I sent this poem to an American writers' magazine:
OENOLOGY
My words are vines
The grapes they bear
Harvested with tender care.
Picture my rage
When on the page
The vintage is vin ordinaire.
They sent me $5 (£3) – net of postage, less than $4.
That's 15 cents a word.
I could give up my day job - if I had one.
5 comments:
I wish I could do that. I'd be up to $1.80 already.
Less supertax?
Oh heck. IS that 17 amd a half percent or a flat 20 nowadays?
Four zero Ed - which would make it $2.40 net, or about 30 cents an hour.
FORTY PERCENT! No point in working, then.
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