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Topic: Ballots, Anyone?
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 08:14 AM |
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Our responses are scattered among 600 postings, and we have the weekend to await Dick's opinion. As usual, my opinions have been formed by many rereadings and the readings of others.1. Conductivity
2. Caravel
3. Barcelona My thanks to each of the seventy-five poets, who in Auden's wonderful phrase "submit your neck to the ungrateful block!"
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Mary Meriam
Member Posts: 1522
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posted May 09, 2008 09:17 AM |
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1. Food
2. A Coat, A Hat and a Gun
3. FistThis quote from the May 5 New Yorker ("After Hamlet") about a play directed by Mark Rylance, comes close to capturing my aesthetics: "It was so intelligent. It was funny and alive and concrete. It had a physical life. It was full of grace and charity."
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 09:44 AM |
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Ouch, Mary. Food ties for third. Alzheimer's.
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C. Chandler-Oliveira
Member Posts: 1432
From:Canada (formerly of PA)
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted May 09, 2008 09:58 AM |
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These were my three favorites:1. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
2. Food
3. Caravel
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Alexander Grace
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posted May 09, 2008 10:01 AM |
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1. I'll Call Him Art2. The Pick-up Artist in Spring 3. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud That last choice is painful (since Tim's doing a ballot I must make it). Conductivity makes me happier, it is more beautiful, it is in fact more perfect. But Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud is richer, more original, more personal, more human? A day to decide. It is done. Read them aloud and then I knew. [This message has been edited by Alexander Grace (edited May 09, 2008).]
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R. Nemo Hill
Member Posts: 1380
From:new york city
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted May 09, 2008 10:18 AM |
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1 Intersection
2 I'll Call Him Art
3 Conductivity(write in: the siren's answer)! [This message has been edited by R. Nemo Hill (edited May 09, 2008).]
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Jim Hayes
Member Posts: 3985
From:Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted May 09, 2008 10:33 AM |
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1 Caravel
2 Conductivity
3 BarcelonaYes! A write in; Henry Howard. Edited because I can't spell. [This message has been edited by Jim Hayes (edited May 09, 2008).]
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Barbara Godwin
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posted May 09, 2008 10:38 AM |
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1. I'll Call Him Art
2. I'll Call Him Art
3. I'll Call Him ArtGuess which one I liked, howling and all.
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Janice D. Soderling
Moderator Posts: 490
From:Sweden
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted May 09, 2008 10:40 AM |
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It was really difficult to select and rank three. There are so many factors that come into play, but ultimately I took the one that moved me most, the one that was artistically difficult but successful and one that was original in its use of the form. In that order. So.1. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
2. Conductivity
3. Fist With other criteria, my list might have be different, but Jar of Mud would have been on top no matter what. Editing in to say "Thanks Rose for being so fearless and peerless in your role of judge. Thanks for giving us all such a good time!"
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Marybeth Rua-Larsen
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posted May 09, 2008 11:05 AM |
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1. Intersection
2. I'll Call Him Art
3. FinaleThese were all thought-provoking sonnets, and I enjoyed reading and learning from them...but these three are my favorites. Marybeth [This message has been edited by Marybeth Rua-Larsen (edited May 09, 2008).]
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David Bradsher
Member Posts: 321
From:Raleigh, NC USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted May 09, 2008 11:54 AM |
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1) Barcelona
2) Fist
3) Conductivity
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Anne Bryant-Hamon
Member Posts: 1177
From:Lynn Haven, FL, U.S.
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted May 09, 2008 12:11 PM |
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I chose the same three as Tim, only in a different order -1. Barcelona
2. Caravel
3. Conductivity
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David Anthony
Member Posts: 3401
From:Stoke Poges, Bucks, UK
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 01:41 PM |
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Fine and varied selection, and I'd hesitate to attempt a choice.
I would put a vote in for 'Finale', though, among others.
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 02:11 PM |
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If everyone will follow suit and vote one, two and three, Sunday night I'll do a weighted addition, divide the sums by six, and for the first time we'll have a winner by popular acclaim!
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David Bradsher
Member Posts: 321
From:Raleigh, NC USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted May 09, 2008 02:21 PM |
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Good, Tim. That gives me almost the whole weekend to change my mind and edit my choices. The weights and balances of my pecking order seem to be shifting with every read and re-read.
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John Hutchcraft
Member Posts: 258
From:California, USA
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted May 09, 2008 02:52 PM |
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1. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
2. Finale
3. Dirty Sonnet IEditing to break a tie. Sorry, Barcelona! [This message has been edited by John Hutchcraft (edited May 09, 2008).]
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Roy Hamilton
Member Posts: 645
From:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Sep 2007
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posted May 09, 2008 03:21 PM |
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1. Barcelona2. Caravel 3. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud Very cool, I like my authors too. I had Fist and Food tied just one half point back. Tough crowd, good work everyone! [This message has been edited by Roy Hamilton (edited May 09, 2008).]
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Peter Coghill
Member Posts: 271
From:Sydney/NSW/Australia
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted May 09, 2008 04:33 PM |
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1. Food2. Barcelona 3. Finale Thanks for the effort in judging Rose,(from one of the no doubt justly passed over).
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Susan McLean
Member Posts: 2678
From:Iowa City, IA, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted May 09, 2008 04:38 PM |
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1. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
2. Finale
3. A Coat, a Hat, and a GunSusan
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 04:41 PM |
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Early polling. First place counts three, etc. Split votes and hanging chads not tabulated.Barcelona, 11. Caravel, Conductivity, Mud, 10 each.
Art, 9. Way too close to call. Only 20 percent of precincts reporting.
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AE
Member Posts: 690
From:New York, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted May 09, 2008 06:13 PM |
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1. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
2. Food
3. Barcelona
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Janet Kenny
Member Posts: 12485
From:Queensland, (was Sydney) Australia
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted May 09, 2008 06:20 PM |
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Oh hell, I'll vote. Others please note that in another mood you could have been one of them. I'm really impressed.
1) Finale
2) Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
3) A Coat, a Hat and a Gun
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited May 09, 2008).]
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Cally Conan-Davies
Member Posts: 217
From:Australia
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted May 09, 2008 06:26 PM |
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On the basis of total subjectivity:1. Conductivity - because it flows
2. Finale - because it rocks
3. Intersection - because it veers
Thankyou to Rose, and all bakers - an extraordinary collection, each one an experience.
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peter richards
Member Posts: 1101
From:Oslo, Norway
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted May 09, 2008 06:39 PM |
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I don't want to vote and certainly not in an open ballot, so I'll just crawl back under my rock.
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Janet Kenny
Member Posts: 12485
From:Queensland, (was Sydney) Australia
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted May 09, 2008 06:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by peter richards:
I don't want to vote and certainly not in an open ballot, so I'll just crawl back under my rock.
I wish I'd said that. (Note Tim that I did finally vote, but sadly.) [This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited May 09, 2008).]
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Mark Allinson
Member Posts: 4067
From:New South Wales, Australia
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted May 09, 2008 07:39 PM |
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I find that I have selected an alliterative trio:[1] Finale [2] Fist [3] Food.
Good stuff!
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 08:54 PM |
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As I retire for the evening, the leaders are Barcelona 14, Mud and Conductivity 13, Food 11, Caravel 10. It's anybody's race.
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Carol Taylor
Member Posts: 7420
From:Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted May 09, 2008 10:05 PM |
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1. Finale
2. Mud
3. Food
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Bruce McBirney
Member Posts: 221
From:La Crescenta, California
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted May 09, 2008 11:58 PM |
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1. Fist2. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud 3. Conductivity
Congrats to all the posted authors! Now that their names are revealed, I hope they will all say a few words about their poems on their respective threads (at least aftter Mr. Wilbur has had his say).
Thanks, Tim, for keeping alive this enyoable annual tradition you started. And thanks, Rose, for hosting this and highlighting these poems in such varied styles and tones. 'Looking forward to reading your book! [This message has been edited by Bruce McBirney (edited May 09, 2008).]
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John Whitworth
Member Posts: 253
From:United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted May 10, 2008 04:28 AM |
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1. I'll call him Art
2. Caravel
3. Coductivity
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 10, 2008 06:16 AM |
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This morning's double digit entries: Mud 16, Conductivity 15, Barcelona 14, Food, Caravel and Art, 12 each.It is an interesting exercise, to walk in the judge's moccasins, and I find my opinion influenced by other readers. For instance, Julie's poem (Dr. Kane? Really!) has risen somewhat from the cellar of my esteem by women who simply understood the poem way better than I did. Conversely the three enjambments in Dead Sea Mud, which I excused in the first comment on the thread, excused because the matter and voice of the sonnet were so compelling, I have been forced to re-examine. Jim's joking aside, Intersection rose in my regard because Nemo endorsed and Wendy wrote it, although I think it contains a shockingly inept, uncharacteristic enjambment, by an author whose sense of line has been considerably refined by her years of taking sniper fire at the Deep End's Bosnian aerodrome.
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Henry Quince
Member Posts: 1672
From:Australia
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted May 10, 2008 08:23 AM |
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1. Opening a Jar of Dead Sea Mud
2. Caravel
3. I'll Call Him Art[This message has been edited by Henry Quince (edited May 10, 2008).]
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Chris Childers
Member Posts: 1800
From:Middletown, DE
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted May 10, 2008 10:51 AM |
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1. Food
2. Mud
3. BarcelonaWrite-in: Epitaph on Clere.
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Gene Auprey
Member Posts: 619
From:Buxton, Maine, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted May 10, 2008 11:27 AM |
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1. I'll Call Him Art
2. Finale
3. Caravel
Tough choice, excellent bunch of sonnets this year, Rose picked well.
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Tim Murphy
Lariat Emeritus Posts: 8414
From:Fargo ND, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted May 10, 2008 12:46 PM |
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Two people have asked that I recheck my math. I did, and I gave Finale two votes on behalf of David's endorsement.
Mud 28, Finale 23, Art 17, Caravel, Conductivity, Barcelona, Food 15 apiece. I haven't counted opinion expressed elsewhere than on this thread. In accordance with long-standing precedent, I can't help noticing that the women are dusting the men.
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