Rumor has it that the New Yorker has "tiered rejections," which means that what you got was probably just a form rejection, but they probably have two forms, one of them more encouraging than the other. If that's true, I suspect you got the good sort of form rejection, since it asks to see more of your work. I have no idea what percentage of rejections are the "good" kind, but it's still better than the alternative form rejection though not as good as a truly personal rejection (i.e., not a form but a note referencing something specific in your poems).
By the way, I'm not sure about this, but there may be a rule here that you're not allowed to start threads until you have 15 crits under your belt. But maybe that only means starting threads seeking critique. I don't know. But don't be put off if a member or two stops by to chastise you. It happens, though most of us are quite friendly.
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