At Spout, we are always amazed at the volume and quality of the submissions we receive, and wish we could publish more work than we do. According to a recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, there are plenty of publishing opportunities out there, but that isn’t necessarily a good thing. The growing number of upstart poetry publishers and the increased insularity and cronyism of the establishment journals is brewing up a big mess. For example, the author projects that by the year 2100 the number of poems published will be 1,760,750.  The “New Math” of poetry is confounding, indeed.