April 24th, 2009 / 7:33 pm
 Technology

Poetry.com. You know you were a semi-finalist.

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Did you know that poetry.com‘s database is SEARCHABLE?  Well guess what, Internet?  IT IS.  Welcome to terrordome.

When I was 16 I sent a poem to them through bolt.com (anyone remember bolt.com?  Social networking v.08 BETA…I was a bolt.com all-star, FYI…much less success on makeoutclub.com; did not like Coalesce…sad, so sad.) and it was from the point of view of a fortune cookie!  But you didn’t KNOW it was a fortune cookie!  Whaaaaaaat?  I know, right?  I was one mysterious poet!

Anyway, I totally was a SEMI-FINALIST and they were going to publish me in their MONTHLY ANTHOLOGY for like $45.00 and I was so psyched!  Fortunately my parents did not believe in eCommerce at the time (shout-out to Patricia and Ed) and so I never got to see my poem in its Times New Roman 12-point double-spaced center-justified glory!  This is why I write nonfiction today, no matter what Albert Goldbarth sez.

So, yeah, their database is searchable; plug your name in, hold your breath, and hope that you submitted too early for internet-foreverdom.  Also, they have ‘POETRY REFERENCE’…’Need Help Rhyming?’ WHY YES I DO!  Thanks for asking poetry.com!  What rhymes with BLOODY?

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20 Comments

  1. April 24th, 2009 / 7:43 pm pr—

      cruddy
      buddy
      muddy

  2. April 25th, 2009 / 12:00 am Ryan Call—

      i saw somewhere that lulu.com just bought poetry.com

  3. April 24th, 2009 / 8:00 pm Ryan Call—

      i saw somewhere that lulu.com just bought poetry.com

  4. April 25th, 2009 / 12:02 am Blake Butler—

      makeout club. oh man. is that still around? that shit was almost better than myjuggalospace

  5. April 25th, 2009 / 12:02 am Blake Butler—

      btw, i own fuckingmyspace.com, if anybody has any ideas

  6. April 24th, 2009 / 8:02 pm Blake Butler—

      makeout club. oh man. is that still around? that shit was almost better than myjuggalospace

  7. April 24th, 2009 / 8:02 pm Blake Butler—

      btw, i own fuckingmyspace.com, if anybody has any ideas

  8. April 25th, 2009 / 12:04 am Brian Oliu—

      I got an email from them the other day on my ancient hotmail account. I think they still exist, but are a shadow of their emo-selves since Mineral haven’t put out a new album in what seems like decades.

      And yes, lulu.com is all over poetry.com these days. Yowza. Go internet!

  9. April 24th, 2009 / 8:04 pm Brian Oliu—

      I got an email from them the other day on my ancient hotmail account. I think they still exist, but are a shadow of their emo-selves since Mineral haven’t put out a new album in what seems like decades.

      And yes, lulu.com is all over poetry.com these days. Yowza. Go internet!

  10. April 24th, 2009 / 8:08 pm pr—

      a complaint board for people to bitch about myspace?There is ad revenue in that idea!

      I tried to buy haternet and haterade but they both were bought.

      Good job getting fuckingmyspace.

      There used to be a part of Salon called “mothers who think” so I bought motherswhodrink to try to parody them…i never did it.

  11. April 25th, 2009 / 12:32 am Paul Squires—

      Cool. That’s a great story. I was poetry forum moderator for writerscafe dot whatever, thousands of people with a need for self-expression through language, haha. Got paid in compliments and promises but it was fun and I learned a lot.

  12. April 24th, 2009 / 8:32 pm Paul Squires—

      Cool. That’s a great story. I was poetry forum moderator for writerscafe dot whatever, thousands of people with a need for self-expression through language, haha. Got paid in compliments and promises but it was fun and I learned a lot.

  13. April 25th, 2009 / 12:35 am Reb—
  14. April 24th, 2009 / 8:35 pm Reb—
  15. April 25th, 2009 / 12:52 am jwvpk—

      Oh wow, makeoutclub! I forgot about that… met my boyfriend there. Who knew?

  16. April 24th, 2009 / 8:52 pm jwvpk—

      Oh wow, makeoutclub! I forgot about that… met my boyfriend there. Who knew?

  17. April 25th, 2009 / 2:35 am Matt Bell—

      Thank god you posted this. I just found and deleted both the shitty, shitty poems I sent them when I was eighteen. So embarrassing. It actually made me sweaty and weird to read them again. I’m now drinking heavily.

      Oh well. They can’t all be proud moments.

  18. April 24th, 2009 / 10:35 pm Matt Bell—

      Thank god you posted this. I just found and deleted both the shitty, shitty poems I sent them when I was eighteen. So embarrassing. It actually made me sweaty and weird to read them again. I’m now drinking heavily.

      Oh well. They can’t all be proud moments.

  19. April 26th, 2009 / 7:28 pm stevoclevo—

      the makeoutclub was post-mineral.

      buddyhead is still alive/looks like shit.

      amazing.

      anyone down for trying to bring back friendster?

  20. April 26th, 2009 / 3:28 pm stevoclevo—

      the makeoutclub was post-mineral.

      buddyhead is still alive/looks like shit.

      amazing.

      anyone down for trying to bring back friendster?