I've been looking through this week's Tuesday Poems, and thinking about poems - mine and others' - I plan to post on forthcoming Tuesdays.
While doing this, I visited the Poetry International Web. Poetry International is a significant organisation: it organises the annual Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, and it maintains a website with many poems, articles, videos and news.
The website is organised into national sections, each overseen by a national editor, each with its own wealth of material. Australia has a national section; so does Zimbabwe - a particularly impressive one - and Lithuania, and Croatia.
But there is no national section for Aotearoa/New Zealand, presumably because we don't have a national editor. I think that's a pity. So I'm wondering, would it be good if we did have a national section, and if so, how could this be brought about?
The Poetry International FAQ includes a list of the requirements for a national editor, and they are not insignificant. But is there anyone out there who meets those criteria and would be willing to take on the job?
22 April 2010
Should New Zealand Have Its Own Section On The Poetry International Web?
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A great idea ... now to find the editor ... Sorry I am unable, but I am sure there's someone out there ...
hmmm, that's quite a big job, perhaps a current or past lit mag ed?
It needs to be someone with editorial experience and probably institutional support, as I don't think it's a paid role. C'mon, New Zealand, if we can win the Rugby Word Cup, we can do this too!
Oh, hang on a minute...
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