As the internet becomes more and more our medium of interaction, I think the attitude towards sharing poetry on blogs is getting more acceptance too. For example the submission guidelines for the online poetry journal qarrtsiluni say: “We do, however, consider work that has only been posted on an author’s blog, personal website, or personal channel on a video upload site such as YouTube or Vimeo, because we think such online sharing constitutes a vital part of the creative process for a growing number of writers and filmmakers, and we want to encourage that.”

So posting our poems to see how they’ll be received or simply because it gives us pleasure is all good.

I’ve been reading a lot of blogs, and viewing many photos, collages, etc. I may try some art journals this winter.

The genre of blogging seems so well-suited to practice. The feedback is very helpful for learning how others respond to poems, layers of meaning we didn’t know were there, which poems connect with many, and which touch a few hearts in ways that matter so much!

Ellen