So now I’m only waiting for one magazine to respond to my poetry submissions. And I’m quite sure that it’ll fall through (i.e. not be accepted). Several reasons might be at play:

• I write classical English poetry, not modern. Not too many of the magazines which I’ve submitted to concentrate on classical English verse.
• My poetry writing days are in their infancy
• I read a lot of poetry to get an idea of how it works and what is good and what isn’t. However, I do limit myself so as not to be over-influenced in my style; I want to be somewhat unique.
• My better poems are the more meaningful ones, but they’re private.
• Maybe my poetry is too clandestine; it means something to me but not much to anyone else.
• others? I just suck? lol

Here’s a sample poem… what do you think? It’s called A Dancer’s Figurine and it describes a person that makes you happy no matter how unhappy you feel. The person is compared to a fole and a fawn and some of their physical features are described – blond and outstretched hair, attractive teeth, etc.

From the grief of a trying toll
caused by a callous clutch
when it’s a trifle much
to safety of my buoying foal

My woe is muffled by the best
incisors smiling on
my precious little fawn
that make you distinct from the rest

A gorgeous head of gold serene
that stretches to and out
like a dart to its clout
and like a dancer’s figurine