Anyone seen the poem?
AndrewF
>For a laugh, go to Google Groups and search on "International Library of
>Photography".
>Skip
>Several years ago, in response to a query about the International Library of
>Poetry, several members of the CompuServe Literary Forum got together and
>wrote what may well be the worst poem ever written in English (or any other
>language, for that matter), sent it in, and were informed (mirabile dictu!)
>that this literary fewmet was so good the fine folks at the International
>Library of Poetry were going to include it in their next anthology,
>available for only some wildly inflated sum.
>
>Truth is, they publish every poem they receive, in hopes of getting the
>suckers to buy the book. It isn't quite a scam, in that there's nothing
>illegal about it, but it comes damned close. I guess the real questions is,
>did they offer to pay you for your work? My guess is they didn't. That's a
>pretty good tip-off right there.
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