Why subscribe?
I’ve always wanted to be a poet, and you can be a part of that journey.
As far as I remember, it must have been in second or third grade that I wrote my first poem and recited it in front of Mrs. Krummenerl’s class. From then on, I’ve written poems on and off for many years, but was never really serious about putting them out there. However, I’ve started to change that, and this Substack is supposed to be a chronicle of my progress.
In an interview with Sam Hamill, Greek Nobel laureate Odysseas Elytis said:
“a real poet needs an audience of three. And since any poet worth his salt has two intelligent friends, one spends a lifetime searching for the third reader”
(from Eros, Eros, Eros: Selected & Last Poems, p. xix)
So, subscribe to get full access to the newsletter and website, never miss an update, and become my third reader.
What will you get?
Poems.
However, I won’t just blurt out half-baked poetry here. I intend to use this newsletter to provide you with those carefully crafted poems that I manage to get published in literary magazines, as they appear. (Let’s see how that’s gonna work out.) Every new edition of the newsletter goes directly to your inbox.
So, you’ll get quality poems that experienced editors have had a thorough look at. And maybe the occasional philosophical thought.
What won’t you get?
Works in progress, “poem of the day/week,” regular posts just for the sake of it, updates on where I submit and how submission processes are going, etc.
What will come in the future?
Depending on how things will go, I can absolutely conceive of doing Substack-exclusive poems in the future, featuring works by other poets, doing interviews, and things like that.
But for now, let’s first see how that actual poetry thing will unfold, and the rest we can figure out on the way—together. 😊
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✏️ Also, feel free to check out my Medium page for the non-poetry writing I do (mostly essays about design and user experience).
