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| The primary criteria for the poems that were be selected for this anthology was that each poem be well written, on theme and reflective in nature. This anthology is not intended to be a political commentary, but neither is it intended to deny the effect of the political forces that have influenced our generation. This collection of poetry embraces our memories of our childhood, adolescence, teenage years, young adulthood, middle age and our movement into senility, aka our "golden years." Humor, irony, and outright frivolity are included, but we also wished to define the gravity of our impact on each others lives and the lives of future generations through this anthology.. 1. Each submission must be submitted by the original author. If selected, all publishing rights will be retained by author with the exception of a one time release for publication in this book. 2. Previously published poems will be considered if author has retained all legal rights to publish their work. 3. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by a panel of qualified editors. 4. Poems should be submitted for consideration in one email. A maximum of 8 poems per author will be considered. Submissions should be contained in one email (copy and pasted in the same size font). Each poem should be numbered. 5. Submissions sent as file attachments will not be considered. 6. Line lengths should not exceed 45 characters per line (including spaces, punctuation, hyphens etc.) There is no line limit. 7. All submissions should contain the authors full name, mailing address and contact phone number. 8. Submissions should be emailed to PoetWorks@aol.com with a subject header "Baby Boomer Anthology" 9. Authors whose work(s) are selected will be notified by email after the selection process has been completed. 10. After selections have been made, a written, signed publishing release will be mailed to author outlining the poem(s) selected and terms of publication. In order to use an authors work, this release must be executed and returned to PoetWorks Press. Authors whose work(s) are selected will be notified initially by email. 11. Submission deadline April 30, 2008 |
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| We inherited this world through default, luck, misfortune or "manifest destiny." However we came into being, we are now aging and better able to reflect upon the consequences of how we influenced the state of our existence. Did we do a better job of shaping a world than our ancestors did or did we lose sight of traditions and values that gave us balance? Did our excesses make this a better world, or did we contribute to the decline of our civilization? Will future generations look back upon our generation with scorn, admiration or simple indifference? Science has outpaced our sociological growth. Have we provided future generations with good examples of how to cope with a rapidly changing world? Have inequities in our social order been rectified, examined, and eliminated? Have we learned anything from our past mistakes and and misdeeds, or are future generations destined to repeat them? Our generation has been the most analyzed, dissected, and exploited gen- eration in history. Newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the Internet have been instruments of this exploitation. We are there for the plucking and have been since we were born. Baby Boomers were the first generation to experience televisions in most homes and with it, mass influence. Media worked hard to promote a materialistic spending cons- umer generation, and it worked. We became the "throw away" generation with disposable goods and filled up garbage landfills faster than they could be built. Television had great influence and power to shape a whole gener- ation, and it continues today. History will judge us. Hopefully it be with more benevolence than we have seen or dispensed during our lifetimes. This collection of poetry is our opportunity to record our own personal history. Through out history, poets have documented through their writing the pulse of their time. Take a trip back to those days of your youth. Now with our greying hair and Depends on the horizon, are we grooving yet? --Editor |
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| Introduction by Howard Smead-University of Maryland DON'T TRUST ANYONE OVER THIRTY |
| Book Reviews by Geri Ahearn |
| Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self- respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. --Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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