Tori’s Writing Hole

I am a poet. Or at least, I like to believe this is the case. But lately, every poem I’ve submitted for publishing has met with rejection. Not even personalized, that was ok but not for us rejection - just form letters. I love poetry, and at the risk of sounding really egotistical, I love MY poetry. So it makes me wonder what I’m doing wrong.

I guess having the first thing I ever subbed published made me feel a bit spoiled, but now I’m just either going downhill as a writer or something similar. While I think I’ve evolved, creating better works, it seems as though my earlier stuff was more easily accepted.

What to do? Should I stop subbing for a while, write for me, and stop worrying about the approval of others? (HAH! - that will never happen). Or, do I try to write to what others want?

I keep having this dilemma - perhaps I’m looking for something I’ll never achieve, fame or acceptance or even just praise.

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