J Mark Press World Poetry Showcase

J. MARK PRESS Presents
WorldPoetryShowcase.com
Publishing Traditional Poetry by New Poets Since 1963
Hardcover binding of Authors’ Chapbooks, Memoirs, and Genealogies

We conduct an ongoing FREE poetry contest online – We are publishers of hard cover poetry books and anthologies – printers of Hard Covered Books for Self-publishing Poets and writers For your own already printed pages – In addition we publish current poetry contest winners on their own web pages. This page is WorldPoetryShowcase.com This is the home page of www.JMarkPress.com poets’ web site.
Barbara (Morris-Fischer) Binstock, Editor/Publisher. Please add it to your favorites so you can return in a click.

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“Great Poets of the 21st Century” Use

Is there a poet living in your soul? stop, don’t go away.

In this poetry contest winning poems are accepted for publication in gorgeous hard cover books.Our ongoing FREE poetry contest is now collecting entries of sincere, skillfully written poetry

to publish in our next beautifully illustrated hard cover poetry anthology. . . J. Mark Press is a haven for sincere poets.

But to win acceptance, following our guidelines is mandatory. We don’t publish anyone who puts words on paper.We love to help turn aspiring poets into the best they are capable of being by not tolerating laziness or bad habits.

YOU KNOW whether you put in a line out of impatience or deep thought. We will know when we read it!!

We publish only sincere expressions of poetry that touch the senses, that exemplify genuine concern for

metaphor, dissonance, rhythm, meter and inventive use of rhyme. The qualities that identify with and delight the reader

and cause J. Mark hard cover poetry anthologies to be re-read time and again.”Poetry to Treasure”

Think about great lines you’ve heard that you wish you had written.

Try to write something that makes people wish they’d said that.

Everyone has an “if” or two. This should help your abstract thinking,

and lift you out of the here and now. Think about the if’s… the possibilities

“If” you could change something past or future.

If it had… If it hadn’t… If only it were…

If you could tell someone…

PLEASE DON’T SAY, “what if” repeatedly in your lines.

We publish genuine, stimulating literary works, not fat volumes of words,
where anything of real merit gets buried.

To get on our stage, you need to say something significant, poignant,memorable. You need to read some of the poetry on this web site
first. It will show if you didn’t, and you may be banned from future entry.When J. Mark Press says Poetry means a sincere attempt at traditional, artistic use
of the English language, not your way to lash out at an ex-lover, or wallow in misery or
self-pity. Don’t ask questions, give answers.

About Prizes in our new FREE poetry contest…

If published, your poetry that was accepted for potential publishing in our next anthology will also be considered
for prizes in our free annual poetry contest.

There is a 1st ($100), 2nd ($50) and 3rd ($25) place poetry contest award, which will be announced
60 days after publication, based on votes by all included published poets. In this way you know
your contribution was read.

Hurry! Enter Our Free Poetry Contest.
It’s brand new…
We’re now considering poetry
for our upcoming exquisite hard-cover
anthology: “Poetry to Treasure”

We can only consider poems 16 lines or
less, submitted online, one poem per poet.
When a book is filled with Winning poems, it is ready to print.
Winning poets and their poems will be announced on our
“contest winners page.”

They will be eligible for publication in
“Poetry to Treasure”

Now you can achieve meaningful publication that you’ll be proud of, in the most beautiful and respected hard cover poetry anthologies in the world today.Best of all you’ll get a large audience for your writing.
J. Mark Press Poetry anthologies are copyrighted. You own all rights to your poem.J. Mark Press Poetry anthologies are listed in Books In Print and can be accessed by every bookstore and library in the world and read in schools, public and academic libraries, and by 100’s of poets, their families and friends.You can win your own web page on this heavily visited top-ranking web site.You can use your page to sell your books, tapes, keepsakes, etc.
and to receive email right from your page if you have an email address.You’ll have your own address:www.worldtv3.com/YourName.htm

How to enter poetry for publication
to J. Mark Press Poetry Publishers Contest
Please Pay Attention
Our Entry Method Has changed

To achieve publication by J. Mark Press you MUST READ
and follow our guidelines below.
J. Mark Press is a haven for sincere poets.We love to help turn aspiring poets into the best they are capable of being by not tolerating laziness or bad habits. YOU KNOW whether you put in a line out of impatience or deep thought. We will know when we read it!!If you are not attempting to delight our readers, don’t step onto our stage.
if you’ve read classic poetry and worked at skillful use of the English language,
it shows!We made it easy to educate yourself about poetry. Below you can click onto fine examples in all
styles of excellent poetry by our editor and our award-winning poets.Learn how to express yourself poetically before you send anything here.If you disrespect our simple guidelines, or if you’ve hardly read
great classic poetry, and don’t care to read poetry by your peers,
please don’t enter! You are not ready for J. Mark press.If you don’t read poetry by other poets, please do not ask them
to read yours. You are not a poet yet.

What To Expect If Your Poetry is
Published in a J. Mark Press Anthology.

J. Mark Press hard cover books are exquisitely illustrated with striking
full-color art laminated on hard cover, (a “dust jacket” effect.)
Plus rare archival art throughout.
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Every 2nd page in our last 5 anthologies is a full-page poem…
illustrated with rare archival art. Poets are able to buy this inexpensive
illustrated full page enhancement if their poem is accepted.

J. Mark Press Anthologies are sensibly sized and affordably priced.

J. Mark Press Anthologies are copyrighted. You own all rights to your published poem. We publish only messages you’re going to be glad you had the opportunity to read, and be proud to share.

Poets selected by J. Mark Press Poetry Publishers are published in our gorgeous hard cover books, (lavished with full page “museum” art), followed by many cash or other prizes voted for by the included poets.

We don’t bury your
creation in 1,000 poems
just to sell worthless books to 1,000’s of novices who
want to see their
poem printed.

Since 1963 J. Mark Press is respected
for high literary standards.

We have an 1-poem acceptance limit to publish many deserving poets
without burying their message in “too many to read.”

We enable “accepted” poets to pay a small fee to add any of their particularly
significant poems to the book on an illustrated full page prior to publishing.

We publish only stirring, memorable poetry that calls you back again.
If you aren’t familiar with a broad range of enchanting classic poetry,
read it! Read our winners. Evaluate how yours compares before you send it here.

Don’t send to us because you think you might have written a poem, or someone said “you ought to try to get published.” Send because you know it should be in our books.

How Poetry Lives On…
From Barbara (Morris-Fischer) Binstock
Ed/Pub. J. Mark Press

I want to share a really special experience with all of you. About 35 years ago,
I took my young son to Central Park in New York City.

One excellent poet we published that year was Emilie Glenn, (Greenwich Village, NY). We published her poem “The Redhead in Washington Square.”

On the train seat, heading for home, I found an independent press literary magazine, “The Coffee House Review.” In it was a poem that I’ve carried with me since: “CLOCK OF THE ANIMALS” by Emilie Glenn

By coincidence, I was on this train with my son, having just taken him to see that magical “Clock of The Animals” at the Children’s Zoo in Central Park, (like my father had taken me to see when I was 5 years old).

I wrote to Emilie to thank her for writing it.

Because I took it upon myself to publish this tribute to Emilie, I received this email from an old friend of hers:

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:41 PM
Subject: About Emilie Glen

Dear Barbara:
I enjoyed seeing Emilie Glenn’s poem on your web page. I was Emilie’s publisher for many years. She died at the end of 1994. I have just published Volume 1 of her collected writings, a big book of 460 pages of most of her chapbook poems.

Information about the book, and the complete text of my biographical essay about
Emilie can be found at https://www.poetspress.org

I thought you might enjoy reading about Emilie’s career and the impact
she had on so many young poets, some of whom (like me) made their
New York debut in her salon.
BRETT RUTHERFORD
THE POET’S PRESS

Please click here to read CLOCK OF THE ANIMALS by Emilie Glenn.

It has a surprise ending.