The Long Contraction: Twelve Rejected Poems
By Matt Stefon
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This is a collection of twelve rejected poems. Each has been rejected by journal editors, and each also copes with rejection in its own way. Writing the poems here helped the poet overcome much, and he hopes that reading them, while they are not "inspirational," may help you to overcome much too. These are poems that the poet believes hold value, although he is certainly willing to admit that he may be the only one who recognizes or invests any value in them. A short afterword, a reflection on poetry, ends the book.
Matt Stefon
Matt Stefon lives and writes north of Boston.
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The Long Contraction - Matt Stefon
The Long Contraction: Twelve Rejected Poems
Matt Stefon
Published by Matt Stefon at Smashwords
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