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Source (by request): X-Men Origin: Jean Grey (2008) #1
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“I am the greatest swordsman that ever lived. Say, um, can I have some of that water?”
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In the paint booth working on this mappa burl snare.
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To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
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keep calm and carry on. (by br0-mantic)
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Unemployed librarian employs herself by collecting donated books and setting up make-shift libraries around Brooklyn. Proving that you may need a...
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1 post tagged William Carlos Williams
“This is just to say we have taken some plums
we found in our mailbox.
You were hoping they would be
yours. Forgive us,
others seemed
sweeter
or colder
more bold
or whatever.”
Taken from Making Light: Slushkiller. (I remember when this was posted, but I can hardly believe I’ve been reading Making Light steadily since 2004.)
This is still one of the coolest rejection letters I’ve ever read. The context, here, is a post at a now-defunct site called RejectionCollection.com. Some poor soul submitted a poem to a literary magazine, received this rejection, and took it personally:
Miserable. Suicidal. Wondering “What the @#!$ is that all about?” What does produce have to do with my poems? And that “whatever” part. How specific. How to the point. I think I’m going to go torture myself now.
If you do not know the strange wonder of William Carlos Williams, why are you submitting things to a literary magazine?
And that isn’t like saying, “What? You don’t know [insert here the name of an obscure WWI-era New Orleans funeral parade drummer who once played on a porch with that guy who recorded some moderately famous song two decades later]? And you dare call yourself a jazz enthusiast!” It’s more like submitting a children’s manuscript and being offended when the rejection is Seussian.
“What the @#!$ is that all about? What do felines in headgear have to do with my stories? And that ‘Grinch’ part. How specific. How to the point. I think I’m going to go torture myself now.”
