Contemperay Chokehold

Well I think I have figured out the reason I cannot get published, at least reguarding my poetry, I have not yet tried any major works because they are not ready yet. But I use to for a while send my poetry out now and then to varriys independent publications and also get rejection notices in return, and though there could be many possible reasons, a while ago I though I try to send some of my work out again, and I came acorss this press called Hanging Loose, and they had this thing where you could order like a smaple issue for eleven dollars to get an idea of thier work without having to subscribe or comit to anything, so I said sure why not, to get a feel for them before trying to submit anything, and reading through the poems they published and so I have been reading through it, and well I think the reason I cannot get published is becasue I am too much of a romantic.

I live in a contempary world but completey lack the ablity to write contemporary and apperently that is all anyone wants anymore. Poems that are ultimately empty, filled with mondern words, and monderns references and an overall mondern sentiment of aloofness, distance, and disconection. These poems completely lack feeling and the writers seem to have no conneection with thier words or thier audience, they lack anything deep and soulful. They are hallow and allow throw in the occasional fancy word or abstract metaphor to make it seem creative and unique.

I still live in the world of the classics, the world of passion, emotion, love, hate, anger, feeling, something real, and something breathing, something that is not a painted facade with nothing behind it, but something seeping and internal. My work will never be accepted in this world at least not among those whom dare to call themselves critics of poetry or even poets them self, ghastly as it is. These pompus artless imposters think they can stifle the undercurrent of true talent, well I say let them continue to try, for this Bard will continue to sing to thier disdain I will give them life, I will give them soul and passion and truth. Let them contiunue to spew out thier thoughtless babble and choke upon thier garbage and no I do not say this becasue I am bitter, I have quite a loyal fan base, but I say this becasue I think they truly are working for the descutriton and not the advancement of poetry by giving over to these dead words and turning thier noses up to the life flow and genuine meaning.

3:36 PM - 5/4/2007 - post comment

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