[New-Poetry] "Sonnet Industry Shorts"

[Halvard Johnson]

Sonnet Industry Shorts


I have a feeling I'm not the only one, but my headshots
have never been up to industry standards. Using those

of others, however, raises ethical questions I’m not yet
prepared to answer. My crown of sonnets entitled

“How I Learned to Salivate” garnered prizes galore
but failed to find quick publication. And my Harvard

degree didn’t help, though I was slathered with advice
by seasoned adults, well-meaning though they were.

I know, let me tell you, the dangers of getting stuck on
selling an image both youthful and exotic. The work,

after all, is the thing (as I’m incessantly told). Yet, if
a sonnet tree falls in an empty forest, does it even

make so much as a ripple on the cowpond of my asp-
irations? Whatcha think? I really wanna know. (:D)





Hal

"I hate flowers. I only paint them because they're
  cheaper than models and they don't move."
			--Georgia O'Keefe

Halvard Johnson
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