Hie Thee To A Publisher (poem) by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com on AuthorsDen

Hie Thee To A Publisher
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"Listen my children and you shall hear, of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. T'was the Eighteenth of April in Seventy-Five, and hardly a man is now alive, that remembers that famous date and year!" OOPS! Sorry, that's another story! Just trying to get your attention, there was no two-by-four handy! Do ANY of you lil "letter-crunchers" feel this way ???
HIE THEE TO A PUBLISHER Copyright: June 19, 2003 Tom Hyland Wherefore, oh Wherefore, art THOU, Sweet Publisher? I write and write and write, but Holy COW - you lurk in the shadows, like a Publican. I really need money, I wanna� get PAID! I write all these lays - but then can�t get LAID! Some say they�re good, others say SUCK! I really care, but could use some LUCK! Alas and Alack, I knew him WELL, but the last Editor, musta� come from HELL! All of these people on AD, with talent GALORE, but not a red farthing, to spend in a STORE! We compliment each other, with unsparing KUDOS, some with real names, others with PSUEDOS! Is there a Publisher anywhere on this MAP? We all need some "pieces of silver" not just THE CLAP! Encore! Encore! Author! Author! They SAY! That�s nice, but, �twon�t buy a roll in the HAY! AH - but he doth protest too MUCH! Would you not give a lame man a CRUTCH? Half a league, half a league, half a league onward, all into the Valley of DUNG! Is there an author DISMAYED? Thus, our song has been SUNG - our lay has been LAID! YOICKS! YORICK - pass me the QUILL! This YOKEL�S insane, and filled with SWILL! So, Sweet Publisher, tarry not, naught for NIL, Please help every Jack and Jill - get up this HILL! Pay us some money, for sure ye�ll be BLESSED, after all�s said and done: "Dulce es Decorum est!"

Reviewed by Bonita Quesinberry

Reviewed on June 30, 2003

Tom, your poem is well written; and as an associate editor for a publisher, I screech, "Ouch!" On the other hand, all should see what we see. Writers might want to check out "Writers' Seven Deadly Sins" to learn why rejection slips are more common than contracts. A copy of the article is among my AD webpages.

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on June 21, 2003

(((tom)))

WHERE O WHERE CAN THE PUBLISHERS BE
O WHERE O WHERE CAN THEY BEEEEEEEEEEEE

good question...i'm still wonderin that meself LOL

excellent rant...this is a keeper, goin into my library

if it were up to me, you'd be published, because you touch my soul with your writes

(((HUGS))) and love,

karla. :)

Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)

Hmmmm yes so true...where are they I agree!!!!

Reviewed by Linda Murray

Reviewed on June 20, 2003

I think this is good. And true where are the real publishers. You would at least think they would read authorsden.com. Makes you think doesn't it.