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>just got a mail that a prestiguous publishing house wants to print some of my poetry
Lads, we're all gonna make it.

>> No.19420613
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19420613

>>19420586
Get ready for tons of disappointments. There is nothing to gained from this life.

>> No.19420620

>>19420613
to gained or not to gained

>> No.19420650

>>19420613
I gained a bit of immortality. My name is in archives now. If in a hundred years some literature prof does research on "the lyrical tradition during the Corona pandemy" or something silly like that, he may stumble across my name. And even if he just glances at it for a bit before turning the page, this is proof that I have existed. And it cannot be taken from me.

>> No.19420659

>>19420586
Were you previously published? Did you just submit this as a shot in the dark?

>> No.19420674

>>19420650
All will perish. If you're not getting your dick sucked in this life then it is futile to hope for anything beyond your death. Some upper middle class academic career goblin discussing your work is shameful, if they're will be discussing it then your work is already dead. Everything which is understood is dead. Why do you think that they suck Trakl and Paul Clean dick but don't teach them after all of these years? I really hope you must have followed gibberish formula of Joyce if you were aiming for immortality.

>> No.19420677

>>19420674
>I really hope you must have followed gibberish formula of Joyce if you were aiming for immortality.
The Mallarmé formula is richer and just as effective.

>> No.19420680

>>19420650
This is stupid.
>I went from absolute obscurity to maybe being seen in an archive by an academic!

>> No.19420688

>>19420677
What's that?
Joyce would work even for late modernity because things are more less same.

>> No.19420726

>>19420659
I just shotgun sent some poetry to different publishing houses at the beginning of the year. I was not previously published.

>>19420680
It is stupid, but it is a step above nothingness. Again: you cannot take this thought from me.

>> No.19420732

>>19420726
I’m glad you’re excited but don’t think you’re immortal or important for having poems published.

>> No.19420745

>>19420732
I do not think I am important, I do not think I am immortal. I just enjoy the thought that my name is out there. That is, to me, enough. For now anyway.

>> No.19420774

>>19420745
It’ll go away. I have 5+ poems out in the world and I doubt anyone reads them.

>> No.19420854

>>19420726
Which publishing house is going to publish your poetry? Can you post some poetry you didnt submit? Just curious

>> No.19420874

>>19420650
>I gained a bit of immortality.
Imagine falling for the empty promises of fame lmao

>> No.19420890

>>19420874
Fame is a magical illusion and one of the most deep rooted desire is the great motivator of many actions our of basic survival needs.

>Occupations. The sweetness of fame is so great that whatever we pin it to, we love, even death.

-Pascal

>> No.19421048

>>19420874
>fame
You misunderstood my point entirely.

>>19420854
The Brentano Society in Frankfurt.
Sorry, I am not posting my poetry on /lit/ anymore.

>> No.19421129

>>19420586
Thats amazing anon, good for you.
Idk whats up with the amount of salty faggots in this thread. the absolute state, and whatnot.

>> No.19422108

>>19420650
Very based.

now make it last a 1000 years

>> No.19422189

>>19420586
Post poetry.

>> No.19422256

>>19421048
Very happy for you Anon! Just have a question: how do you know your poems are not shit before sharing them? I like writing either very short or very long poems to express myself, but I do think they're pretty awful. What have you done to be conscious about your ability to write poems?

>> No.19422271

>>19420650
Wholesome. Ignore the jealous spergs

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>>19420613
Only the most selfish think in this manner. You only think in terms of what there is to be gained rather than what there is to give. You will never recognize what gains you have garnered because you've not given a proportional amount. All that you can take with you is that which you have given away.

>> No.19422422

>>19422288
Nothing is ours bro. We all come and go empty handed.

>> No.19422530

The stench of /r9k/ emanates from this thread

>> No.19422554

>>19422256
For one thing, I have always had a decent sense for meter, since I've been a small child. So I have always written poems (though back then they were obviously just chidsplay).
In school and at university I joined literary circles where we would meet once a week to exchance short texts or poems we had written. There I've almost always gotten good feedback on mine, and even when I posted my stuff on /lit/ a few years ago most Anons seemed to like it (most, I might add). So yeah, I am confident that my poetry is good. I'm also quite studied in the subject, which also helps me assess the quality of my work. Now of course I'm not the best poet in the world, but I think I have a decent grasp at what my strengths are.

>>19422189
Sorry, I stopped posted my poetry on /lit/, because I don't like this weird ambivalent status of "published" that the texts in the archives have. Publishing houses tend to not accept poetry that was posted online. If it is any consolation, they are in German so you very likely wouldn't understand them anyway.

>> No.19422577

>>19420586
congrats OP, glad one of us made it :)

>> No.19422599

>>19420650
proud of you anon