Is this a scanned scam?
Excuse the pun. (I've caught the bad poem vibe.)
It's not that I'd want to knock any kind of initiative that encourages people to write poems, express themselves, get their voices heard, but this bit of naughtiness from the people at Wocky Jivvy did make me smile.
The (Inter)National Library of Poetry sponsors poetry 'contests' several times per year. Each 'contest' promises cash prizes and offers all 'semi-finalists' the chance to be included in an anthology... and the chance to purchase this lovely anthology for a not inconsiderable sum.
As Wocky Jivvy and others have now shown, it's 'very possibly impossible to write something dreadful enough that it won't be chosen as a "semi-finalist".' Owch... Proceed with caution.
It's not that I'd want to knock any kind of initiative that encourages people to write poems, express themselves, get their voices heard, but this bit of naughtiness from the people at Wocky Jivvy did make me smile.
The (Inter)National Library of Poetry sponsors poetry 'contests' several times per year. Each 'contest' promises cash prizes and offers all 'semi-finalists' the chance to be included in an anthology... and the chance to purchase this lovely anthology for a not inconsiderable sum.
As Wocky Jivvy and others have now shown, it's 'very possibly impossible to write something dreadful enough that it won't be chosen as a "semi-finalist".' Owch... Proceed with caution.
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