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Originally Posted by Janice D. Soderling
Hurrah, indeed. Sigh, wouldn't it be nice to have a Kate?
But if I had one, it would be necessary to be able to be worthy of her.
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Janice,
I'm not sure *anyone* could be worthy of her. I certainly am not. Look what she's done: she told me, on my birthday last year, "If you write a poem every day, I'll send them out, and we'll see what happens." Um, OK. And since June 1st, she's placed over 50 poems. In print or online, here or abroad, typeset or as audio file, nothing phases her. And all this, starting from a position of knowing nothing of poetry, or the publishing world, or the poetry community. It's amazing. Especially given that I'd published nothing in over a decade.
There's an old saying about Ginger Rogers. "She did everything that Fred Astaire did. But she did it all backwards. And she did it in heels!" That's Kate. And she looks fabulous while she's doing all this!
I think there's pretty general agreement all this success has very little to do with the quality of the verse in question. I can't actually explain her success. I'll see her preparing some submission for someplace, and I'll exclaim "We'll never get into that journal!" She just says "Trust in Mary." Um, OK. I've even seen her whisper a little prayer, and then click the send button. I can't explain it, but it works, more often then not. Whether it's Mary, or the Goddess, or the Muse, or whoever, I have no idea, but she must have some kind of inside track. None of that stuff ever worked for *me*!
So, yes, Janice, *everyone* should have a Kate. Sadly, there's only one. And thank goodness she's mine!
Thanks,
Bill