Loss

[billy]

over the years (few in number) i've been reading poetry. on the net and in print, i came to the realization that publishers seldom seek to give feedback, it's not their job. i used to do the ezine thing and found out that most of what i felt was good because it was published was in fact in need of editing. and not to take anything away from you or any other published poet. published seldom equates with well done. often they're page fillers. i have over the years bought many a poetry book only to find it filled with mediocre poetry at best. now and again i see good stuff (addy introduced me to stan rice) but it's less common to find something worth the money, that even includes most free poetry i see published. because of my feelings i never ever put poems forward to see if they will get published. just in case they do, and i have to justify why. something i'd struggle to achieve. like i said, i found a couple of nits with the pice and i did enjoy it. do i think it publishable... i think it would have to shine a lot more for me to say yes.