There is less than two weeks left to submit your three poems to Silkworm Literary Journal. The theme of this year’s issue is “luck” and it closes on March 17. For submission guidelines, go to FlorencePoets. Com. 
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The Power of Imagination
Buddha taught that our waking life is more like a dream than we think because all that we encounter and experience is determined by our mind. How does this apply to our writing?
Marcel Duchamp on Creativity
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.’ Maya Angelou
“Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year,” by Kim Liao
Has anyone read this article? Followed this advice? It seems at first odd, but the focus on rejections seems to take the sting out of the submission process, focusing on rejections rather than acceptances. I haven’t done this, but wonder if people have read this or have sage advice on rejections.
Thoughts on the Creative Process
“How much better it seems now than when it is finally done.”
– Dana Gioia
What do you think?
Silkworm 12 Open for Submissions
Silkworm, the literary journal of the Florence Poets Society, is open for submission with the theme of “luck.” Submit three poems on this topic by March 17 to http://www.florencepoets.com/p/silkworm.html
What Does Beat Mean?
A publisher recently asked me what I meant by “beat.”
The word beat comes from “beat” as in music. The beat poets often performed in conjunction with instruments. “Beat” also means defeated and “beat” as in beatify means to make blessed. What do you think beat poetry means?
Eileen P. Kennedy Author 