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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REJECTIONS, by I. V.
First Line: I laughed when envelopes, self-addressed
Last Line: A levee-breaking flood of tears!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Publishing; Publishers
First Line: I laughed when envelopes, self-addressed
Last Line: A levee-breaking flood of tears!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Publishing; Publishers
I laughed when envelopes, self-addressed
And stamped, came homing every day;
My mail became the family jest,
Our postman snickered with the rest
In genial country village way.
At last a line came, "We accept . . ."
"Who's loony now," I mocked, "old dears?"
Then, whistling, from the room I swept,
And, face crushed in my pillow, wept
A levee-breaking flood of tears!
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