May 7, 2007
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A Poetry Challenge and a tiny bit or crowing
First, the Challenge:
I got two acceptance letters in the mail today (yay!). First I want to tell you about Raw Dog Press. They do a series of Poetry Posts every year. Its a set of postcards with short poetry works on them. My poem, Among the Rubble, was chosen to be a part of this years series (and did I mention, YAY!) There website is http://rawdogpress.bravehost.com/ if you’d like to check it out.
So you’re mission, if you choose to accept it, is to write a poem of 9 lines or less and post it on your site. If you’re feeling jazzed about the concept, maybe do a few of them and send them on to Raw Dog.
Second, the Crowing:
I’ve always been a big fan of The Iconoclast poetry magazine. They have previously rejected me (oh well, comes with the trade) but this time around they have accepted my poem “Lie–A Rolling Stone.” I know its somewhere on my blog if you want to look around…maybe last summer? Anyway, many thanks to LadySongbird who helped me title it as I wasn’t able really to think of anything and as a general rule, hate to leave work untitled.
Three, a Poem (of course):
The floppy with “Among the Rubble” is back at the office so I’ll post it later. Here is a short poem I sent Raw Dog that got rejected but that I liked anyway. Remember to let me know if you decide to write a short poem.
Yellow Dog
My little yellow dog is sick
and this is our last day together.
Chico sniffs as we walk
in the park, his hips stiff
from arthritis. He hops
towards a squirrel.
I am glad for the sunshine.
Comments (9)
Yeaaay! Congratulations on the poem that’s great! I’m glad I could help.
RYC: I was laughing too, which is sad.
well congradulations …indeed!!
poetry is very tricky to me
but its fun
Congratulations……here’s to acceptance and the strength to deal with rejection when it comes once in a while.
Tomesara.
congrats on the poem ma’am, and thank you for the comment. tis much appreciated.
How exciting! Congrats. I can’t even begin to give poetry a try, it’s all I can do to string enough words together to be mostly understood.
I wish I could watch Heros…I watch too much tv as it is, so I needed to cut some of my shows.
I like that poem too! A shame they rejected it. But congratulations on being accepted!
There…finally FINALLY got my challenge done, love. Forgive me for taking so long. I’m a scatterbrain these days.
CONGRATS on the acceptance, darlin’. That’s great!! I’m so proud of you.
Songbird’s good for titles and plot stuff. I love to bounce things off of her.
Hooray! Kudos to you for getting accepted — all crowing rightfully yours!