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Barbara Krasner's avatar

Mark, I will say it took me a while for my work to be accepted by ONE ART. But your constant encouragement made me study the poems you were publishing and carefully craft work to be submitted that aligned with your lit mag's style and tone. Thank you for pushing me to work harder.

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Dick's avatar

Ha! I submitted 8 times before my first OneArt turn. Forty five times to Rattle before my first (and over 400(!) since). SMH that folks don't understand that even if their poems are "good" and the curator likes their work, the odds are still in favor of their work being passed on.

It doesn't make sense to me that poets cannot put themselves in the places of curators. After all, so much of poetry has to do with empathy. The poet is, in effect, inducing empathy in the reader. Perhaps curators should require one poem in every sub to be a persona poem from an editor's POV. 😂😇❤️

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