Memoirs: My worst poetry rejection 5 Articles

by Sandra Lynn

I shall never forget that day! When my confidence fell to pieces. Shattered like so many shards of broken glass, glittering, sharp, fragmented. The reflection of what I once could see, forever broken it seemed, never to be...read more

by Debra L. Gambill

Poetry: My Worst Poetry Rejection Let me say that I am my own worst critic. So, I believe that my rejections are that of my own critiques. It simply stated is that I am not some well-known poet, living off of bologna ...read more

by Michael Mccormick

My worst poetry rejection was actually my only poetry rejection. I think of the line from Ricky Nelson's Garden Party song, - "Then I sang about a honky tonk, and it was time to leave, but it's alright now, I learned my le...read more

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by Elizabeth Dreamer

My worst poetry rejection was in college. I had several poems on hand carried in a notebook just in case I found a contest. I saw some advertized on the bulliten board. I entered the contest. I waited for a week before ...read more

by Michael Frissore

I've reached a point in my quest to be published in which I no longer dread rejection; in fact, I revel in it. A year or so ago I received the most wonderful rejection e-mail from a publication, which had this to say about...read more