Orbis 145
Capital of Culture poems wanted for Orbis 145, Special Issue on the theme of Culture* (see below)
Or Liverpool, Or from poets with some link to the City of Liverpool, eg, used to play in a band there when I was in Uni - but
not if your neighbour used to live near somebody who used to know
somebody who said their sister’s friend may have gone out with Ringo…
Deadline: September 30
UK
4 poems by post with SAE (C5 preferred);
2 pieces of prose, maximum 1000 words (extracts can also be considered); please state word count
Article suggestions also welcome
Overseas
2 poems or 1 piece of prose by email; no attachment s- please include address in email
Full guidelines for submissions to Orbis at www.kudoswriting.wordpress.com and you can peruse a couple of issues of Orbis at the Poetry Library website: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk
* Culture may be defined in any way you wish, or see below - but nowt to do with petri dishes, please:
1.
a. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
b. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty.
c. These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture.
d. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization.
2. Intellectual and artistic activity and the works produced by it.
3.
a. Development of the intellect through training or education.
b. Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.
4. A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
5. Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors.
6. er... that's it!
