Comments on: Discouragement During the Holidays, 2020 Edition

By: Serena

Serena — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:37:19 +0000

I hear you. I struggle even without the additional weight of health issues. I work full time to pay bills and in honesty I wish I could be you! Writing creatively full time is a dream.

But also I know it is a struggle. I’ve had a ton of rejections this year for a chapbook. I’m rethinking it. It might be too heavy all in one book. I dunno.

I love your poetry and always recommend it when asked for suggestions. It’s so unique and beautiful. I love it all. Hugs to you. If you need venting time I’m here.

By: Melanie Weiss

Melanie Weiss — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:05:33 +0000

"Disappointment cascades" is an elegant and accurate way of putting it.

By: Jeannine Gailey

Jeannine Gailey — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:07:32 +0000

In reply to Deborah Kate Hammond. Thank you Deborah. You lift everyone up. You have a great spirit.

By: Deborah Kate Hammond

Deborah Kate Hammond — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 06:08:52 +0000

I think sometimes disappointment cascades. Maybe happiness does too, but it’s hard to be underneath cascading disappointment. Please understand I honor your honesty and your feelings. AND. I have to say how much I admire you and your work. I am constantly in awe of how much you accomplish while bearing the pain and challenges of auto immune diseases and other complications. Year after year. I treasure each one of your books. I’m 72 and in shedding of stuff mode and can’t wait to get at my wall of books and get rid of more than half of them. If I won’t read them again or haven’t in the past two years, they are gone. None of yours could I possibly part with. To me you are a huge success. As you say, so few in Poetry get acclaim. But that does NOT mean you are unsuccessful. You’re brilliantly successful as a poet, a writer, a person. Sending you love and gratitude and hope for a year that makes you feel that.