I've been writing and publishing my own poems here on my site for a little over a year now, but I wanted to do something to bring some exposure to other poets who are publishing their work online. Wednesdays have been a great day to discover web-published fiction, in part because of ErgoFiction's Webfiction Wednesdays series and the #webficwed hashtag on Twitter, so I thought I'd jump on that bandwagon with my own version, Web Poetry Wednesday.

Every Wednesday, I feature a list of 10 poems that I've found across the web: on blogs, in literary journals, etc. The only real criteria is that the poems must be publicly accessible, meaning that readers don't have to pay any sort of fee to access them, and the writer in question ought to be alive and still writing today. If you're a poet and you'd like to see your work featured in a future Web Poetry Wednesday post, send me a link to ONE (1) poem for consideration: you can submit your links through the site's Contact page, or you can tweet me a link through Twitter.

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Isn't that the worst preview shot ever? I look like I'm about to sneeze!

Every Wednesday, I'll feature a list of 10 poems I've found on blogs and journals across the web that I think deserve a little attention. There will be a mix of published and unpublished poets, but the main criteria is that the poems must be free to read somewhere online, and the poets should be living and writing today -- no dead poets allowed.

Would you like to submit a poem for inclusion in Web Poetry Wednesday? Send me a link through the Contact Page, or through Twitter. Read more »

Earlier today, an article of mine titled The State of Online Poetry was published over at ErgoFiction. In the article, I talk a little about Poetry.com, and its (unfortunately detrimental) effect on online poetry, as well as give my thoughts about the current position of poetry on the Web.

Head over to ErgoFiction and check it out!

Welcome to the latest incarnation of GabrielGadfly.com. As you can see, there are some big changes a'foot (and at hand!). The old design, launched in April 2009, was feeling a bit dated and Drupal 5, the content management system I was using, wasn't really providing the tools I needed, so I've given everything a major overhaul.

We're now running Drupal 6 with a host of new and useful modules that bring a lot of new features to the site, including a better system to run the e-commerce functions of the site. Because of these new tools, there'll be lots of new types of content coming to the site, including video blogs, poetry reviews, a weekly round-up of online poetry, and more.

IMPORTANT: If you're a returning member of the site, it's vital that you read this. All member accounts have been purged. I'll explain why within.

Read the full article for a list of changes. Read more »