Poetry News: Marias at Sampaguitas

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I sometimes wonder why I keep hitting the send button to these press/lit mags when I know that rejections are more common than acceptances. But such is life, I suppose. 

After months of rejections, it was wonderful to get a 'yes.' I submitted a poem that Marias at Sampaguitas were holding for National Poetry Month and my once rejected poem, "this is how I'm surviving," came in 3rd place!

Claustrophobia comes at me in moments between
dusk and nightfall.  The world closes in, and when the last light goes, 
so too, does mine; ... for more, click here.

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