The Crafty Poet: Sample Poem Contributors

In a previous post about The Crafty Poet, I bragged about the list of poets who contributed Craft Tips, Q&As, and model poems for prompts. Now I want to brag about the poets who contributed the sample poems written to the prompts.

Towards the end of putting the manuscript together, I sent out a call for submissions to all of the subscribers to my Poetry Newsletter. I created a website page with links to all of the past model poems and prompts. I subsequently invited others to join in.

The book contains 27 model poems and prompts. Therefore, I needed 54 sample poems since I wanted two sample poems for each prompt. I wanted sample poems that would illustrate the various possibilities the prompts might suggest.

Before I sent out the call, I was a bit worried that I might not get enough submissions. After all, some of the prompts were from newsletter issues that went back more than two years. However, the spots filled amazingly and gratifyingly fast.

I was thrilled to have all the spots filled within a few weeks. And I was thrilled with the quality of the poems I received. Sadly, there were many poems I had to turn away simply because the spots were already filled.

So here's the list of the 45 fabulous contributors of sample poems:

Joel Allegretti Linda Benninghoff Broeck Blumberg Rose Mary Boehm Bob Bradshaw Kelly Cressio-Moeller Rachel Dacus Ann DeVenezia Liz Dolan Kristina England Laura Freedgood Gail Gerwin Erica Goss Jeanie Greensfelder Constance Hanstedt Penny Harter John Hutchinson Wendy Elizabeth Ingersoll                                              Tina Kelley Claire Keyes Laurie Kolp Antoinette Libro Charlotte Mandel

Joan Mazza    Janet McCann    Nancy Bailey Miller    Thomas Moudry    Drew Myron    Shawnte Orion    Donna Pflueger    Wanda Praisner    Susanna Rich    Ken Ronkowitz    Basil Rouskas    Nancy Scott    Martha Silano    Linda Simone    Melissa Studdard    Lisken Van Pelt Dus                                         Jeanne Wagner    Ingrid Wendt    Scott Wiggerman     Bill Wunder    Michael T. Young    Sandy Zulauf