Day-to-day

Already I've been blogging less than I hoped. Why? Work deadlines, went camping for the fourth, and of course laziness coupled with a lack of inspiration. Before I hit the woods, I tried to post the poem Beachy Head by Charlotte Smith to discuss this week, but I couldn't find the text easily enough and couldn't remember Project Gutenberg (though I used to proofread for them) and kept going to Bartleby instead. After all that discouragement (I know, poor me) I thought I'd reintroduce myself with a little "day-to-day" journaling.

Good news last week: I had a poem, "Narcissus pseudonarcissus" accepted in Glass: A Journal of Poetry, which I am really excited about. After five months of rejections, having a poem picked up is something to dance in my underwear about. Also, James Connatser, editor at Soundings East told me that instead of two of my poems (accepted last winter), they want to publish three. The end of June almost caused cardiac arrest—how much excitement can one young poet take?

Today I must finish the paperwork for the Astraea Foundation grant (wish me luck!) and possibly do some very non-poetic laundry (if the rain rain goes away). Check back later in the week for text and discussion of Beachy Head.