Y'all know my mom is a published poet, right? Last fall she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, which is a v. v. big deal in poetry circles. She didn't expect to win, but it is a true honor to be nominated.
You may remember that my mom's mom died last fall, after a very long, slow, and painful decline. She had been virtually living with my parents in the last few months, and in the wake of her passing, my mother wrote a long poem about the experience called "The Anatomy of Dying."
Guess who just got nominated for the Pushcart again, and guess for what poem?
My mom rocks, yo.
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That's great! The Pushcart is huge! Congrats to your mom. You must be so proud.
That is fantastic!
Congratulations to your mom. She's obviously very talented. Her daughter certainly is, too. :)
That's great! Congratulations to your mother. Is the poem online anywhere?
'Fraid not, Ann, but I bet she'd let me send you a copy.
(Putting poems online effectively "publishes" them, rendering them ineligible for "first-time" publication by many of the small presses she works with.)
That's totally great.
And, because it seems germane, would she let you send me a copy too?
very cool news - congrats to Mom!
So cool. I lurv poetry. I'd love to read it.
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