Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.
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I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few smaller things. I may start sending to journals again in a year or so... that's about it.George Murray
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The greatest thing about these contests, in my experience, is that they keep a lot of poor writing out of the overburdened journals' slush piles.
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I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.
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