"It Just Takes One Yes"

These are snippets taken from my collection of rejection letters. To be a writer, you need a thick skin and the ability to create art from anything is a definite plus.

Enjoy.

"It Just Takes One Yes"
(A found poem)


Please accept my apology for this form response,  
              Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately 
 I was delighted to receive your query, and I  
   Thank you so much for sending [our] Literary Agency 
 
 
but the volume of mail received in my office  
  I was not sufficiently enthusiastic to feel 
 have given it my most careful attention. Alas--  
   your query. I’d like to apologize in advance 
 
makes a personal reply impossible.  
              that I would be the right agent for your work. 
 and much as I hate to relay the news thru this form,  
   this standard rejection letter.  
 
 
I have reviewed your material and it is not anything. 
  Best wishes for finding a good agent and publisher. 
 The query was not quite intriguing enough. 
   The volume of queries as of late-- 
   
   
Thank you    I wish to work with,  
I was delighted    inspire me 
Thank you so much  to offer representation, 
Please accept my apology   I am grateful. 
 
   
I wish you the best of luck with other agents  
  and I wish you the best of success 
   Good luck with all your publishing endeavors. 
 I recommend that you pursue other agents 
 
 
I'm sorry to say that I don't believe  
I am the right agent for you. You deserve  
 
an enthusiastic representative, so. After all,  
it just takes one "yes" and with so many  
 
different opinions out there,  
you could easily find the right match.