A Good-Hearted Editor

He publishes poems
by writers who find
no publishers elsewhere.

They suffer rejection
and he gives them hope.
Some improve

and some do not.
But hope isn't always
the best thing.

It’s not hopeful to tell 
a child with clubfoot
to take ballet.


Donal Mahoney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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