That Applebees Napkin Poem

Bittersweet smile

At least I can see it

It must be a hella day

Hell it's for pay

What a whore?

Where? No whore here...

Waitress...waiter

Server that's the word (that's all)

Caught as a servant to our mercies

All in the name of gratuity

However BIG or small

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This morning I received denials on two of my poems because they are not 100 words. But they are my words and they just happen to be under some strange 100 restraint. Short form poetry is a vital piece of the artist realm. If 100 words is the limit, magnificent poets like Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Wm Shakespeare, Gyles Brandeth, and Walt Whitman would be denied publication repeatedly on your site. Invictus is only 103 words. It is that close to being lost in your arbitrary limit setting for poetry.

I understand having a limit in any form but poetry. However the idea that you must submit 100 words is just plain wrong.