Sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor

The Semaphore Anthology (Poems I Wish I'd Written)

... Assemble this
my alphanumeric heart:
letter by letter,
strophe by strophe,
in time with my
distant semaphore.

- from 'Text Messages'
by Samuel Peralta

This journal is a selection of touchstone poems, bookmarks of discovery, favourite poems composed by other writers, poems I wish I'd written.

WHO'S WISHING HE'D WRITTEN THESE POEMS?
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Samuel Peralta, as @Semaphore, was selected the top writer in worldwide voting for the Best Poetry on Twitter.
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He placed 12th in a Facebook reader's poll of favourite classic and modern poets, a list topped by Shakespeare, Frost and Neruda.
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Lit awards and recognition from the BBC, UK Poetry Society, League of Canadian Poets, Scholastic Books, Palanca Awards for Literature, others.
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Poems he's actually written are collected in his blog
Semaphore
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... Or have appeared in Existere, The Malahat Review, Metazen, MiPoesias, OCHO, Poets and Artists, Seedpod, Undercurrents, and other journals and anthologies.

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The Semaphore Anthology does not solicit poetry, and submissions will not be read. These are personal selections with no remuneration involved. All poems are used with permission from the original authors or copyright holders.
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The Semaphore Anthology copyright (c) 2009-2012 Samuel Peralta. All rights reserved.

Individual poems copyright (c) the authors. All poems used with permission.

Images via Wikimedia Commons, or as attributed.

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