I received an invitation to go to the convention on Aug. 19-21st as I was nominated as poet of the year for 2005. My daughter has wanted me to go for years now. I am a single father raising four wonderful children on my own, so you moms know how expensive that is in itself. My daughter Megan had a ...
Poetry.com and the International Society of Poets are disgusting individuals preying on new writers unfamiliar with the industry. I submitted several poems, one of which had previously been awarded Second Place in the High-School Short Poem division of a major legitimate statewide contest here in ...
Today another dream has been shattered... By an Aspiring Writer/Poet. Entering poetry contests on the Internet was something I took very personally. Receiving my first response letter, after submitting a poem was thrilling. The crushing Blow... Came after opening the envelope and reviewing the ...
Yes i do believe that poetry.com is a bloody scam. I remember a few months back i entered a poem, which i thought was pretty good because i do write and love poetry. This happened around March. About a month later, when i had almost forgtten about it, i get an email from Howard Ely, telling me that ...
I submitted a copyrighted poem that was published in an anthology and printed in book form. I paid approximately $45.00 for the book. My copyrighted poem was then published on the internet without my permission and knowledge. ...
We bought an Avalon model and gave them our partial 5% downpayment last Feb. 2003. Our delivery date was supposed to have been Feb. 2004. Sold our house in August and moved to a month to month lease in an apartment since then. They broke ground on our house March! Our house is still not done at ...