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02-11-2011, 07:15 AM
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A Debut (or two)
First, I suppose, there's mine here. Hello, Sphere!
I've been shy to come out before you, in part because poetry to me seems a serious vocation, a priesthood of sorts -- and I recall an admonition from my teens: "Stay out of the priesthood as long as you can!" I can at least say, I tried...
Some recent morsels, and with sincere thanks:
- The magnanimous Peter B has accepted "Winter Birds" for the next 14by14;
- Mahatma Mike B has just posted a handful of my poems in the Spotlight at The Hypertexts, including some brooding nuggets from my youth that I won't disown, that I'm happy to see in print;
- As you may have seen, the munificent Rose K accepted my flabby deliberations in the latest Shit Creek Review;
- The adventurous Tim Green at Rattle has taken a curious lil trifle (in meter and rhyme, I'm pleased to say) called "Think of the Children", dedicated to the Reverend Mrs Helen Lovejoy (!), to appear in June.
And thanks to you, to this site: I listen and I learn. You help brace the buckling will, steel the timorous nerve -- to come out --
MJF
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02-11-2011, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Arkansas, USA
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Congratulations, Michael, and welcome!
Mark
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02-11-2011, 08:56 AM
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Congratulations, Michael -- I'm very glad to see you on the Sphere. I still remember the surprise of reading 'Recognition,' which was published in 14 by 14 a while ago, especially but not just the final couplet.
Ed
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02-11-2011, 11:54 AM
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Mark, thanks.
Ed -- thanks, and thank you for your very kind and generous words. I also admired your "4th of July", for the freedom with the form, the controlled sentiment, and the skillful execution. (I mentioned as much to Peter when the issue went up.)
TTFN
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02-11-2011, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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I love it when new folks speak up when they've published! Welcome, Michael.
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02-11-2011, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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Welcome to the Sphere, Michael! Those are fine publication credits. Congratulations!
...Alex
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02-11-2011, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
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Hi Michael - and congratulations!
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02-11-2011, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Welcome to the Sphere, Michael. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
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02-11-2011, 03:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Hi there, Michael.
Our paths seem to be crossing all of a sudden ...
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02-11-2011, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
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Hello, Michael! It is lovely to read you here! How good of you to come out to play, and bring such good tidings with you!
Cally
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