An excellent erasure poem! I am trying to imagine, though, how the rejection letter used the word “suck” in a sentence. For example, “Most poems people submit to us suck.” Or, “It matters to us to accept only poems that don’t suck.”
Thanks! I didn’t know you could erase just a single letter in a word in erasure poem. I thought you had to use the whole word as is. “Sucks” makes more sense in an informal-style rejection letter. It was hard for me to imagine “suck” though.
So am I. But I salute their humor and their chutzpah. All the same, with more than a year between submission and response, I won't be sending them anything else. After all, I don't have all the time in the world.
Thank you very much!😝
You are very welcome.
13 months?????
Yes indeed. They got overwhelmed with thousands of submissions, maybe because so many people wanted to turn the rejection into an erasure poem.
I'm curious about the line in the original text that had the word "suck" in it.
See the update (above).
Couldn't be better said or written. thanks!
Whaa?
I erased all but a few words of the rejection email. See the update (above).
An excellent erasure poem! I am trying to imagine, though, how the rejection letter used the word “suck” in a sentence. For example, “Most poems people submit to us suck.” Or, “It matters to us to accept only poems that don’t suck.”
See the update (above).
Thanks! I didn’t know you could erase just a single letter in a word in erasure poem. I thought you had to use the whole word as is. “Sucks” makes more sense in an informal-style rejection letter. It was hard for me to imagine “suck” though.
This is just about the best response to a reject that I can think of! Well played!
You’re amazing.
I have never understood the vibe of that place myself, but I am "An Old."
So am I. But I salute their humor and their chutzpah. All the same, with more than a year between submission and response, I won't be sending them anything else. After all, I don't have all the time in the world.
Sorry you got the rejection. Love the poem! 😂
🙏🏻
Stopping in here to tell you this made me laugh. I'm guessing you had an erasure of stuck or something like that. Going to look right now!
Rejection into art!
Hmmm, did they reject your idea of promoting paper straws to suck up Mountain Dew??? Thanks for a laugh!🤣
You’re welcome.
I love how you turned this letter into art.
R.L. Stine saved a wonderful letter that read:
"Dear Mr. Stine, I've read all 62 of your books, and they're all just terrible."
He framed it.
LOL! Thanks.