[New-Poetry] rodent poems sought

[KitKelen at umac.mo]

Rodent poems sought!

POETRY MACAO
call for poems

Calling all rats and rat-intrigued poets

To coincide with the beginning of the twelve year Chinese zodiac cycle,
Poetry Macao takes this opportunity to announce an ambitious twelve year
anthology project. The intention is to collect poems for an annual
supplement based on the year of the reigning animal in the Chinese zodiac.
The years ahead are as follows:

2008 – rat
2009 – ox
2010 – tiger
2011 – rabbit
2012 – dragon
2013 – snake
2014 – horse
2015 – sheep
2016 – monkey
2017 – rooster
2018 – dog
2019 – pig

For Poetry Macao 2008 we therefore now open submissions for poems in any
way connected with mice, rats, or rodents of any description or conception.
There are plenty of such poems in the history of Chinese literature and we
may be presenting/discussing translations of (and responses to) same
throughout 2008.


About Poetry Macao

http://www.geocities.com/poetrymacaoissue1/main.htm

As the on-line poetry organ of the Macao publisher ASM, Poetry Macao
invites submissions of and about poetry from around the world. Poetry Macao
does not publish reviews or literary criticism but it is interested in
publishing theoretical work about poetry and poetics, dialogues between
poets and poetic work that crosses generic boundaries (e.g. prose poems,
visual poems). Publishing poetry from and about Macao (and neighbouring
regions) will always be a priority for the journal. Although translation is
an important feature, Poetry Macao is primarily an English language journal
and one of its key goals is to bring Macao’s Chinese and Portuguese
language poets to an English-reading audience. Poetry Macao’s first number
– in 2007 – coincides with the November 6 Australia-Macao poetry evening
being held at the University of Macau. Therefore the first issue has strong
participation by Australian poets, something Poetry Macao hopes to continue
into the future.

In general terms, ‘Macao’ is the thematic focus of the journal. The idea is
intended to be taken broadly. Macao is not just a single point on the map;
associated with a long history of east-west communication (and confusion),
Macao is a name suggestive of cultural crossing of all kinds, and of the
accommodation of cultures for each other. Poetry Macao encourages
contributions consonant with this idea and is especially interested in
western engagements with (and responses to) Chinese culture, and the
converse (Chinese engagement with the west).

Contributions of various kinds are sought – poetry of course but also
dialogue, artwork, photography… Macao is an opening between worlds and
following that idea, we – at Poetry Macao are open to suggestions.

Beyond this general call, Poetry Macao will make specific calls from time
to time for themed supplements or for participation in activities such as
dialogue or responses to particular poems or poets. The first of these
specific calls relates to the animal rulers-of- the-years in the Chinese
zodiac.

Send all contributions – in the form of a word file attachment – to:
KitKelen at umac.mo, KitKelen at yahoo.com.au
Please check by e-mail before sending anything other than a single
word-file attachment.