Bemildred*

[truepenny]

My poem, "Night Train: Heading West," is going to be in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror XIX.

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My bemildredment is small and personal and has to do with the fact that I'm not a poet and I know I'm not a poet. This is the only poem I've written in ages and ages (practically since the Second Punic War), and I doubt--but of course cannot discount the possibility completely--I'll ever write another one.

It is not a complaining bemildredment, mind you. Nor is it a wtf are they thinking? bemildredment. Just ... not what I expected somehow. Life is odd.


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*iirc the name of the third bat in Pogo--either that or my post-con-crud is giving me delusions.

Comments

[libskrat]

These little odd "they liked that? huh?" moments are tiny treasures. Love them, cherish them, make funny stories about them. They often mean that the world likes us for things we never considered about ourselves.

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Since I'm not familiar with the piece, in which portion of YB will be featured? Also, why not take a moment and tell us unwashed masses how you were inspired to write the poem.

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Obviously, someone has a different view of your poetry-writing ability. :-)

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

Excellent news!

[larryhammer]

Dude -- excellent.

And yes, that's the name of the Bat with the third pants.

---L.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the poem's selection for the anthology!

I understand your bemildredment. As another non-poet I felt something similar when my cat haiku was chosen to be included in a creative writing book with selected readings. Life is indeed odd.

[heathwitch.livejournal.com]

Congrats! *hugs*

Yeah you!

[jodi-davis.livejournal.com]

Way to go!

JD

PS - read half of Melusine last night - and wow! Just wow. I'm so happy.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I knew you would know!

Seriously, I was posting that thinking, Well, if I'm wrong, Larry will tell me and I can fix it.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I don't happen to know, and it could be either.

The poem itself comes from taking the train to Minneapolis.

[larryhammer]

I don't know whether to be pleased or frightened by my reputation. Probably both.

Confession: I had to go to Wikipedia to produce the name of the second bat, which really is just Bothered and not a Kellyesque mangling. And while there, I learned that Bemildred is sometimes merely Bewildered -- which factoid I'd clearly edited from memory as ... just too normal. There's no normal in Fort Mudge. That'd ruin the jokes.

---L.

[jim0052.livejournal.com]

My poem, "Night Train: Heading West," is going to be in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror XIX.

You are to be congratulated, and I'm just the guy to do it.

Congratulations!