Waiting
"I learned that waiting is a part of the work."
-Seamus Heaney
First you wait for inspiration -- even though
you're told that real writers write every day
You send the work out.
Now you are in the waiting arena again.
Editors are not swift with their responses.
Weeks, months go by. You check websites,
you check & recheck your records. And if
you sent hard copies of your work, you wonder
if the mail got through or are you waiting in vain.
Animals wait
patiently
and never count
the cost
of their lost time.
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