Eric Ashford Poet Free verse

The Chapbook

I submitted a chapbook;
a competition,
paid my twenty-five dollars
and waited.
All I got was an e-mailed receipt.
I had to go on-line to see –

no mention.

That was years ago
but I now mention it
for most of those unripe words
have now turned to wine
and sometimes they are 
good enough to drink.

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L Milton Hankins July 15, 2022 at 3:20 PM Be grateful you only got hooked for $25.00. I know poets who have spent hundred and gotten little or nothing for their efforts. Write for yourself and let what comes about come about as a result of it. You write good stuff, my friend. You should never have to pay to see your poems in print!