Super Bowl arrives again in masses stirring up splendor distractions from our daily lives that drives us to dine on the worst food that we can find. Cheering charging teams nearing boyhood dreams. Points being scored—added to the jumbo board. Winners receive accolades; trophies, parades, speeches to be made. Losers who fumble season are left wondering how they were beaten. Throughout winter they pine a new opportunity to shine.
—C. Dikinis
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2017.
Hey, Dikinis –
Don’t give up your day job.
Hey Poetry Maven, Super Bowl is an insightful piece, not great but makes you think. Your response, Don’t give up your day job?” Really. Is that’s the best you got? Not many words on the reasons why you didn’t like this persons poem. Can’t find the words? There’s some good stuff in there. Come on now. No wonder people don’t want to submit things and get dismissed like you did. I’ve heard about you before and this is the way you are not being very professional at all. Maybe you’ll like this one:
” Poetry Maven sits in her Haven and eats her curses and blames those with something to say. When along comes a spider and sits down beside her and says,” what an awful critique you made today.” You can do better, for all of us, please try again.
Thanks.