Goodbye to Perfect

I joined Shelby Leigh’s community The Poetry Club as a founding member in November 2021. I had long been a poet, but since parting ways with Medium, I found myself longing for a community of poets once more. (When I was publishing on Medium, I connected with several talented poets, and loved that experience of connection—I just didn’t love Medium itself and wanted to build my body of work elsewhere.)

Shelby Leigh’s poetry club offered the type of community that I had sought, plus the membership included well-known poets hosting workshops, poetry challenges by Shelby, and more.

Come November 2022 when The Poetry Club turned a year old, Shelby announced her desire to start a poetry club magazine, and I was excited to write and submit an original poem.

My poem for the magazine is titled Goodbye to Perfect, and you can download the magazine for free.

I’m no longer a member of the club, but I’m glad to be in this publication. There was no theme or topic requirement, so the magazine includes topics on many different things. I hope you’ll read it.