I don't know about the rest of you, but I get fed up with all this bullshit in the poetry world, and especially in the Deviant Art world. People who copy and paste comments with nothing more potent to say than 'GR8 WORK stop by my gallery and check out my latest stuff', or even worse, people who generate unspecific messages with the guise of being deep and merely using it as a vehicle to gain page views. Specifically I dislike any poet who tries to put their stuff out there only so they can get comments, people who don't give a shit about the art form. I'm also not a fan of certain types of poetry, but I won't go into a tirade about that because I realize it's my opinion, but the kind of people who think poetry is only an outlet for depression/suicidal tendencies (not people who necessarily write things like that, I have in the past, just people who produce nothing but that) and fail to realize it's making more people disinterested about the art form.

And have you ever noticed how Deviant Art has little to no appreciation for poets? We can hardly do typographical poetry, we only have one format to submit our work, the categories for poetry are sparse and hardly comprehensive or specific. Have you also noticed that the 'daily deviations' are not only ALWAYS related to pictures or paintings, but usually have some kind of sexual subtext and usually nothing important to say. It's a major shame. I'll bet at the Deviant Art summit there's one 100 foot square corner for poets and they aren't allowed contact with anyone else.

Anyway, back to my point, as suggested in my heading. I'd like help constructing a new poetry club. The Living Poet Society, of which I am a member, is good, but it's having difficulty getting going again. Besides, they let in every person who applies, and many of which, I'm sure, only enter so more people will look at their work. My idea would be to construct a community of which a few core people are in charge to make decisions, perhaps five or so. When other people express an interest in joining, there will have to be a unanimous vote amongst those in charge for the person to be included. We'd be looking for people who have a creativity to match their determination and enthusiasm for their work as well as others.

The society heads will watch over the members it includes and perhaps every month or so select a feature deviation that will be linked from the site, a deviation of poetry or even prose that best represents the spirit and style of the format. We could vote in new members to the administration if we get an inkling that they truly want to contribute. We can feature deviants in particular who we find to be inspiring or bold. Perhaps the idea will fail, and no one will ever even visit the site, but is it worth it to try bringing some fantastic poets together in order to create a club that will show the public the best the poetic world has to offer? I think so. But I can't do it alone, shit, maybe if I get people together they won't think I even belong in part of the club, let alone one of those in charge. I have a few ideas of those I think that can help me with this, people whose work and personalities I truly admire: Newo, The Morose Cherub, Cagey Butterfly, Infernosilver, Venturus, and All Singing Crap. Please, tell me what you think.