Poetry People

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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?