It does not end here!
He fought for his dignity
As he read what the mail said
The dejection in his voice was unmistakable
They said, ‘it does not suit our immediate publishing list’
Does this mean I need to wait?
It surely does not mean an outright ‘No’…
Does it?
I knew he must have
Churned the words around
A hundred times over
Desperately searching for hope
In that draft which I knew
Offered none
He awaited my response
As if his entire credibility lay in that one ‘Interpretation’
Yes…I said
I am afraid
The mail means a ‘No’
But it does not mean that your work is not good
It does not mean that you will not find success with another
It does not mean that you can’t be better!
That…It does not have to end here
Unless you give up!
Raksha Bharadia
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Bharadia,
It is a very beautiful and inspiring poem.
Please do find time to read few stories and other posts:
Bye Bye Bluebird (Part 4)
Warm regards,
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Sometime rejection give birth to a legend.... I remember Amit Kumar in an interview told that his father Kishore Kumar was rejected outrightly by his own brother Ashok Kumar from an audition!!! He said :"Kishore accha nahin gaaya".... That rejection made Kishore as Kishore!!! !
Good post!
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Hi Raksha,
That's another way of rejecting manuscripts. You're right, rejection doesn't necessarily mean failure.
Tanushree
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Well have been through this when i went to publishers of my book.... but thankfully i was succeful... after many rejections.... and when I know I am good.... i don't bother anymore... publishers are commercial people ...thats why their way of looking is different....but that doesn't mean give up!!
You worded it well.
Dr madhvi
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This is a beautiful poem...and very relevant...:)
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That was beautiful. The desperation of a writer captured in so few a words. It hurts like hell to get rejected. Have had to deal with such rejections myself. They're all very polite and nice about it, but still it stings.But, as you said ... it doesn't end with this. Reminds me of a dialogue in Om Shanti Om ... Picture ka end agar acha nahin ho to samjho picture abhi Baaki hai.
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