What poem today, installment the sixth
Submitted the poem from yesterday to Poetry . Ballsy, but why not? I'm pleased with it; though I also get frustrated and flustered with the gray area about what publication means to different venues. Poetry seems to feel that a poem appearing anywhere anyhow online or in print means they can't use it. So I deleted it from yesterday's post and changed the privacy settings on the post I put on Facebook to "only friends." It was the comments of friends on FB that made me feel that the poem was worth a try with Poetry Magazine . Anyway, fingers crossed... Conversed via Facebook with Laurie Kolp about her new book Upon the Blue Couch by Winter Goose Press , Sacramento. Read the first section of the book on the way in to work, so was fired up to talk with her about it. The press looks like it could be a good choice for me--nearby, open to submissions, approachable, and sounds like they are easy to work with. Made some small edits to "Plum Season," from...