Poetic Abbreviations
In the course of working on this page, I encountered a number of abbreviations, most of them, predictably enough, British, which I had to decipher. I am going to list those abbreviations and acronyms one by one, as they appear, so this may take a while before, if ever, the list is complete. Most of them pertain to assorted awards, clubs, leagues, fellowships, membership categories, and honorary titles.
ABPA – Australian Bush Poets Association
CBE — Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
CH — Order of the Companions of Honour
CPITS — California Poets in the Schools
ELMCP – Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice — 1
FFDSP — Fédération Française de Slam Poésie
FRSL — A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
LCP — League of Canadian Poets
LPS — The Live Poets Society
NSPP — National Student Poets Program
RSL — The Royal Society of Literature
UPLI — United Poets Laureate International
WCP — World Congress of Poets
WPS — World Poets Society
- the stuff is so both cryptic and bizarre, it not merely beyond comprehension, but I reckon that no one hoping to remain sane should even make an attempt at comprehending the officious gobbledygook. The abbreviation is official, not something that I made up[↩]