(Stacey (l) and David celebrating this blog's first year)
We launched roughly three years ago (on January 17, 2008, to be exact), with this post. OK, so we haven't kept up with the monthly epigraph but we've since had 3800 posts by I -don't- know-how-many authors. We've won a few awards, and some who have posted here have had their work singled out elsewhere. The initial idea behind the blog was to create a place to counter the nasty material about poets and poetry.that was being posted in other blogs Later, one of our guest bloggers mentioned that he liked the idea of a blog that would show that poets could write good prose about subjects other than poetry. That seems about right although we've always liked to invite non-poet writers to contribute as well. Anyone who has been a guest author will tell you that no subject is off-limits. I like to think of the blog as bringing you the news, as written by poets and poetry lovers.
I'm always amazed by and grateful for the thoughtful and beautifully written posts that our bloggers contribute. We've had posts from all over the US plus Mongolia, the UK, Korea, China, Spain, Italy, and . . . I'm probably leaving someplace out. Word of mouth has led us to writers we otherwise would not have met. It's been a great experience! Here's to more birthdays!
-- sdh
Happy birthday, and thanks for letting me be part of BAP!
Posted by: Laura Orem | February 16, 2011 at 05:53 PM
yay! honored to be part of this wonderful community. thank you. happy birthday bap blog.
Posted by: Amy Greacen | February 16, 2011 at 07:00 PM
hear, hear!
Posted by: DL | February 16, 2011 at 11:08 PM
Happy birthday BAP - you smooth young thing.
Posted by: emma trelles | February 17, 2011 at 06:45 AM
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
Posted by: Amy Lawless | February 17, 2011 at 07:51 AM
happy birthday bap!! here's to many more!
Posted by: Phoebe | February 17, 2011 at 09:12 AM
Say amen, somebody!
Posted by: Diann Blakely | February 17, 2011 at 02:51 PM
Happy birthday, thank you for allowing me to contribute, and all best to every-poet-I-mean-it-every-poet!
Posted by: Ken Tucker | February 18, 2011 at 01:39 PM
Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Happy Birthday Wishes | February 20, 2011 at 07:59 PM