Thanks for this. Nine poems is almost in micro-pamphlet territory. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of that? On the one hand, pamphlets seem to have been getting longer as full collections have also ballooned and generally speaking I think shorter and more edited is always better -- so many of those 80 page collections should have been 40 pages. So lean and mean can be good -- cut out the filler. On the other hand, nine short-ish poems is really very short. Risks seeming a bit thin or premature? (I appreciate it may also be a press decision -- possibly all the pamphlets from this publisher are equally concise.)
Thanks for this. Nine poems is almost in micro-pamphlet territory. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of that? On the one hand, pamphlets seem to have been getting longer as full collections have also ballooned and generally speaking I think shorter and more edited is always better -- so many of those 80 page collections should have been 40 pages. So lean and mean can be good -- cut out the filler. On the other hand, nine short-ish poems is really very short. Risks seeming a bit thin or premature? (I appreciate it may also be a press decision -- possibly all the pamphlets from this publisher are equally concise.)
As you imply, quality, not quantity - that's my main thought.
Thanks for this, not a poet I knew but this looks great, just ordered.
Thanks. Great stuff. I’ll order the pamphlet.