Friday, November 26, 2010

My name is not "Writer"

"Dear Writer:

Thanks for submitting your work to (publication). We're sorry this submission wasn't right for us. We appreciate your interest in our magazine, and wish you the best of luck in placing your work elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The Editors
(publication name)"


I need to go back to submitting poetry by mail. These e-mail rejections are flimsy, brittle things.

I like little pieces of paper that I can put in a folder. All different colors, sizes. I want a physical mountain of rejection. I'm going to decoupage something with all those scraps eventually and place it somewhere prominent.

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