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The Century Mark

10/23/2015

 
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At home last night, we opened a bottle of 2013 dry riesling to commemorate the acceptance of my one hundredth poem by a magazine.  It gives me no small pleasure to toast such a milestone, small though it may be: ten years ago, I had published perhaps seven poems, all in magazines with very limited circulation, and had no reason to believe anyone would ever wish to publish more.  Five years ago, I thought it might be time to quit; the world has no shortage of poets, though it does have a shortage of other kinds of voices.  And so, last night, we toasted the tenacity of the minor poet and the slow fruitfulness that comes from participating in a tradition.  (For a reflection on such participation click the picture or here.)

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