Co-axial Response to a Snippy Form Rejection Letter

[Karen Greenbaum-Maya]

Since poetry is                                    sparks against darkness, conceived

in general                                              in private, so easily snuffed by any

such a subjective                               random draft, made yet not made.  Seek

art, I’ve found                                    no solace; still, try to wait, go make a place,

it better not                                         be here.  Fear makes us hasty;

to comment                                        too soon is like cursing the unborn,

…poems simply do not                  like locking up fledglings in a wooden prison

suit                                                         that forbids turning to see.  But never mind

my personal                                       limits, when we’ve seen sparks transform wood.

taste                                                       Only what results, what emerges—nothing else concerns us.

[Kristine_ES]

poetry... why write it? why publish it? nobody reads and it and SURE DON'T PAY...

but that's the thing about poetry:  it WON'T leave you alone, and it's the best friend (loving you unconditionally) that you will ever have.

DON'T GIVE UP! 

[Jeanette Cheezum]

I love this poem. Find another source, that editor doesn't understand.

[Mark Solan]

"but never mind my personal limits, when we've seen sparks transform wood." .......Nice !

[Gita]

I like, to comment  too soon is like cursing the unborn.

Interesting collage, this.

[Karen Greenbaum-Maya]

FYI:  the left-hand lines are, verbatim, what an editor sent me in a form rejection letter. The right-hand lines can be read as a poem on their own. For the full co-axial effect, read each column, then the lines straight across. If you already know about these, all the better.