MANIFESTO

IMPORTANT NOTE:

It’s been years since MM has received submissions. I haven’t taken down the site, simply for those who still want to read or refer others to their work.

If you WANT YOUR WORK REMOVED please try and get hold of me via the Facebook link.

Ex-curator & still a conspirator
Philip Vermaas

September 2021

 

Misfits’ Miscellany is now listed on Duotrope.

  1. magneticmuppets | December 28, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    i think i’m in love with your blog.

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  2. Quieter Elephant | January 8, 2012 at 9:27 am

    I enjoy your blog. I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award, which I hope you’ll accept and enjoy!
    The rules can be found on my page: http://quieterelephant.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/the-versatile-blogger-award/

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  3. sheriji | January 9, 2012 at 1:09 am

    I enjoy your blog. I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award, which I hope you’ll accept and enjoy! The rules can be found on my page: http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/instead-of-what-i-should-be-doing/

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  4. misfits' miscellany | January 9, 2012 at 10:02 am

    Thanks to sheriji, quieter elephant and Jennifer of Quirkin’It, all for nominating for the Versatile Blogger award. I will get there eventually, when I figure out a few tech things and can figure out how to not interfere with the as yet untainted flow of the main blog page which has, so far, only has poetry on it…

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  5. ozi01 | January 21, 2012 at 11:21 pm

    I just read the whole thing and seriously the me before reading this blog and the me after reading this blog (like now) is totally different…good job

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  6. Jennifer | March 2, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    Did you make these gifs? They are super cool!

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  7. boomerontario | April 15, 2012 at 10:57 pm

    Really great blog. I’ll be back to dig a little deeper!

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  9. Anonymous | April 22, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    What a great blog. I am sure I will become a regular visitor.

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  10. The..hell..i..am | April 23, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    Wow, what a brilliant idea. There is some amazing stuff on this blog. I am going to enjoy working my way through it.

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  11. butimbeautiful | May 10, 2012 at 12:15 am

    I never realised that’s what this blog was about before. What a great idea! I’m a misfit – maybe i fit in here somewhere!

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  12. m lewis redford | May 11, 2012 at 11:34 am

    Oh, very seductive! And here I was getting very comfortable in the belly of my cave watching the shadows dance and flicker. Now I’m going to have to stand myself all the way up and find my way out! Agh! the light – your blog – the light!

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  14. m lewis redford | May 18, 2012 at 10:28 am

    ‘You don’t have to be great, just good. A good writer or poet is good enough. Good writing is great anyway.’

    Just read this again – I am really liking the non-striving, non-ends-focussed, non-professional, a-competitive, non-corporate, in-clusive, or-ganic shrub of a blog which is where poetry should be – unobtrusive, but fibrous.

    ‘A good writer or poet is good enough.’ This is sublime – a whole ocean of anxiety dispelled in one stroke. Where poetry is too.

    And I’ve just noticed your tiled wallpaper as well – hearts and bones – clever

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    • misfits' miscellany | May 18, 2012 at 10:41 am

      Poetry can be many things, but one of the great things is that you can write a hundred in a month if you want. There isn’t the same pressure to make it perfect as there is with a short story or novel. Poetry doesn’t have to be, but it can be pretty rock and roll, as in strumming three chords rather than navigating Mozart for the piano; there’s freedom to be raw and rough.

      It’s the one thing anyone can be, a poet. If all you’ve got is a bloody thumbnail or a bit of broken tooth and a prison cell wall, you can write a poem.

      I quoted this quote recently, which is pinned to the poetry page over at Tawdry Bawdry: “Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.” Robinson Jeffers.

      I don’t think it has to be true, there’s room for cleverness and formal structure and, anything really, but it can be true.

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  15. butimbeautiful | June 4, 2012 at 1:58 am

    I love the authors on here, Misfits. Maybe for me the format could be easier, because I don’t so much like clicking away from a page to see things – I like to be able to skip to them on the same page with a link, say. If I move away from the page it’s extra connection time, which for me is an issue.

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    • misfits' miscellany | June 4, 2012 at 9:01 am

      Thanks, butimbeautiful. I did debate over different kinds of format, but this one seemed the only way to make it a mixture of a one-poem-a-day site and a repository of past work. I’ve tried to link work with authors wherever possible, while still allowing each piece to have its own space. The blog format does have its limitations and I’ve considered going into a self-hosted site, but even on the big poetry sites I mostly find it harder to access past work than I do on here. On all of them I have to click away. Though any clever suggestions are welcome. I hope the format doesn’t prevent you from stopping by every so often and dipping into the treasure box.

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  16. Missus Tribble | June 14, 2012 at 9:17 am

    I came here via Dotty Headbanger. She is now off Double Gloucester for life, which makes me sad because she was going to continue eating it for the benefit of my lactose intolerant self!

    Could you make her like it again please? :)

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  18. unfetteredbs | July 14, 2012 at 10:25 am

    Dear Misfit’s-
    Thank you for always reading my work :0) I do appreciate it
    UBS

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  19. Vineet | July 17, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    This is awesome.. love your blog.. : )

    Cheers,
    Vineet

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  20. twinklysparkles | August 17, 2012 at 11:42 pm

    I like the new colors on the header.

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  22. Anne | August 29, 2012 at 8:51 am

    Just added you to my *very* exclusive blogroll, Phil.
    All the best,
    A.

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  23. m lewis redford | September 1, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    I’ve nominated your blog for the Thought-Provoking Blog Award. What you have to do about it is here: http://mlewisredford.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/thought-provoking-blog/.

    It’s just a bit of recognition and publicity. If you don’t want to pick it up I won’t be offended.

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  24. sheriji | October 2, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    Have nominated you for a Reader Appreciation Award. See the “rules” here: http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/its-always-so-nice-to-be-appreciated/

    Keep posting!

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    • misfits' miscellany | October 2, 2012 at 4:21 pm

      A gracious thank you. I’ll have a look. As you may have realized, I haven’t been reading blogs at all for a while, but I’ll get back soon. It’s a matter of time and the last 200 megs on the dongle.

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  25. Quieter Elephant | October 3, 2012 at 5:48 am

    Hey there MM – love the poems and support you foster.
    I’ve nominated you for the Reader Appreciation Award, if you’re interested in such baubles.
    Check out: http://quieterelephant.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/unaccustomed-as-i-am/

    Yeah – I know you already got one from sheriji… maybe they’ll be a breeding pair.

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  26. m lewis redford | October 16, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    I have been visited by an award which was touching and have passed it on to you; if you would like to share the love visit: http://mlewisredford.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/one-lovely-blog-award/ and mirror whatever seems to be happening there in your own eyes and words; if you don’t want to participate in the mexican-pink ritual that is also fine – just know that your being has been loved

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  27. Anne | November 3, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Hi Philip,
    I just nominated you for another award! I understand that you may not have time to accept it right now, but hope you can read about it here.

    http://shrewdbanana.wordpress.com/awards-miscellany/

    Hoping all is well with you – I miss your visits!
    Anne :-)

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  28. Anonymous | December 13, 2012 at 8:18 am

    WHEN DOES THIS ALLEGED PRINT MEDIA VERSION(S) COME OUT???

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    • misfits' miscellany | December 13, 2012 at 9:06 am

      I don’t know. I was planning to be back in the UK by now, from where it’s much easier to begin printing and distributing, but I’ve not made it back yet and am planning an anthology which will be made available online sometime in the New Year. I want to print a regular magazine, but I’m in South Africa at the moment, and from here it’s impossible.

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