Sunday, March 23, 2008

The Most Hilarious E-Mail Exchange Ever Between An Editor and A Would-Be Poet

At the risk of being cruel, I will give you three reasons why our poetry editors passed on publishing your latest submission: First and foremost, as stated in our submission guidelines, TRR only considers previous unpublished material (though, I must confess, we are unfamiliar with the publication, Bitch Factor); secondly, "New Beginnings" suffers from the similar simple rhyming scheme that our editors did not care for in your earlier submission; and lastly, we here at TRR have an unwritten in-house style rule that eliminates poems that employ either the word "panty / panties" or utilize the image of a leaf falling from a tree ...

You can find the whole thing here. Really, it's hilarious in its entirety.

If you're looking for some more light Sunday reading, I also recommend:

Enough Said at failbetter
Gordon Ramsey Has a Nice Quiet Family Dinner at Home at Yankee Pot Roast

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