I have never kept rejection slips. I even threw away the slip from AQR, which was hand written on two sides of a slip of paper. Well, actually, that one got thrown away by accident.
I just don't get the appeal of keeping rejection so close when I see it in this life of poetry so much anyways.
Like Anne Sexton, the business of words often keeps me awake. My favorite tulip? Queen of the Night. My books include The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception & Reckless Lovely. I also wrote a book of 366 writing prompts, one for every day of the year, with Kelli Russell Agodon: The Daily Poet. I teach at Bellevue College.
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Rejection is a necessary evil, and the process for selecting poems is so subjective. But always nice to get a handwritten comment.
I have never kept rejection slips. I even threw away the slip from AQR, which was hand written on two sides of a slip of paper. Well, actually, that one got thrown away by accident.
I just don't get the appeal of keeping rejection so close when I see it in this life of poetry so much anyways.
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