{"id":2858,"date":"2015-03-19T19:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T23:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healwritenow.com\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2015-03-19T20:13:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T00:13:23","slug":"elephant-journal-published-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/elephant-journal-published-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Journal Published Poem!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I usually edit my work, think (and often over think), work (and often over work) what I&#8217;ve done.<\/p>\n<p>Not here. This one was a don&#8217;t as a non-stop free-write. Ten minutes and I didn&#8217;t invite my brain. I copied, pasted and sent it to Elephant Journal before the editor, critic and worrier if it makes sense showed up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They ran it &#8211; in less than 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elephantjournal.com\/2015\/03\/the-one-who-ends-it-isnt-necessarily-the-one-who-wants-it-to-end-poem\/\">http:\/\/www.elephantjournal.com\/2015\/03\/the-one-who-ends-it-isnt-necessarily-the-one-who-wants-it-to-end-poem\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I learned a few things.<\/p>\n<p>1. I need to write shorter, at least some times.<\/p>\n<p>2. Not all pieces need to include the who, what, where, how and why as is true in a news story.<\/p>\n<p>3. Readers will get it even if I think it makes no sense or I did&#8217;t spell out the connections. I might be dense but readers are smart.<\/p>\n<p>4. It&#8217;s good to take risks. 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