What Am I Looking For?
Carole Baldock is proud owner of 3 children (all in good working order); 1 cat (needs slight attention) and a BA Hons. Widely published, with enough poems over the years to fill a drawer, she has a pamphlet, BITCHING, and a collection, Give Me Where to Stand, published by Headland. She is also Editor of Orbis, a renowned international literary journal of over 50 years’ standing, and if you ask nicely, and have lots of spare cash, she provides an editorial service. Carole is also a regular contributor of theatre reviews, while her books include Writing Reviews and How To Raise Confident Children.
What am I looking for? Well, I’ll know it when I see it (or you could just read Orbis). Primarily, poems bursting with originality, enhanced by vivid images and surprising use of language, or with the guts to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
What does not appeal – just as important: but it’s the truth, the whole truth does not mean you have to include every last detail, And as for poems you feel you have to write about: here I am at Chichen Itza, there must be something I can say about this amazing experience…
Otherwise, feel free, and I’ll see you on the shortlist.
What am I looking for? Well, I’ll know it when I see it (or you could just read Orbis). Primarily, poems bursting with originality, enhanced by vivid images and surprising use of language, or with the guts to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
What does not appeal – just as important: but it’s the truth, the whole truth does not mean you have to include every last detail, And as for poems you feel you have to write about: here I am at Chichen Itza, there must be something I can say about this amazing experience…
Otherwise, feel free, and I’ll see you on the shortlist.
