Editorial
Since launching Brando's Hat, we are frequently being asked, "What kind of poetry do you publish?" A difficult question to answer, except in general, and consequently unsatisfactory, terms. I suppose the short answer is, "Read the magazine" - not a bad idea anyway. (Do some 'poetry enthusiasts' read only where to mail their immortal odes?) But even a careful study of our output must not be taken as a guide to the extent of our taste. Like democracy, our choices are always limited by what is made available. So, although in some quarters, we are already being pigeonholed as having a preference for experimental and 'heavy' poetry, we would truly welcome a little more humour and celebration.
We are looking for poetry that has something to say and says it memorably. We are looking for energy and control, originality and craft. We are looking for poets with an achieved body of work; but like also to let talented beginners get in among their more accomplished peers. We would like to think our choices are objective, but it is fairer to say we publish the poems we like best from those submitted and, as far as is practicable, feature each poet with a generous amount of space.
Love poems, hate poems, satire, celebration, all are welcome. Nor do we have restrictions on form: syllabic verse, free verse, haiku, sonnet, a prize-winning sestina from an eleven year old, all have been among those published. Villanelles seem very popular with some contributors, but so far, unfortunately, these have gone gentle into that good night.
A number of those whose work we have published have submitted further work, or asked about the possibility of doing so. Because we are interested in featuring as wide a range of poets as possible, we have been refusing this. We feel it is now time to clarify the position and have decided that four Issues should intervene before further contributions are accepted. This means that poets who had work published in Issues 1 & 2 are welcome to resubmit.
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- French Literary Review, The
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- Global Tapestry
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- North, The
- Oasis
- Obsessed with pipework
- Orbis
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- Painted, spoken
- Paper, The
- Pen Pusher Magazine
- Poetry Cornwall
- Poetry London
- Poetry London (1951)
- Poetry Nation
- Poetry Review, The
- Poetry Salzburg Review
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- Private Tutor
- Purple Patch
- Quarto
- Rain Dog
- Reach Poetry
- Review, The
- Rialto, The
- Second Aeon
- Seventh Quarry, The
- Shearsman
- Smiths Knoll
- Smoke
- South
- Staple
- Strange Faeces
- Tabla Book of New Verse, The
- Thumbscrew
- Tolling Elves
- Ugly Tree, The
- Weyfarers
- Wolf, The
- Yellow Crane, The