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Semi-Finals?!?!
17 years ago
APPARENTLY: My poem, The Way, is good enough to get me to the semi-finals in a Poetry.com contest! AND get me published??
I opened an envelope addressed to me on the front with "YOUR POEM IS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED..."
So I tore it open, thinking "what the hell? MY poem??"
And inside I read the papers, which said: "Dear Joseph, After carefully reading and discussing your poem, our Selection Committee has certified your poem as a semi-finalist in our International Open Poetry Contest. Your poem will automatically be entered into the final competition held in April 2008."!!
Also: "In celebration of the unique talent that you have displayed, we also wish to *publish your poem on its own page* in what promises to be one of the mot highly regarded collections of poetry we have ever published . . ."
This is where it gets exciting: "P.S. Joseph, you should be genuinely proud of your accomplishment. Of the thousands of poems we read each year, only a fraction can be published. We are pleased that "The Way" will be featured on a page by itself in this classic publication."
I opened an envelope addressed to me on the front with "YOUR POEM IS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED..."
So I tore it open, thinking "what the hell? MY poem??"
And inside I read the papers, which said: "Dear Joseph, After carefully reading and discussing your poem, our Selection Committee has certified your poem as a semi-finalist in our International Open Poetry Contest. Your poem will automatically be entered into the final competition held in April 2008."!!
Also: "In celebration of the unique talent that you have displayed, we also wish to *publish your poem on its own page* in what promises to be one of the mot highly regarded collections of poetry we have ever published . . ."
This is where it gets exciting: "P.S. Joseph, you should be genuinely proud of your accomplishment. Of the thousands of poems we read each year, only a fraction can be published. We are pleased that "The Way" will be featured on a page by itself in this classic publication."
