George Dance

Hey George - we were contacted about this, and I've gone ahead and removed the video. As mentioned above, it appears the video was not by the credited person (nor was it being read by them). Thanks!

Thank you. I saw in the "Recent Activity" that the video (which I didn't put up) was removed, but I assumed that Dr. Singh had done it himself. He's one of the 3 or 4 poets whose pages I leave alone as the sucbjects edit them and they have full control. If I'd seen this I'd have removed the video; I'm glad you saw it and did the same.

Yes, I see that. Thank you for spotting it. And, thank you for the notice; I appreciate that, as it gives me the chance to look for a replacement right away. 

I'm glad to assist! Given that this has happened before for the same page, please do take care in your search. It looks like there's a kind of circular false identity thing going on here, where sites are picking up incorrect info from each other - so it'll be best to stick to some kind of official source in this case.

The new image you added once again seems to be the wrong person, so I have removed it. You referenced https://readymag.com/u21126619/507269/mark-doty/, and it's quite clear to me that the photo was actually of Mark Doty, the subject of that article.

This appears to be the third time this has happened now, which is quite unfair on the person in question. At this point, I would request that do not add a photo to this article unless you are 100% sure it is correct. Thanks!

I will definitely not try any more photos of "G.C. Waldrep" unless G.C. Waldrep he supplies one himself (assuming he's the one complaining) . I've already put up his hat, which he sent for a photo of him to poetry mag Gwarlingo; If he's not OK with that, sure, it'll have to come down, too.

Thanks for your understanding. I'm not in a position to reveal more details about the reports, but hopefully your new choice will be okay!

Shalom, Stephan. I appreciate your willingness, but really there's no need. None for me, as I don't question your faith. And none for the trolls, either, as it won't change any of their minds. They'll simply shift to challenging the veracity of those who read it. (Notice the first attempt to smear Prof. Schwimmer today). So, from my mind, it will just be an exercise in futility: just some hoops that the trolls made us jump through..

I have the Document... 

Thank you, Mr. Ray, for both putting your older books online, and for giving us that information to add the links to the wiki. My hope is that PPP becomes the go-to site for people looking for poetry information; not just for our on-site info, but for our links; and contributions like yours are a big help in that direction.  

It's all good. I interpret poetry in a broad sense, to include songs and short stories (many of which are really prose poems). One thing I would ask you to do is flag your articles by adding {{2016}} at the end, so that I'll be able to find them later and add standard formatting when I have time.

I will begin adding immediately, George.

Sure, you can ask; and maybe I can help. I looked at what you had, and changed it to the standard format. Now, if you use the <ref> and </ref> tags, any references you add will be added to the bottom section (numbering will adjust automatically). If you're adding bare urls, do not use square brackets (I dont like bare urls, but what else can you do for facebook?), Use square brackets only when you're adding a title, like I did for your poem on Tumblr. 

Check it out, and let me know how it looks and whether it does what you want it to.

You want to spread the word, eh? Ok, then, I'll make a deal with you: Write me an article on the book (as long or as short as you want), with the Amazon info as an external link, and I'll use it this weekend to buy a copy. That is, if my Paypal is working; it might take a bit longer, but I;ll buy one. 

Okay, this is my article:

Hell in a Basket

In a span of about 26 pages, poet Matthew Little has written himself here I small tome of confessional imagery spanning from his life. Written between the months of January and July of 2013, Hell in a Basket details the author's anxieties, depressive accounts, as well as love and of course ever popular nature-istic poems. Although some may call his debut "sophomoric" or even "mediocre", the author clearly pours his feelings into each entry, and makes it clear what his mindset was when he wrote.

Well, I added that to PPP; see Hell in a Basket. It was rather short, but it was an article, so I kept my end of the bargain, too, and bought a copy from Amazon. However, I was hoping for a bit more, so I took the liberty of also adding a PPP article on you; please follow the blue link on Matt Little in the Hell in a Basket article. I did not sign the latter, because I didn't want to stop you (or anyone else) from adding more info. I also left yours unsigned, again so that others could add to it if they choose. 

Awesome! I'll edit my own page because I know just what to write. Thank you for that honor! 

Did you receive it yet?

No, and it's been six days. I have a tracking # around; I'll see if I can find it.

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Okay.

And I should just let you know, I know it is being sent to places, my friend in England sent me a pic of himself with my book.

Have you received it yet? I'll be shocked if you haven't.

Prepare to be shocked then. Perhaps because I live in Canada, and ordered from the U.S., Amazon.com tells me that the estimated delivery date is September 17.

Oh my god that is insane! Like I said I had someone in England already get it! I don't understand...

Are there others here like me that post their poems as articles like I have? I only see you and I making edits. 

Not recently. You're perhaps the fifth or sixth person who's come in; but most have just worked on one article or so, and then left again. Will Dockery, Nithin Purple, Bill Greenwell come to mind.

Oh, well that's at least good to know. I wish there were more of us on here though.

I can understand that. If you meet other poets on line or in person, feel free to invite them to post here. 

Well that's good. If I ever can, I'll do the same. So my book comes to you in a few days eh? :)

So, I don't mean to pester you about this, but I remember you saying my book was coming the 17th. Have you gotten it?

No, and all Amazon can tell me right now is that it was shipped from Compton, CA on Sept. 13 by DHL. 

Ugh I'm sorry about that. I hope it comes soon!

It's not your fault. If anything, it's mine: I also ordered a book that's available on lulu (ie, that is printed up individually) at the same time, and that's probably responsible for the delay. Anyway, I still haven't got any notice of it in T.O.; I'm hoping to get one by tomorrow, so I can take care of it over the weekend.

Oh it wont take a weekend I assure you lol

Your book is here; it arrived last night. I've read only a couple of poems so far; I think it's fairer to spread them out, rather than trying to cram them all into one night.

lol if that's how you'd like to read them, it's fine by me! I know it's short but those to date are my (to me) best writes so far. Let me know how you like it (either here, or in the reception part of the page about the book) :)

So have you read it yet? :) Just checking, don't mean to be a pest..

Yes, I did finally get it, and read it through. It's a quick read, as you say. Since your next question is sure to be "What did you think of it?", I'll jot down a few quick thoughts: 

1) The quality of the pieces was good; there wasn't one poem I thought you shouldn't have published. That, and the small size, makes me think you rigorously selected from a much larger body of work, and you deserve kudos for that. 

2) I'm not a fan of confessional poetry to begin with, so this didn't move me a lot. Still, I identified with much of it: the idea in "True Hate" of burning the family home reminded me of a poem of mine, "My Father's House," where I expressed the same idea. 

3) The homoerotic bits read OK to me, as in most cases I could simply imagine them as hetero sex. Still, I think they're a big plus. From the outside, it looks as though there's a big, mutually supportive gay poets' community in the U.S., and it would be to your value to plug into it. (Of course I don't know who you'd have to sleep with to do that <jk>). 

.Intriguing words or phrases would jump out at me. like the alliteration in "Weaved in from my sins / Like wicker / With little Wiccan ties". While I didn't at first like the rhyming in "Gum Wrapper", I grew to appreciate it as automatic association (as if the speaker, finding his partner is cheating, is losing it).

My favourite wa "In Bed with Bird Chirps": it's a look at sunrise and birdsong that I think we've all experienced, but I don't remember reading before. And I liked the beginning, "Another morning / Blues the sky", with its pun on blues.

FWIW, I posted the above (slightly edited, for example third-personing it) as a comment under the "Hell in a Basket" article.

Wow thank you very much. Really that criticism is amazing! I'm so happy you appreciated my odd style of phrasings and my little metaphors and such. Really I appreciate it :) I was going to add what your critique was going to be in the reception part of the article though. It makes it look bigger, more important. 

I'm glad that you appreciated it. If you want to copy or quote some or all of it into the article,that's fine with me. I can then either remove my comment or leave it attached, whichever you'd prefer. 

I'll see what I can do, I'll let you know :)

Alright I included it. You don't have to delete the comment, it serves as the source for the information. Again, thank you!