So fruit flower myself inside out

[sovay]

My poem "Persephone in Hel" is now online at Stone Telling #3. The theme is Whimsy; I think it might be their best issue yet. I love the illustrations. Make sure to check out the roundtable, with bonus poem by Jo Walton. I'd include the usual note about the poem's origins here, but they're part of the discussion.

I am failing to fight off yet another cold. Asklepios is fired.

Comments

[ericmvan.livejournal.com]

Did you submit that to The New Yorker? You should have.

Seriously, that is one of the best things you've ever done. Every line sings and the last two are as good and as powerful a conclusion as I can remember you penning. I'm officially starting the campaign for next year's Rhysling.

[sovay]

Did you submit that to The New Yorker? You should have.

I did. They rejected it.

Seriously, that is one of the best things you've ever done.

Thank you.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

The New Yorker hardly ever publishes women, and they're not particularly partial to mythic writing; selfishly, I'm glad they didn't buy it.

[sovay]

The New Yorker hardly ever publishes women, and they're not particularly partial to mythic writing

And then there was the week they published Robert Pinsky's "Last Robot Song," Susan Stewart's "First Idyll," and Cavafy's "It Must Have Been the Spirits," so who knows.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not saying it's a lost cause!

[sovay]

Oh, I'm not saying it's a lost cause!

I keep trying . . .

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Do you get personal rejections from them?

I tried them twice so far (once with poetry, and once with prose).

[sovay]

Do you get personal rejections from them?

Twice, which I thought was a good sign. I should send them something again.

I tried them twice so far (once with poetry, and once with prose).

So you should, too!

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Yes - it is definitely a good sign! Did you get a personal on Persephone?

I get discouraged easily and have no self-confidence... maybe in the future.

[sovay]

Did you get a personal on Persephone?

"Despite its evident merit." I thought that was a good sign.

I get discouraged easily and have no self-confidence... maybe in the future.

Dunno: you appear to be on a roll now. Might as well take advantage of it.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Ah, cool. I got the evident merit one from them both times. I understand it's quite rare.

I am on a breadroll!
(as one of my students wrote in a recent paper, "the Enlightenment gave women a new roll").

I sent "13 Principles of Faith" (the one I just sold to Apex) to a Jewish-themed magazine, and they held it for almost a year, after which they wrote back to say that the magazine changed directions. :P This is a poem I know is good (which happens to me very rarely), and is the closest to mainstream I've ever come, so I don't even know.

[sovay]

I got the evident merit one from them both times. I understand it's quite rare.

I didn't know, actually. Neat.

I sent "13 Principles of Faith" (the one I just sold to Apex) to a Jewish-themed magazine, and they held it for almost a year, after which they wrote back to say that the magazine changed directions.

*headdesk*

This is a poem I know is good (which happens to me very rarely), and is the closest to mainstream I've ever come, so I don't even know.

I look forward to reading it.

[ericmvan.livejournal.com]

I did. They rejected it.

I'm glad you did, anyway. Their loss.