Compliments of Your Friendly Neighborhood Postman

A month ago I submitted a poem to Poetry.com

A week ago I got a letter from them in the mail

I'M GONNA BE PUBLISHED

Comments

Deb said…

Hooray!!! Congrats!! I'm so excited for you. I think I'm gonna dance a little jig right now!

6/2/06 1:23 PM

Anonymous said…

schwag heather....totally schwag

6/2/06 4:47 PM

Anonymous said…

congrats on the entry man thats awsome last thing i got right was winning 20$ on the Steelers. 21-10 baby anyways there alot of catching up to do well the three day weekend is about to come to an end aww well i got to go finish my homework :( oh well such is life as my mamaw allways says cya ya l8er chik ~Nate....

6/2/06 8:43 PM

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