Nostrovia
Poetry publishes poetry that demonstrates passionate living and
creativity. Learn more here.
SQF:
Nostrovia Poetry
is being restructured. What is different this time around and where
can poets find the new N!P?
Jeremiah
Walton: Nostrovia!
Poetry
is being destroyed like the victim of drunk plastic surgeon. The
victim then goes through the process of revitalizing himself with
therapy and much help from the community of poets around him, the
victim springs up and begins publishing like a mad man who stares at
a computer screen for 12+ hour sessions, barely sleeps, and is
constantly writing poetry and finding poetry in weird places.
The
entire aim of Nostrovia!
Poetry
is to promote passionate living, creativity and expression, freedom
of speech, and living over making a living.
All
publications will be made available free online, and print
publications are distributed through my travels, tours, and a mobile
bookstore UndergroundBooks and Nostrovia! Poetry are teaming up to
open.
SQF:
You’re also creating a new publication, “Fuck Art. Let’s
Dance.” How does this publication differ from N!P?
JW:
“Fuck art, let's dance" - Lawrence Ferlinghetti
FALD
is an ezine published directly on Nostrovia!
Poetry's
site. The zine publishes art and poetry of all medians, from videos
to audio recordings.
SQF:
Since starting Nostrovia
Poetry,
what have your learned about editing and writing?
JW:
Don't
bite off more than you can chew, which I learned this past November
when I regained consistent internet and computer access. I then
began ravenously devouring every opportunity, and am now in the
process of chewing, months later, managing W.I.S.H. Publishing, The
Traveling Poet,
Nostrovia!
Poetry,
working for UndergroundBooks, along with my personal publications,
Gatsby's Abandoned Children, and video poems, and maintaining a
campaign to Save Poets' Hall.
There's
now a solid team backing Nostrovia!
Poetry,
opening up a lot of new opportunities for its development.
SQF:
Can you provide us with a brief example of the kind of poems you hope
to publish in the new N!P?
JW:
A
poem written from the perspective of a dragon
A
poem from the perspective of a dream
A
poem from the perspective of someone playing pretend so hard it
becomes real
(All
my ghost ships are real and the stars glued to the ceiling are more
radiant than any constellation)
A
poem from the perspective of Twitter about the hairless apes
squawking
A
poem from the perspective of a noose that doesn't want to be tied,
doesn't want blood, but knows its purpose
A
poem written by a drunk text message to the wrong number
A
poem from the perspective of a mute vegetable with the knowledge
there's a bomb coming
A
poem written from the perspective of a pacifist gun at a school
shooting
A
poem written from the perspective of the moon during the sloppy
American kiss
A
poem from the perspective of a hilarious super nova
A
poem from the perspective of the sun when the earth is clotting
instantly in his fingers
A
poem written from the perspective of a wound
A
poem written from the perspective of nothing wining to be a wound.
A
poem written from the perspective of what humans evolve into a couple
million years from now
A
poem written from the perspective of the chair a girl was chained to
for 12 years
A
poem written from the perspective of the blank wall in front of her
A
poem written from the perspective of her ears when she heard her
neighbor's ignorant piano
SQF:
Will you publish poems posted on a personal blog or website?
JW:
Of
course! If the submitter owns the piece's rights, then we are happy
to review it for publication.
SQF:
What one question on this topic do you wish I'd asked that I didn't?
And how would you answer it?
JW:
What
do you believe in?
Promote
passionate living and creating for self through poetry.
We
aim to broaden the poetic community, especially to the youth. They
are the next step.
We
love 21st century poets. We want to see poets who write for today.
Other
people's ideas of poetry don't fit with what we want to do, and we're
going to do some beautifully weird things.
The
virus is silence, we must be loud.
This
is much bigger than us. The only way this can be successful is
looking at the whole and saying, "we are working for something
far more important than just us".
There
are days success simply means not giving up. Poets, don't give up.
Free
education
Promote
living vs making a living. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO FOR THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE? GO DO THAT! Death is on the heels of all of us, give him
a damn good run for his money.
Establishing
poets within new publishing medians for literature, such as videos
and image macros
Thank
you, Jeremiah. We all appreciate you taking time from your busy
schedule to participate in this project.
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