Resolution Notes
I only drank diet coke last night, so I'm awake this morning with no more than a slight buzz from a triple cappacino, and since it's a new year, I'm wondering what I should resolve to do to improve 2River.
I like the layout of these blog pages. The navigation bar is wider and thinner than on other pages. I can make the layout throughout the site more consistent.
Web del Sol says the poetry at 2River is among the best on the web but that the presentation is dilluted. I've thought long and hard about this, about technology and print, how the presentation can dazzle (or not) with technology. Somewhere in my thought I've settled on simplicity. But maybe I should try to add a little dazzle.
I'm thinking about adding a feature where readers can review a poem. That would be a neat interactive feature. Read a poem, then leave what you think about it for others to read. Then the poem would also be become a record of its reading.
Finally (my coffee buzz is wearing off) I'd like to expand this blog. Clark has been a great writer. I especially like the blogs of his that focus on poetry and poetics. A couple of other similarly good writers would be a great addition.
I consumed a good deal more than Coca-Cola! Fortunately, Ann and I attended a dinner party across the street, so getting home was easy. Getting up on the 1st was another story.
Congratulations on the (mixed) high praise from WDS. Actually, I have seen quite a few sites that are considerably less appealing than 2River, visually speaking and from a purely navigational point of view.
But I am certain that this kind of criticism is evidence that the medium is growing in quality and seriousness across the board. Though I am not at all certain what "diluted" means.
Who knows, maybe you'll eventually bring on an art designer to add that dazzle you're talkiing about?
As for the reader-review feature, that's a great idea. I'm surprised you see so little of it yet on the web. I'm familiar with Poet & Critic, which does the same in print form, but I've not seen what they do, if anything, on the web. Good luck with that.
I also like the idea of expanding this blog to more writers. Whom do you have in mind?