Web Poetry Corner - Survey
The form below shows the actual questions used and the results (in percentage of those responding).
The first group of questions concerns your feelings about participating in group activities.
Collaboration
Would you like to collaborate with other poets in writing poetry?
Yes - 38.5%, No - 19.8%, Maybe - 41.7%
One way of collaborating would be to use your publicly posted email addresses...which we post for feedback purposes...to communicate privately with one another.
Would you use email to do this?
Yes - 69.8%, No - 13.5%, Maybe - 16.7xx%
Chat Room
One thing we are considering, is creating a group chat room, where any number of you can get together at once and discuss things. It would consist of both a group chat...where each of you would see what everyone else has to say, and the possibility of two person private sessions, where the messages you exchange would be private.
Would such an application interest you?
Yes - 51.0%, No - 21.9%, Maybe - 27.1%
Audio Poetry
Someone recently told us that poetry is meant to be read aloud. It is difficult, but not impossible to write software that would allow you to read your poetry into your computer and all modern computers have a place to plug them in. The results of your reading would be temporarily stored on your computer, but when you were satisfied with the results, they would be emailed to us to put on your Web site. Then, anyone who wished, could play your poetry aloud. We would need to charge US $15 a poem for this service.
Would you use such a service if we made it available?
Yes - 18.8%, No - 52.1%, Maybe - 28.1%
If your answer was "Yes" or "Maybe," about how many of your poems would you like to record?
One - 3.13%, Two - 9.38%, Up to Five - 17.7%, Up to Ten - 10.4%, More than Ten - 7.29%
Another possibility is to have your poetry read aloud by a professional reader, male or female. We would have to charge US $30-$45 per poem...depending upon its length...for this service.
Would you be interested in this?
Yes - 7.29%, No - 70.8%, Maybe - 21.9%
The results were encouraging enough to motivate us to move ahead with both these additions. However, we also solicited comments and several people said they thought the cost of posting a poem read aloud was too high. So, we researched some more and found a way to cut the cost by two thirds. If you want to start right away, click HERE to find out how. We also have a spoecial offer good for the month of April.
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