Poem in Vinyl, Thoughts on Mortality, Rejection Tally

My new poem, "Misdirection" is up at Vinyl.  You can read it, if you want.

There is a new post on my cancer blog where I talk about thoughts of death in the middle of the night.  It was a difficult post for me to write, but I felt it was important.  You can check it out here.  My next post will discuss my decision to forego a wig (even though I love my hair).

Rejections this year so far:  19 (plus one "closure notice" from Tin House).  Acceptances:  Zero.
Submissions out:  Twenty-nine.
Hope level:  Fairly optimistic.