The road to publication is a long one. There are poems in here that I have been working on for years. Some are newer, but some are like old friends I have tried to find a table at a restaurant for. Anyone taking reservations? Saturday night is busy and there are often no “tables” available. Poets write and send out and receive many more rejections than acceptances for publication. We slog on. And then there are the more encouraging rejection letters like this one I received, with some good news that the manuscript was a finalist. Okay, I think, now I’m on the waiting list for a table. Keep working on this one. Thank you @hungermountain #mayday #chapbook # poetry #finalist #poetsofinstagram #poet #amwriting