poet-artist matchup center
Are you an artist who loves to make postcards, but you don’t feel confident enough to write your own poems? Are you a poet without the skills or means to make a visually compelling postcard? Leave a comment below describing your skills and your needs along with your contact information. (Please spell out “at” and “dot” in your email address to evade the spammer monkey bots).
If you have a website, blog or Flickr site, be sure to leave a link, along with any other details that might be helpful. Then take a look at the other commenters and see if you can’t find someone to collaborate with on poetry postcards.
Oh, and don’t forget that more than one artist and more than one poet can work together as well. The more the merrier!
18 comments in “poet-artist matchup center”
August 19th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I’m clumsy with images. I used not to be. I’m less clumsy with words. If a visual artist feels like working with me, I’m up for grabs, heh heh. And I’m at retjoun thingy gmail thingy com, and I blog at poefrika.blogspot.com
A sample of my poetry is at http://basotho.wordpress.com/lesotho-poems-rethabile/
Cheers
August 19th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
i would love to have the opportunity to create words for your original art work.. please feel free to contact me at whypaisley at gmail.com
or stop by at …why paisley??? or justpaisley….
and leave me a comment…..
August 21st, 2008 at 12:51 am
Great site and idea.
You might start a kind of low-stakes contest for who can come up with the best poems for some of the images you receive. If I lost such a contest, I don’t think my feelings would be much hurt since the judgment would likely rest not on my poem’s merits but on how it is perceived to connect with the image. As you know, a similar contest, which I have had the distinction of losing, plays out on the last page of each week’s New Yorker. Such a contest could also be a way to address having more writers than artists, if that becomes the case.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:12 pm
This is probably the wrong place to say this (so you can delete this after you read it) but I think this site is a great idea and I’m quite honored you’re using Spotless for it.
Also, thanks for leaving the credit at the footer
Keep it coming!
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:46 am
I am a poet in search of visual inspiration. I would love to be a part of this project.
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 am
I am a Kenyan Poet, spoken word artists as well as an art and music reviewer. I love paintings but have no skills in painting. I would however like to experiment with some of my pieces on a postcard, especially on appearing on my blog called “Fading Faces”. Cheers.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I write poetry. I think it’s a great idea to have the visual prompts and write about it. If a visual artist likes to work with me he/she can contact me at ” trinathg(at)gmail(dot)com “
August 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I’m a poet who loves to work with images but doesn’t have the skills to do so! I worked for a bit with my sister - she put photos up and I wrote about them. Take a look on: http://taylorsisters.blogspot.com/ Look forward to hearing from one of you artists out there!
August 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I love this Idea and would love to get involved. Here’s my URL: corinnez.blogspot.com
leave me a comment or shoot me an email
August 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
I’m poets that would love collaborators in visual art.. Email me betterworld(at)odarka(dot)comand ask to be on Poetry readers list to get an occasional poem and get to know my work. Thanks for you interest..you may also request my bio if you care.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Mikey G Ottawa, an artist whose work is showcased on Flickr, has generously offered to share his photographs with those who want to write poems in response to his work. As Mike says, “I made the creative commons license to encourage collaboration with other artists and all of my photos can be downloaded right off of Flickr. Sometimes I might even have a larger, original copy of my Flickr images.”
You can see his work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/
To contact Mike with questions, for larger file sizes or to thank him for his generosity, email him at mikeygottawa at gmail dot com.
If you work with Mike’s photos, please make sure you credit him and provide a link to the original image on Flickr.
Thank you Mike!
August 26th, 2008 at 9:29 am
What What’s work, as shared on Flicker (at http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatwhat/) is available for use in collaborative poetry postcard submissions. There is some really gooooood stuff there, so do go have a look-see.
Check the CC license for each piece, of course, and please let What What know if you are using something. Just go to Send FlickrMail on What What’s profile page (http://www.flickr.com/people/whatwhat/). Then make sure you credit What What and provide a link to the original image on Flickr.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Fernando de Sousa has some very cool photographs and drawings on his Flickr page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/). We’ve contacted him, and he is pleased to share his work with poets for submissions to Postal Poetry. We suggest paying special attention to the models & toys, interiors and stuff sets. Actually, it’s all good. Go take a peek.
To contact Fernando, go to Send FlickrMail on his profile page (http://www.flickr.com/people/fernando/). Make sure you credit him for his work and provide the link to the original image on Flickr.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Maciej Lewandowski has graciously made his work available for others to use. Please check out his stunning work on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macieklew/).
He says: “Of course — you can use my photos — as you’ve noticed, most of them are under Creative Commons license. I’m looking forward to see new postcards using my pictures.”
To contact Maciej, go to Send FlickrMail on his profile page (http://www.flickr.com/people/macieklew/). Be sure to credit him for his work and provide the link to the original image on Flickr.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Jeff Werner’s work (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwerner/) is available for use under his Creative Commons license, so go check out his photostream. He has some very cool sets.
As usual, let Jeff know if you are using anything of his (click on Send Flickr Mail from his profile page http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffwerner/), credit him for his work in your submission and provide a link to his original image on Flickr.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I’m a poet who has an interest in working with images and photos. I am especially interested in images of nature and The Rust Belt. Stop by my blog at http://www.thescrapperpoet.blogspot.com
August 29th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Hello Poets and Good Folks, All!
Not much of a poet myself but love can lead one to do many things if artistically inclined. Lately I have been doing Street Photography and displaying my stuff (1000 photos or so) in color and black & white on Flickr, a photo-sharing website. 50, 000+ people around the world have seen at least one of my photos. The photos are organised in sets and span from last week to around 1957. They are downloadable from Flickr to any computer and sometimes a higher-res image can be had by contacting me directly. Check it out. Maybe one of my images could accompany or even inspire some great writing! Let me know. Best Wishes to You and Yours, All!
Peace
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October 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
hi all-
i am love, artist, photographer and poet.
let us begin a conversation of full expression!
My site is a small representation of my art-full-ness.
lets talk!
in love,
ellarose
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