[Shaun J. Russell]

Originally Posted by Elise Hempel

Thank you, Catherine and Ross. A whole year from acceptance to publication in Kooser's column. Isn't that what publishing poetry is all about? -- waiting, waiting, waiting.... The poem was originally published in Rattle's single-parent theme issue.

Nice work, Elise!

You should let Tim at Rattle know. He often tweets or posts on Facebook about this sort of thing.