poetry.com etc. (for one thing, i hate the 20 line, min, and i'm one that doesn't like being limited)
And now with that info, i will not send it in and like with everything else, be more couscous and paranoid, be-c there is no trust left in the world that people would cheat you out of poetry money...
