Someone emailed me to say that they are sorry things aren’t going better with 32 Poems. In my post about literary magazines, I did not mean to give the impression that things are not going well. The magazine is fabulous. It’s my own fault that subscriptions are down at present. Mea culpa. I’ve spent more time on readings, presentations and promotion of my own book than on the renewal series for 32 Poems. Where you put your attention is where you get results, and my attention has been elsewhere for most of 2009.

If you know someone out there who has a passion for literature and a brain for subscription development, please let me know. We are also looking for volunteers — who can work virtually — to organize readings in their city, write a press release, write blog posts about poetry-related topics, post about 32 Poems on their FB page or blog, etc. We alrready have blog posts from several of you in the community, and that really helps me (since I’m the primary blogger at 32 Poems right now).

If you want to help 32 Poems with 1-2 spare minutes, post about us on your Facebook page. You can take this one easy step. It costs you nothing. I was told that people speak of 32 Poems in hushed tones because they like it so much. That is wonderful. Please tell people about 32 Poems via Facebook and Twitter. Don’t keep it hush hush, okay? We have a pretty cover, so share it with the world.

As for me? I’ll be writing up a 32 Poems Action Plan for 2010, so we can take organized steps to get where we want to be. I don’t give up. I get organized.