I just came about an idea. I think we the amateur and professional poets of this forum can altogether publish a poetry anthology which will be a co-operative contribution of all the poets in this forum. Different poems from different poets will be collected, screened and the ones found eligible for publication will be published.
Fellows do you think it is a good idea. Will it work? How exactly? Please post your views. This is not a matter of money making, just to get yourself published and your message through to the world through your poetry. Nothing more. Your views are welcome.

I think it a good sggestion but how is't going to be financed? and picking of the qualified poem should be based on public opinion in the poem forum.

hey, if u guys are really serious with dis, then i'm game!
got a collection of my own poems, been tryin 2 figure out what 2 do with 'em ever since - so how do we roll?

Hey y'all I'm feeling this whole anthology thing. There are some few publishing companies that will definitely work with up if we submit our manuscript. Let's talk about this more.

It seems more pple are getting interested in this stuff. I think we should welcome more suggestions and then get the project rolling. Or what do you feel?

first thang first, so how do we get together - i mean meet ?

This thread is the meeting place. Or isn't it okay like that?
Who knows how we can get get a competent publisher for the project.
If we cannot find one on time, that means we shall have no choice but to publish the anthology in an ebook format at lulu.com
What do you guys feel?
Would that work out fine?
Pls post your views.

hey basic,

we g'otta see eye 2 eye sometime - you can't be working on stuff with folks you no nada about ! about e-book format, i don't particularly dig that c'uz of reach, i think hardcopy is a better option in terms of reach !

You know, I think it'd be cool if everyone had their manuscripts then we can meet, compare works then meet one of them publishers. Personally, I believe I have about 10 very strong poems. So by the time we each put 10 poems, I think with 10 poets we'd be outstanding.

wonderful idea, we need some assistance as to how to meet,gather the poems, screen and the stuff we might need ans external help too.
Seun please do something about this, we appoint you the chief orgernizer, we need this stuff please seun don't fail us

how about we take a count so that we know the exact number and names of the peeps who are really in this  

RuuDie:

how about we take a count so that we know the exact number and names of the peeps who are really in this 

i buy your idea totally, let take a count
my name is Aik Mamah i have good number of collections of poems. count me in FULL TIME
who else ?
seun will still need u on this pls

Well my own name is A. Adeola Toriola and I've got a pretty good number of poems. I'll like to be one of the contributors to the anthology. But I agree with the fact that we need Seun' s assistance.

I am not a poet. Dont write poems (not yet anyway) but do think what u guys are doing is a good thing.

Just keep it up,continue and see it to the end. There may be people who will try to run u guys down, dont mind them.

You will be surprised where this will take u to. Most big things that are now, started just like this. I am here to support u guys. I also wish Seun will contribute to this.

great guys, i'm taking down the names; only 3 for now - mine's Douglas!

Basic. Keep me posted. We'll do this.

Alright Gwatala, but where have you been since.


HAS ANYBODY FOUND SEUN? WHERE IS HE? HELP US INFORM HIM WE NEED HIS ASSISTANCE RIGHT IN THIS THREAD.

My name is Nejeeb Bello
I'm in Lagos Nigeria,
and I've got a couple of poems
I'm down with this.

denex:

My name is Nejeeb Bello
I'm in Lagos Nigeria,
and I've got a couple of poems
I'm down with this.

welcome on board man !

Basic:

HAS ANYBODY FOUND SEUN? WHERE IS HE? HELP US INFORM HIM WE NEED HIS ASSISTANCE RIGHT IN THIS THREAD.

hey man, keep it down - we just might not need him afterall ! lets just get ourselves together first - 1 step at a time !

hey,

where is evrybody ? we doing this or not ?

Okay, 1 step at a time. Everybody should have at least 5 copies of their very best poems printed out from microsoft format on A4 paper before next week Friday. Not this week, next week friday, 20th July. Ample time

not a bad idea . . . what next from there ? better we know what you intend and come to an agreement b'4 hand just so we don't hit a brickwall ahead !

@RuuDie

am thinking of getting things done step by step so we can meet and discuss our manuscripts, compile them as we finally move forward to presenting it to a publisher.

@ denex,

i'm feeling u man, but where's the rest of the crew! i count just the 2 of us in 'ere thus far and that just about gives us 20 poems or thereabouts 'n that ain't so good innit ?

Okay guys. I'm still very much on course. But I think we should exercise patience for one or two weeks more to get many more people into this. Or what do you feel?

time waits for no man . . . lets try and get our acts together in good time!

I think we should give enough time for the rest poets to know that's happening.

@denex,
Ok. . . U got urs handy.

hey guys,

how 'bout we talk some of these guys that have posted poems on board, might be able to get some good poems o'utta some!

Yes RuuDie, I buy that idea too. Check out my sonnets in the thread "critique these:my sonnets" and see if they're okay. I still got more poems though.

Hey, whassup people, it ain't looking encouraging thus far. . . . been tryna get in touch with some publishers in SA who might be willing to do some li;l charity work, no luck yet but still trying sha!

anybody else got anything going?

my name is roselyn.i have lots of poems.i am interestd in the anthology stuff.count me in pls.