poet-hopeful

Do we think Iowa's done calling for poetry? I'm at 0A/0W/0R/4SR/1P 🥺

Hey everyone! I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. I just wanted to commiserate. This is my second time applying - this year I applied to five schools - and it's looking like a clean sweep of soft rejections across the board. I know poetry especially is really subjective, but this is affecting me more than I thought it would 🥺 It's really really hard not to doubt my own work. I received a fellowship for poetry recently, and it was definitely validating, but it's been my dream for so long to go back to school for writing (I've been working for 7 years now). I want to try again this fall, but man, this process can be so taxing. Congrats to everyone on the waitlists and acceptances! I'm so excited for all of you, and I hope you can take some time to celebrate :)