The Great American Poetry Show
Edited by Larry Ziman, Madeline Sharples, Nicky Selditz
Reviewed by Barb Radmore
The Great American Poetry Show is a 2005 compilation of poems that were
selected from over 8,000 submissions. They include poems by experienced
writers and first timers. Some had been previously published in other
places but not all. The poets are teachers, nurses, students and,of
course, authors, to name a few. They come from a wide cross
section of America to represent all the parts of the American Poetry
Show.
It would have been interesting to know what criteria was used to select
these poems out of the many submissions. There is no pattern as this
anthology covers the gamut
of styles, lengths and ideas. They vary from 5 lines to a few pages;
styles are free form to stylized. This book will be interesting to
anyone who likes to keep up with the wide variety of creative exercises
going on across the country.
The hardcover book itself is well done- a colorful presentation encases
the sturdy pages of verse.
The editors are currently accepting submissions for the next volume of
poetry which is scheduled for publication in 2007. Poets
who want to see their work in a published, bound tome should
check out their site for more
information. The web site also includes an amazing array of links
dedicated to literature in all its forms.