Payment
25 cents a line. 1 contributor copy of the final chapbook.
These Apparitions intends to use the ages old practice of writing “variations,” and in this case, on Ezra Pound’s infamous little poem:
In The Station of the Metro
These apparitions of faces in crowd;
petals on a wet black bough
So, who are these faces in the crowd?
While, technically, the works of Seth Grahame-Smith are acts of variant literature, this project bares no resemblance to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the imitations it has inspired. Prospective poets are not being asked to rewrite or edit Pound’s original and share a subsequent byline with him. Rather, interested poets are asked to write something 100% original that touches the spirit of the original poem, albeit in a haunted/ghostly context. And to that end, remember, the keyword in the title is “apparition.” Specifically, write about one particular “apparition of a face.” Who are they?
Issues of Form
Pound wrote this poem during the Imagist phase of his writing career, so the poems should themselves reflect an imagist aesthetic. That is, a preference for resonate, concrete image over abstract lyric declaration. The poems should also be brief — perhaps not as brief as Pound’s, but relatively short and spare. Do not go over 25 lines. Do. Not. Rhyme. The real estate between the covers is very limited. Elsewhere, I have posted something I call “The Fast Track To Rejection”; study it before submitting anything.
Suggested Reading
Ezra Pound. William Carlos Williams. Mina Loy. Michael Arnzen’s Gorelets.
Submissions Procedures
Put your poem in the body of your email and send it to needfire@belfirepress.com. Put the word “Pound” in the subject line. This project will remain open until it’s filled. The official cut-off date for consideration will be the end of the July, with the book projected for a September, October release.
More information here.
25 cents a line. 1 contributor copy of the final chapbook.
These Apparitions intends to use the ages old practice of writing “variations,” and in this case, on Ezra Pound’s infamous little poem:
In The Station of the Metro
These apparitions of faces in crowd;
petals on a wet black bough
So, who are these faces in the crowd?
While, technically, the works of Seth Grahame-Smith are acts of variant literature, this project bares no resemblance to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the imitations it has inspired. Prospective poets are not being asked to rewrite or edit Pound’s original and share a subsequent byline with him. Rather, interested poets are asked to write something 100% original that touches the spirit of the original poem, albeit in a haunted/ghostly context. And to that end, remember, the keyword in the title is “apparition.” Specifically, write about one particular “apparition of a face.” Who are they?
Issues of Form
Pound wrote this poem during the Imagist phase of his writing career, so the poems should themselves reflect an imagist aesthetic. That is, a preference for resonate, concrete image over abstract lyric declaration. The poems should also be brief — perhaps not as brief as Pound’s, but relatively short and spare. Do not go over 25 lines. Do. Not. Rhyme. The real estate between the covers is very limited. Elsewhere, I have posted something I call “The Fast Track To Rejection”; study it before submitting anything.
Suggested Reading
Ezra Pound. William Carlos Williams. Mina Loy. Michael Arnzen’s Gorelets.
Submissions Procedures
Put your poem in the body of your email and send it to needfire@belfirepress.com. Put the word “Pound” in the subject line. This project will remain open until it’s filled. The official cut-off date for consideration will be the end of the July, with the book projected for a September, October release.
More information here.
