[Jerome Betts]

Beth Houston’s new Rhizome Press anthology Extreme Formal Poems was published on September 26th and contains 152 poems by 37 poets. No less than 22 of the contributors are Eratosphere members old or new.


With apologies to anyone unwittingly omitted, these are: David Anthony, Melissa Balmain, Bruce Bennett, Jerome Betts, John J. Brugaletta, Catherine Chandler, Ted Charnley, Maryann Corbett, Susan de Sola, Nicole Caruso Garcia, Claudia Gary, Max Gutmann, Robin Helweg-Larsen, Beth Houston, Jean L. Kreiling, Barbara Loots, Duncan Gillies McLaurin, Leslie Monsour, Chris O’Carroll, Alexander Pepple, Wendy Sloan and Gail White.

[Ted Charnley]

Thanks for posting, Jerome. I'm pleased to be in the company of such accomplished poets. Beth Houston has done a fine job of editing, once again. The anthology is available on Amazon at https://arcus-www.amazon.com/dp/0998819697.

Ted

[Susan McLean]

Congratulations, everyone! It sounds like a great collection.

Susan

[Jayne Osborn]

I have my copy - yay!!! - though I haven't started reading it yet.
Looking forward to discovering all the delights inside.
Congratulations to Beth and all the poets.

Jayne

[Clive Watkins]

Indeed, congratulations to everyone... Were these the criteria, or have I picked up an irrelevant link? (Quite possible.)

"What is Extreme Formalism in Poetry?

Extreme formalism is characterized by regularity that restricts exception. Extreme poetry sticks to impeccably consistent structure: pure rhyme (allowing for regional pronunciation) that adheres to a clearly defined repetition scheme, with rhymes close enough together that they register; meter that is consistent, with exceptions only for stresses, and then rarely and only when the context calls for it, but with no added or subtracted syllables (though allowing for elision, and colloquial and regional pronunciation); and when a line is broken, the parts taken together equal a line with the requisite beats and rhyme."

Clive

[David Anthony]

I think that's correct Clive.