Is this poem worth publishing, and how would one do that?

Question

I wrote this over a year ago and thought it might be worth something. May I have your advice?


"A Tender Journey"

'Tis seem a fools' errand,
To seek and naught to find,
From illimitable mind,
End of time, start of Prime.

For I see thee in dexterous quest,
And bosoms warmth upon my chest,
In terminus seek, I'll not my best,
Starting at forever, ending at never.


Here is my translation of the poem:
It seems stupid
for an intelligent person
to look for and never find
the end to the start of love (b/c no end exists).

Because I see you in my life,
and I love you,
I'll not seek an end,
to what cannot end.

In other words, I will love you forever.

What can I do??
Thank you for your consideration.

Answer 1

If you want it published, make sure you get it copyrighted on your own first and make sure you find a legitamate publisher who won't steal your work.


Let's start at the beginning.
"'Tis seem a fools' errand,"
I don't think that is grammatically correct. "'Tis" is a contraction of "It is". You would either have to take out "seem" or change "'Tis seem" to "It seems to be".

What do you mean by Prime? Is that Love?

Usually I love a good vocabulary, but this piece sounds a bit awkward. I also dislike the rhyming of the last line of each stanza. It just annoys me, but there is nothing WRONG with it, and there is no strict rhyme that everyone MUST follow in poetry!

I like the meaning you convey though.

Answer 2

It is very confusing, so I give it a 4/10. However, I love the language! Try not to write such...eh...witty stuff. It has too many unexplained metaphors to be a poem that makes sense. But I love the images!

Poetoffire 777

Add on: Golden-Hope, once you write something, it is copywrited. You don't need to do anything to copywrite it.

Answer 3

It is beautiful.

Have you written more poems? I would keep writing...perhaps when you find a publisher it would be best to offer a collection. Just a thought.

This is a link to a site which lists resources for people who wish to become published - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/pbonline.html

You are very talented.....good luck!

Answer 4

you may desire to ascertain some revealed poetry to get a feeling of the factor of severe high quality it quite is mandatory. you're making the same mistake that optimal people who placed up poetry right here make: you're talking approximately your emotion quite than writing something that evokes emotion. bypass examine some Yeats, Eliot, Dylan Thomas, something that strikes your fancy and word how they use words to make you sense something with out talking explicitly approximately ideas.

Answer 5

Sorry Dude this won't sell or be published too much of the same old same old.

Answer 6

there are web pages that you post it for free. if you want it in print there are places where you can pay to have it printed. any writing that comes from heart is good.

Answer 7

Sorry, it's too "academic."