tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post7932979373908550281..comments2024-03-02T00:39:14.574-08:00Comments on Proof of Blog: On Jealousy, Official Egg-Peelers, Femi Kuti, and the Oldest Mountains in the WorldLuke Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-17929155924158025862010-02-18T21:33:08.221-08:002010-02-18T21:33:08.221-08:00So true. You are better just for speaking it.So true. You are better just for speaking it.newzoopoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110035245090529092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-40895809862850952062010-02-18T05:44:42.566-08:002010-02-18T05:44:42.566-08:00Matthew--
Agreed on the ambition, the competition...Matthew--<br /><br />Agreed on the ambition, the competition, and the sending everywhere--I just sent out some packets of poems and couldn't help but wonder at the odds of the places the packets were going. Someone I know recently likened an acceptance at one of these low odds journals to getting hit by a bus, but I had to tell her--not everyone practices jumping in front of buses as much as we do...<br /><br />Josh-I'll poke around and the Lord's Prayer Tattooed on the Face Poem...maybe just 'the glory forever and ever' right across the forehead...<br /><br />Glad it's not just me. Surely, everyone (or at least, all writers) must have these same seeds of wanting to get 'mad props,' as the kids say...<br /><br /><br />J-I think the biggest change that I made was in trusting singular images to do the work I was trying to accomplish through more-or-less redundant explanation--sad as it is, i was telling more than showing--as far as the confessionals and the narratives, in my mind, if a poem isn't at least risking confession, or intimating narrative, then it's likely not doing much of anything...<br /><br />Humbled to see all these talented folks checking out the blog! Thanks for stopping by, y'all!Luke Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-64047667317477426102010-02-17T19:20:49.519-08:002010-02-17T19:20:49.519-08:00loved hearing that you once considered your poems ...loved hearing that you once considered your poems scrawling, confessional, narratives because that's where I am right now with my own poems in the first year of my mfa. i like what i've read of your work thus far so it's a comfort to think there could be hope for a change in my own stuff lolJayTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923700657540655227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-66193182301983391152010-02-16T19:25:42.806-08:002010-02-16T19:25:42.806-08:00Luke, this cracked me up. Big guffaw moment with t...Luke, this cracked me up. Big guffaw moment with the Lord's Prayer on the face. There's a poem in there somewhere.<br /><br />I'm right there with Matthew on the optimism. We'll all just keep on at it.<br /><br />And so we do.<br /><br />(And I understand the feelings you're describing. Anyone who says they don't, well, I think they must not be doing something right, because, you know, it can't be a problem with us can it?Joshua Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429187998672221922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-10380984340806369912010-02-16T14:48:02.386-08:002010-02-16T14:48:02.386-08:00I think a healthy bit of jealousy and competition ...I think a healthy bit of jealousy and competition are necessary in this po-biz game. Otherwise what would be the harm in self-publishing? There are those whose place I aspire to reach and those that seem to be around the same level (like you to me) and the later keeps me sending to everything I possibly can. We'll make our mark.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420439951183484197noreply@blogger.com