O Sweet Flowery Roses BLOG: What's up with O Sweet Flowery Roses?

Sunday, November 1, 2009

What's up with O Sweet Flowery Roses?

After running this site for nearly 2 solid years, I wanted to let you all know what's going on with it. No, it isn't closing. However, at this point, OSFR has hit a slow point.
I've shifted focus to another site--Good Hurts, a hot sauce review blog. OSFR is dedicated to poets and poetry; sharing ideas and voices; cultivating emerging poetics. However, Good Hurts is something I have full control over. I don't have to ask for submissions, deal with annoying blogger cut-and-paste formatting issues, etc.
This is NOT the end of O Sweet Flowery Roses, but just my explanation for the slowdown. I'll be teaching some poetry courses in Iowa in Spring 2010, and be rest assured that more solid stuff will be showing up here.
You keep submitting, I'll keep posting. Feel free to check out Good Hurts, especially if you like hot sauce!

-Russell

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Remember: The actual site is http://osweetfloweryroses.com/
This is just the informational blog.

O Sweet Flowery Roses is looking for unique poetry in absolutely any form. We especially like new(er) poets, experimental, or fringier stuff from established writers (think poetry B-Sides).

Please be advised: O Sweet Flowery Roses used to publish anything sent to it, but this is no longer the case. A "no thanks" does not mean the poem isn't strong/good/interesting, but that OSFR may not be the right place for it.