The concept for the anthology was birthed out of a workshop exercise from poet Richard Jackson—who had students write a well-crafted poem from a list of words offered by the class. Since we believe writing exercises are often the start of new, innovative work, our anthology will be a collection of poems that use six words supplied by six of our "showcased" poets.These six words are:
1. Anteros
2. crippled
3. spindles
4. stairwell
5. threshold
6. whirligigEach of these poets has not only submitted a word for this project, but he/she will also participate in this workshop exercise by contributing a poem.
There are no minimum or maximum length requirements for individual poems. We, however, have a three-poem limit for submissions. The only requirement is that you incorporate all six words into one poem.Submissions will only be accepted via e-mail. Please e-mail submissions to: thelistanthology@gmail.com by March 8, 2010.
We look forward to reading your work!