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# Dear Calliope
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/dear-calliope/
- Published: 2021-07-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Calliope, my dear old friend, I write you in despair The numerous works that I have penned Are hardly standard fare No, I have grandeur, I have style My works are epic, pure And yet denial after denial Have rendered m...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Calliope, my dear old friend,  
I write you in despair  
The numerous works that I have penned  
Are hardly standard fare  
No, I have grandeur, I have style  
My works are epic, pure  
And yet denial after denial  
Have rendered me obscure

I hardly seek bestseller fame  
Or Hollywood awards  
But they reject, with notes of “lame”  
They use not pens, but swords  
These hurt my feelings but I keep  
Inscribing what I feel  
I persevere and do not weep  
I know my stuff is real

Calliope, you know my plight  
So help me with my craft  
I’m striving only to delight  
So I include my draft  
And in a SASE envelope  
No postage, free of charge  
So mark it up and give me hope  
I wish to be writ large