Michael, she has the big name and the critical attention, but you have the devoted following of your peers in formal poetry. They will not be equal, but who's to say that the latter isn't better?

Susan

What Susan wisely said.

Jorie Graham.

Best,

Ed


P.S. Michael Cantor.

Gregory said:
Ditto.

I somehow neglected to add my congratulations on this thread, Michael, (sorry) but I have had a copy of your book for ages so that lets me off the hook, I reckon ;)

Jayne

So well deserved, Michael! Congrats, and may the news spread far and wide...

Siham

Congrats! Or should i say Congratulations so its long enough to suit the software:)

Ah!

As I was lying on the green
A small volume it chanced I seen.
Jorie Graham's Selected Poems was the edition.
I left it lying in the same position.

It makes us all seem so much better.

Congrats, Michael! Coming so close has to feel almost as good as winning. I don't know - I'd sure like to know how it feels, anyway.

Having sampled Jorie Graham's "Gulls", a naughty imp in me thought of what fun it would be to see them fluttering over here to meet with Michael's, famously sensitive, modifier axe. As a European outsider, I can't help feeling there is - or perhaps ought to be - some connection between this competition's choice and the rumble going on under "The latest rants" thread.

Enough of Taliban and Osama, congratulations from Pakistan
 

Dear Michael,

I am really pleased for you, its is an honour to be in the company of such an accomplished poet...congratulations! Heartfelt indeed!

warm regards,

Abid