Atisbos

Reluctance

I was talking to a friend yesterday. I mentioned to him, I had started a website, and he told me a bit about Marginalia-search. I went online after and tried searching the term 'poetry' to see what kind of results would pop up. I kind of should have known half of them would be the Python Poetry, lol. But the thought of a tiny search engine reminiscent of Stumble Upon made me think about finding that writing space I've been lamenting and what I wanted to do with writing.

I haven't delved deeply into the idea. Actually sharing my poems or prose with others. Last time I did that was in college between classmates and professors. Too scary the thought to share. I don't think I'll die of embarrassment, but I might.

Hmm, well the thing is I'm also safe here. And like... vagueposting has kind of been helpful to work through things lately. But I do feel like my better moods depend on a good answer to the lingering question: Am I going to submit my work for publication?

Ahh, I don't want to think about it. Look, I know how it ends. Most words never reach another soul; they die on the page when they're planted.

I suppose it's a lot easier to ruminate and lurk among online spaces. But words were always meant for the page, to travel places we will not, and maybe they'll meet eyes we'll never see.

Resources

Okay so maybe I need to find how I can actually go about writing something and publishing it. I remember Submittable; I found the old login for it just now.

I also found these two other websites that might be promising:

• The Grinder
• Critique Circle

I made an account on Critique Circle. I'll see if maybe it's a good place to post some poems I have lying around.

Review

Oh, I'm actually excited about this part. I bought a new e-reader, the Kobo Clara Colour. I'm giving my old e-reader, a well-kept Kobo Forma, to my niece.

A short review of the Kobo Forma:

It's a little too wide and clunky for long-session reading. If you buy the case, well, don't. Actually, don't ever buy any case for Kobo devices — They make the whole device clumsier to hold. The micro-USB port was outdated from the day it came out. I'm glad to see new models have adopted USBC. The waterproofing on it proved to be very convenient and the lighting that it has is a lot gentler on the eyes than other e-readers. E-readers in general aren't worthwhile for college reading, where you often need to flip between pages, and the Forma was no exception, unfortunately. Of course, being a Kobo device, it's leagues better than a Kindle, always will be, and I'm glad to have had it for so long.

4.5 out of 5 stars. Would have kept it if it was actually just phone-sized.