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Laura - thanks for the laugh. It went down well with my porridge. Andrew On 05/07/07, Laura Heidy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Why is it that I long to see > a poem by me in Poetry > or find one tucked away inside > the magazine New Yorkers pride? > > Atlantic Monthly Magazine? > I'd kill to see my poem between > the pages numbered eight and nine. > I'd puff my chest and crow "That's mine!" > > So every year I resubmit > and six weeks later I get hit > with notes that say "I wish we could > print everything you think we should. > > Perhaps you do not comprehend. > We've cardinal rules we cannot bend. > The highest standards must be met. > And you, you've mixed your hex with tet. > > Poem Two's too short for our milieu > Perhaps you tried to write Haiku? > And Number Three's so goddamn long, > has no one told you long is wrong? > > Regretfully we must reject > these poems you hoped we would select. > I know that this sounds awfully rough - > but frankly, they're not good enough." > > And so I tuck my tail and whine > how I don't find their stuff so fine. > And I declare that I don't care > if I get published over there > > cuz I've been published lots of times > by editors that like my rhyme. > There's people who appreciate > the very poems the big boys hate. > > And still I act like such a twit > and still I faithfully submit > the latest poems that I like the best. > Someday I'll pass the Wiman test. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/