1. Metroland 4 June Poetry Platform Peter Keeble Poetry, computers & the internet

2. Computers on their own Computers on their own: some basics –Files and how to keep copies of old versions –Comparing two versions side by side –Copying and pasting within/between files

5. Reaching beyond –E-mailing a poem Body of text Attached file

6. Internet Archives Some of the best The Poetry Archive: (modern) http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/search.do?m ethod=allPoems&searchTerm=all&sortOrder=AZ&pageN umber=27 http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/search.do?m ethod=allPoems&searchTerm=all&sortOrder=AZ&pageN umber=27 English Verse: (older) http://www.englishverse.com/poets/ http://www.englishverse.com/poets/ Inc PF competitions list: http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm Poetry Connection: http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/#poems (comments) http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/#poems Printing them off (copy & paste into Word)

7. And some not so good http://www.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/1393 5271/godot/'s_waiting They lack strong editorship and it’s completely hit or miss what you get

8. Some salient sites Metroland Poets website (reading order)Metroland Poets website South http://www.southpoetry.org/http://www.southpoetry.org/ How to set up and develop your own website for free! For example try Tripod: http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ Example of what you can produce at no cost: http://peterkeeble.tripod.com/

9. Twitter A really easy, if limited, platform. –Only 140 characters, minimal formatting I’ve used it to put up a daily (almost) political poem: –http://twitter.com/PeterKeeblehttp://twitter.com/PeterKeeble

10. Tools on the web Publishing through the web – eg Booksie, CreateSpace (see next slide) Free on-line rhyming dictionaries –RhymezoneRhymezone It can be open while you write! Google: http://www.google.co.uk/http://www.google.co.uk/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry

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