I have a poem, “A mere sensation,” in the new issue of Right Hand Pointing. Many thanks to editor Dale Wisely.
This poem was serendipitious ; it came about in a most unusual way – a way that has never happened to me before and most likely won’t ever again. I wrote “A mere sensation,” revised it, submitted it to Right Hand Pointing, and had it accepted for publication all the same day.
This is very unusual. Writing is rewriting – revision. And if a person doesn’t like to revise, he/she really doesn’t like to write. Yes, I revised this poem, but few revisions were needed, and the revisions came more quickly than usual. It is smart to look for a litmag that needs a certain kind of poem - a market where one’s poem fits. That day Dale put out a call for poems like the one I had written. And it is usual to wait for a reply. Dale is quicker than most editors with both acceptances and rejections. (Yes, he’s rejected poems of mine in the past. He’s also accepted a few.) So I went through the usual steps but the process was accelerated.
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December 1, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Debbie
Congratulations, Helen! I remember when you shared about that happening.
December 1, 2012 at 7:08 pm
helenl
Yes, Debbie. I couldn’t post the poem on Jessie’s blog because it was already accepted.
December 2, 2012 at 3:51 am
shriiram
Dear Helen,
I had the opportunity to read this poem of yours in RHP, and, I must say, as a fellow poet who had published his poem in RHP long time back, your piece was a delight to read, nothing short of magical…esp. the lines
‘the one abandoned leaf
halfway up an oak’
and the last two lines…awesommme…
December 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm
helenl
Thank you.