Virtually a poet

[gurdonark]

The kind fellow at Octavo, the Poetry Quarterly of the Alsop Review, let me know that my poem "The Martial Arts Instructor" is now posted in their Fall 2003 on-line edition.

The magazine's located at www.alsopreview.com/octavo.

Needless to say, I'm pleased to see it in print so quickly,at a place I consider really cool.

My first poetry credit, with a small magazine (now dear departed) called Kalliope, took something like eight months to reach print. It's a brave new, if poetic, world.

Comments

[coollibrarian.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, but the link ain't workin'.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

It hit limbo for me this time, too, although it worked when I first posted it. I'll look into it.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Now it's up again.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

yes, it went into limbo for me too. i'll check again later, for sure.

congratulations! this is great! :)

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It worked before, but now the link seems not to work. I'll check into it later, too.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

seems to be up now.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

oh, yes, what a handsome magazine! i'll see if i can work up the nerve to send them something and face the sting of inevitable rejection. as an exercise in soul-building, maybe. ;D

your poem made me feel so sad. sic transit gloria mundi. i think most of us could identify in one way or another. at least i can, and i should speak only for myself, after all. thanks for giving us the link! send them another poem right away, please.

[marstokyo.livejournal.com]

no dice.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Last night I could see it for a while, then I couldn't reach it, ,but now I seem to be able to reach it again.

[voodoukween.livejournal.com]

well i believe you :)

congratulations and i look forward to reading your poem

does this mean no NaNoWriMo this year?

back to short works?

sorry i've been out of touch...i kept feeling like i had to catch back up with everything and everyone and that was just too overwhelming so i'm pretending i didn't miss anything really important :(

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Good to see you back. I think it's good to take a break sometimes to focus on needful things. I can assure you that my journal is repetitive and non-changing, so you can always come in in medias res!

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! This is very exciting. Not to mention that I like the poem very much.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Many thanks! I'm surprised at myself that I'm so pleased about this.

[mattcallow.livejournal.com]

love it. bravo!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Many thanks. I've been following your immigration posts with interest.

[skygoodwill.livejournal.com]

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

:). Thanks for the thumbs up. I am not sure if I feel "evocative", but I do feel at least "good at writing about mini-malls".

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

couldn't get the link to work. i'll try again later.
~paul

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Last evening I could, then last night I couldn't, and now this morning I can. So it's one of those 'net puzzles.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

i'll try it again now~paul

[milly-bogtrot.livejournal.com]

congratulations...and may you have many more poems released free into the ether!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think that the ether is altogether a bracing place.

[nacowafer.livejournal.com]

Just lovely! Congratulations.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Thank you, very kindly.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

very nice, Bob.
i'm really puzzled at how modest you are about your writing ability.=^_~paul

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I don't really think it's important to be prideful or modest (although, by turns, I can be each). I think it's important to just keep on trying.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

in the words of the Fonz:
Exactamundo!