I took all the poems I wrote about the war and made a collection today.  Some of the poems were published in Tikkun or Maiyan – jewish publications.  Anything else I’ve tried to publish this year came back – usually very quickly and usually with no explanation.  I’m used to rejections – it’s why I don’t send out more than half a dozen poems or articles a year – but usually they take a few months to answer.  Now they’re coming back so fast I have a feeling the files have not been opened.  Maybe I should get a gmail account under another name and see what happens….

It doesn’t much matter – I’ll keep writing anyway – but it does indicate what’s going on in the world. 

It’s not easy being Jewish, right?