Wom-Po

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← Previous revision Revision as of 04:59, 26 April 2026 Line 1: Line 1: {{Short description|Listserv}} The '''Discussion of Women's Poetry List-serv, known as '''Wom-Po''', WOM-PO or WOMPO''', is an international listserv devoted to the discussion of poetry by women. Wom-Po was started in December 1997 by poet [[Annie Finch]]. After being housed at [[Miami University]], [[University of Southern Maine]], and [[Nassau Community College]], the listserv is currently housed on [[Google Groups]]. The majority of members are poets from the United States, the U.K. Australia, and New Zealand. Discussion on the listserv has sparked numerous conference panels, poetry readings, poetic collaborations, spin-off listservs such as the Mom-Po list, journal publications such as a collaborative [[Crown of sonnets]] published in ''Prairie Schooner'' in 2007, and an anthology, ''Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv,'' published in 2008 by [[Red Hen Press]]. The '''Discussion of Women's Poetry List-serv, known as '''Wom-Po''', WOM-PO or WOMPO''', is an international listserv devoted to the discussion of poetry by women. Wom-Po was started in December 1997 by poet [[Annie Finch]]. After being housed at [[Miami University]], [[University of Southern Maine]], and [[Nassau Community College]], the listserv is currently housed on [[Google Groups]]. The majority of members are poets from the United States, the U.K. Australia, and New Zealand. Discussion on the listserv has sparked numerous conference panels, poetry readings, poetic collaborations, spin-off listservs such as the Mom-Po list, journal publications such as a collaborative [[Crown of sonnets]] published in ''Prairie Schooner'' in 2007, and an anthology, ''Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv,'' published in 2008 by [[Red Hen Press]].