Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 3:42 p.m.
Frequently Asked Questions
... and not so frequently asked
Why don't you publish your poetry on the site?
Because it would then be considered published, and many editors want unpublished material. That's also why it's not permitted to publish the poems from the list in ezines or on websites until months and months afterwards.
Why the name Cloudburst?
The word seems to sum up what I want in poetry. A sudden, heavy rainstorm of words that soak you to the skin and make you say, like Garkella, "I got caught in a cloudburst this evening as I walked home from work. It was glorious!" For more, see Wikipedia's article.
Why the word "Syndicated" in the title?
It means publications can use this poetry on a regular basis. And that I publish it regularly enough so they can count on that. And that they ought to make me rich doing it.
Nice picture on the masthead. Where did it come from?
I took it in the city of Guaratingueta, about an hour from my city of Sao Jose dos Campos, looking up at the Mantiqueira Mountains. This mountain range runs all along our Paraiba Valley region, and we see a part of it just over the hill from our house.
What's the "J." stand for in your name?
James, after my dad. But I've always been called by my middle name. There's a Randall F. Matheny floating around in the world, so I figured the J. would come in handy for people to know I'm not him. Or he's not me. Or something like that.
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