When the first poem came
My English teacher shrugged
No Sylvia Plath here, attracting
Instant notice of some immense talent.
Two years later a second outbreak
The eventual base from which
First publication came.
Chapbooks have been my life blood
The first in seventy six - second, in ninety six
In 2010 the third may come
With assistance from Poemhunter.com's feedback system
A sort of poor poet's editor that at last tells me
When something has been read twice.
Bill Grace
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/timeline-of-an-obscure-poet/
