My take on that TNY rejection is the same as Roger's, and I'd be encouraged, too.
But I'm really posting about a side issue: that rule about when new members can start threads. Here's the relevant language:
"As a new Member, you have to undergo a small apprenticeship before posting your own works for critique on the Metrical, Non-Metrical, and Fiction Forums: you must wait at least one week following your Membership approval and offer a minimum number of substantive critiques before starting a thread of your own."
So the restriction is only about posting your own poems. However, the system will let you post a poem after you have fifteen posts *of any kind,* so it's prudent to keep your own count of your substantive critiques, or to ask a mod about it.
At any rate, welcome, and kudos simply on having *submitted* to TNY.
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