the locals roll their eyestalks
April1
New short-form poetry market microcosms has just published one of my scifaiku as their first-ever piece on twitter. What an excellent way to kick off NaPoWriMo! I haven’t started writing yet, but anticipate spending a lot of time tonight trying my hand at more haiku, both with traditional subjects and speculative ones.
Mirrored from joannemerriam.com.
I totally love this poem. Thanks for linking to it.
(I just got your chapbook and am looking forward to reading it.)
How did you become successful with your poetry. Shit, let me rephrase that because it didn’t sound like a good thing to say. I meant , how did you finally find a way to get noticed with something like poetry which almost always goes unnoticed now days? I think it’s great and I gave up a long time ago but obviously you didn’t or you got lucky or you know something or someone I don’t. Either way I believe everything happens for a reason and atleast someone can represent you know? Great accomplishment. Keep it up!!
Tera
Thanks, Tera. I think it’s pretty debatable whether or not I’ve gotten noticed with my poetry - I might have five or six people who read it regularly who aren’t also my friends. Just to keep things real.
I got published by sending my stuff out. I know some editors now, but I got to know them by sending them my work and being persistent and working hard on my craft - I didn’t “know somebody”. There are poets who get success by knowing somebody influential, but they’re in the vast minority - most published poets are just writing like it’s their job whenever they have the spare time (from their real jobs and family and other obligations). I’ve been writing since I was 7 or 8 (I’m 36 now) and I didn’t get published until I was 24 or so, so it does take some time.