Happy Birthday Sy Safransky
Someone sent the scrabble poem I wrote for my poet friend Mara to Sy Safransky, editor of The Sun Magazine. It was Rosemary, a member of the Writers’ Workshop that Mara and I belong to, who told us at the spoken word open mic last night. Rosemary gave the poem to her friend who knows Sy Safransky. Her friend sent it, not as a poetry submission, but because it was his birthday and the poem, called “The Big Bang Theory of Scrabble,” has these lines in it: What I like best about Mara…is that she frequently says things I want to write down…Like yesterday she made this confession…I want Sy Safranksy to love me!
All I can say is enjoy your birthday Sy Safranksy. I hope Mara and I (who would both love to be published in your magazine) have your attention now.
Post note:
A post on last night’s Spoken Word Open Mic coming soon to a computer near you.
April 16th, 2006 10:33 am
heehee… how could you NOT have his attention? Wouldn’t it be a hoot if you heard something back? Michele sent me today.
April 16th, 2006 1:01 pm
I hadn’t thought of The Sun in years; is Sy Safransky still there? I remembered that at one point he wasn’t putting in his column and I really missed that.
April 16th, 2006 3:51 pm
How perfectly poetic!!
🙂
April 16th, 2006 11:16 pm
Ah, I found it online! Considering I used to pick it up for free (it was priceless) – it is too bad it now costs so much!
April 17th, 2006 7:42 am
Thanks for mentioning Eknath Eswaran. I’m in the queue to get his meditation book now.
Look forward to hearing about the spoken word event.
February 24th, 2015 2:23 pm
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February 25th, 2015 9:26 am
I love the Sun and wonder if this piece you have here, with minor revisions, couldn’t be submitted to the Sun. For years I had a subscription, now I read old ones.