How best to word a poerty thread?

I'm for nominating three, and then have a several bracket elimination to a few texts where one cannot vote on a book they nominated, but can promote it - though again, another problem is the amount of people voting is still quite scant.

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Originally Posted by JBI

I'm for nominating three, and then have a several bracket elimination to a few texts where one cannot vote on a book they nominated, but can promote it - though again, another problem is the amount of people voting is still quite scant.

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Should the nominations be limited to a category, or will people simply nominate 3 poets they are interested in from any period or culture?

I agree with the voting rules you propose.

I can't imagine a poetry reading club getting all that many participants to begin with, probably going to have to just deal with a small group.

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Originally Posted by OrphanPip

Couldn't a compromise be reached. We could choose broad categories for each month and then nominate within those categories, like the regular book club. Occasionally some people may feel left out certain months, but for the most part we should be able to choose poetry that most people are interested in.

A good place to start would be choosing 10 general categories (e.g. Chinese, Arabic, Persian, Japanese, Medieval French, or poets/movement/periods).

Edit: My knowledge of poetry beyond French and English is rather limited so I would be happy for any motivation to expand my knowledge.

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I feel the same way about the categories of poetry, and I want to expand my knowledge. I think we should start with a limited number, as JBI suggests, just for the sake of smplicity given the numbers of posters who are likely to be involved.

When we've worked through those, then there'll be scope to study the others with a model to apply.

I'm for nominating a book more than a category, but whichever is fine. If we are nominating categories, than might as well limit it to one nomination a person.

3 categories (or books) to start with works for me. I'll probably leave the nominations up to others.

The concern which JBI and others have expressed in the past is that those who vote need to participate. Its sort of bothersome to find that all the books you are most interested in end up voted out by those who in the end make no effort to participate in the discussion. Anyway... shall we begin nominations with a new thread?

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Originally Posted by stlukesguild

The concern which JBI and others have expressed in the past is that those who vote need to participate. Its sort of bothersome to find that all the books you are most interested in end up voted out by those who in the end make no effort to participate in the discussion. Anyway... shall we begin nominations with a new thread?

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Alright, begin I guess, you make the thread, I'll post after.

Well, maybe I should explain more simply without getting twisted up in knots: I do not mind taking chances on the forum book club with genre fiction, but I feel differently about poetry and I'm harder on poets, don't want to spend money on collections that may not serve me to be read again and again.

Not ever poet holds this view, but I cannot simply divide my role as a poet in my own right and a reader who can remove her constructive participation in the creation of the work, so if I ever join in it would be once in a great while.