Here is a reminder that you should not lose hope with a submission. This poem was accepted 221 days after I submitted it to this journal.

Dear Trace Ramsey,

I am very pleased to inform you that the editors have accepted “If They Weren’t Old Bones” for the next issue of Common Ground Review, if it is still available.

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Best wishes,
Janet Bowdan
Common Ground Review