Edi[t]fy #1
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Welcome to Edi[t]fy #1, the result of an collaborative online poetry experiment, inviting writers to get involved and unleash their creations, in return for the opportunity to edit and modify someone else's work. them to give over their first drafts, and allow them to be chopped, changed, expanded, reduced and re-imagined by another poet, in other words, 'editfied'.
The focus concurrently being on collaboration and separation, we wanted to see what end results are reached, and what feelings and problems are met along the way. The thoughts of each editing poet can be read at the end of each couplet of poems. Every poet has first drafts which have been scribbled down, and never returned to yet, whether out of lack of time or inspiration, or perhaps just allowing time for digestion before tackling the next stage. In here, you’ll find fifteen poets from across Ireland, all having taken part in the process of anonymously redrafting and editing a randomly assigned poem by someone else, and handing over their own work. The results are featured alongside the originals, so the reader can compare and contrast; seeing what has moved on, what was kept, where lines run parallel, overlap, or go off on completely new directions, along with thoughts from each of the editing poets. With Joel Auterson, David Braziel, Laura Cameron, Tory Campbell, Alvy Carragher, Kelly Creighton, Colin Dardis, Emily DeDakis, Forty Two, Paula Matthews, Ellie Rose McKee, Christopher McLaughlin, Geraldine O'Kane, Amy Wyatt Rafferty and David Yates. 
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