Jane The Short Story Writer

Just one more fringe dweller of the wordsmith trade As a writer of short stories she may never make the grade But she does not yearn for money and fame Or as a writer to become a great literary name A writer who has written short stories by the score She writes for her own enjoyment and little else more A few stories she has written have been published in magazines locally One of many ignored by the literary critics in that respect one of the majority Since those the literary critics embrace are of the privileged few To this you may say this is not anything new Jane the short story writer in her mid seventies was never a mother or anyone's wife Writing short stories as a hobby is the love of her life It is each to their own as the wise one does say With the humble Jane it is also this way.