I did it.

This morning, I sent of the first poetry submission I’ve made in at least ten years.
It felt good. (great, now I’ll be hearing William Carlos Williams in my head all day)
I’m not submitting for publishing-not yet. I want feedback-I want to improve my writing, really take my imagery to that next level-you know the one [...]

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In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults!

No shit.
I got reamed out at work yesterday. Ok, maybe not reamed, but spoken to firmly and clearly about the issues I’ve been having lately.
I am not used to failure. Anything I do fail at, I fail almost on purpose. Things I care about-I don’t screw those up.
So to have a conversation that left me [...]

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