Mark, I don't really care. That's my point. I like my poem. I don't intend to change a word of it. And I'll either find someone who will print it, or I'll post it on my website. Eventually, it'll get read. Jack won't read it, of course, because it's not in Poetry magazine, therefore not worth reading. But it'll get read. Some people will like it. One or two might even love it. To hell with everything else.
Don't get me wrong: striving for improvement is commendable, and humility is a virtue. But any virtue taken to extremes becomes a vice, and responding to a rejection by saying, "Master knows best, Master doesn't like my poem, therefore my poem must suck," is just icky.
(p.s. You have to say that in the voice of Peter Lorre to really get the full effect.)
[This message has been edited by Rose Kelleher (edited September 03, 2006).]
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