That's What it's like to be rejected

Trashed from two magazines in the last two weeks. For legal reasons, I will not name the magazines directly. X(1) rejected 3 poems. X(2) rejected the same 3 poems, rewritten. They [X(2)] were, however, more helpful, offering the following:

Thank you for sending us "3 poems". We appreciate the chance to read
it. Unfortunately, we're going to pass on it at this time. Please refer
below to the editor's notes as to why.

Editor's notes:
Unoriginal subject matter
trite wordings
cliches

Thanks again for you submission.

I doubt the "thanks".

JPC

Hypatia

http://agorathemovie.com/
I cannot wait to see this film. I am also researching the stories behind it, from both perspectives. Work, work, work.

JPC

New Reviews

In my newest pieces at CommonSense2.com, I review:

Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai
http://commonsense2.com/2010/08/book-reviews/the-last-samurai-by-helen-dewitt/

The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges
http://commonsense2.com/2010/08/book-reviews/the-book-of-imaginary-beings-by-jorge-luis-borges/

and

Bech at Bay by John Updike, the final Bech book:
http://commonsense2.com/2010/08/book-reviews/bech-at-bay-by-john-updike/

JPC