So we write to be published, right? Erm… sometimes. I submitted three poems today to a journal a dear friend recommended, and it hurt to let them go. What’s wrong with me?
I have heard you need to kill your darlings or something similar, meaning don’t hold on to the art… share it. I have to believe I will write more, I will write poems as good or better.
Yet I’m not sure I believe that, and I remember why I wrote each poem.
So I sent three poems I believe are good as poems, but that didn’t punch me to let go.
I’ve never felt this way about fiction or nonfiction; perhaps it’s the compressed nature of poetry that packs this type of punch?
We shall see; I read many poems in this journal, and they are good! I would be lucky to be included.
Do you ever feel “too close” to something you have written or created?
There are a few poems I write expressly just for myself with no intention to publish online.
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You get it then. Some are so deeply personal. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Sometimes I don’t want to leave my children with strangers which is what submitting my poems often feels like.
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Yes. I could not send my wee ones just yet.
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