rejection...:-(

"Poetry, TNY" wrote:

We regret that we are unable to use the enclosed material. Thank you for
giving us the opportunity to consider it.

The Editors




On 2/11/08 11:15 AM, "Izzy Sommers" wrote:

> Dear folks,
>
> Please consider publication of my poem, "Composing
> Shakespeare," a 14 line sonnet in iambic pentameter*.
> It is original and has never been submitted, nor
> published, elsewhere. I am a retired physician, age
> 70. I've enjoyed reading and writing poetry since my
> childhood. My poems have been published in newspapers
> and by poetry.com as part of the International Library
> of Poetry.
>
> Thank you in advance for your consideration.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Izzy Sommers
> Apt. 7, 140 Elmview St.
> Welland, ON L3C 4K7, Can.
> (905) 788-2237
> canadizzy@yahoo.ca
> www.poetry.com
>
> *Here is the submitted sonnet:
>
> COMPOSING SHAKESPEARE, by Izzy Sommers
>
>
> Composing William Shakespeare�s Winter Tail
> Was part of Charles H. Chimpanzee�s travail,
> For he was number thousand twenty-three
> On IBM�s, in room, Infinity.
>
> Another monkey started on Macbeth,
> But ended up with Romeo and Seth;
> Another thought she nailed Othello but
> She interposed A Comedy of Smut.
>
> Suffice to say, a monkey on King Leer,
> Began to ogle Shrewish Kate who�s fear
> Of Richard Three encouraged her to veer
> Away from Much Ado About The Beer.
>
> Midsummer Nights and Tempests followed spring
> When every chimp approached The Merchant Thing.
>
>
> THE END
>
> Cogito. Ergo, sum!
> Je pense. Donc, je suis!
> I think. Therefore, I am!
> Ich denk. Also, ich bin!
>
> I didn't think. Therefore, I wasn't. ;-(
>
>
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