Friday, June 25, 2021

my writing professor, neva

i send my writing professor
a few
of my books,
well, two, because that's all
i have
at the moment. being lazy.
i should have five out by now,
but i've
been busy with other
things, things like, like...
anyway,
i don't hear back from her,
so i assume she hates my poetry.
she's a stickler for grammar
and punctuation
and the traditional styles.
she told me once, reprimanded
me in fact and said,
you can't just tell stories.
which pretty much eliminates
most of what i write.
i even dedicated one of the books
to her, but does she write back.
no. well, not yet, she's ninety-two
after all.

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