I will take it,
the aging poet said
to the ever more sparse
crowd at the weekly
open mic,
as a recognition
is the growth
in the quality
of my writing
that I continue
being rejected
but now by a
much higher
quality of
literary journals.
I will take it,
the aging poet said
to the ever more sparse
crowd at the weekly
open mic,
as a recognition
is the growth
in the quality
of my writing
that I continue
being rejected
but now by a
much higher
quality of
literary journals.
an old writer and his words 