VOTING THREAD -Sonnet Bake-Off 2014!
 

THE POLLS ARE OPEN!

It's time to vote for your three favorite sonnets from this year's bake-off finalists!

Cast your votes in this thread. Points will be tallied as follows:

3 points for your #1 pick
2 points for your #2 pick
1 point for your #3 pick

Tied votes are not allowed, and if you name a fourth favorite, it will get no points.

Voting will end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) Monday, May 19, at which time the thread will be locked.

The names of the three popular vote winners will be announced on Tuesday, along with the names of the finalist poets, as well as TSDG's top three and 10 honorable mentions.

See you then!

1. The Iamb
2. The Hoarder
3. The Passenger

1. Postcard
2. Streetlight
3. The Iamb

Honorable mention: A Passenger

These four were clearly above the rest for me. Hard to decide on three.

Thanks to the TSDG and Alex for their respective parts in this event -- another fun bakeoff!

1. Passenger
2. Iamb
3. Hoarder

1 Snowblind
2 Streetlight

This is all I have.

RM

1. The Passenger
2. Postcard
3.The Iamb

1. The Iamb

2. The Hoarder

3. Snow Blind

Thanks and kudos to all the poets for a fine and varied group of sonnets; to the Secret Guest (whoever he/she/they may be) for the interesting and varied choices and excellent commentary; and to Alex for organizing this--and providing the forum for it!

And a tip of the cap to Tim Murphy, who organized the first several of these, and so got rolling what has turned into quite an annual tradition.

1. Postcard
2. A Passenger
3. Bed

1. Passenger
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2. The Iamb
3. Snow Blind

2 & 3 are the best of the also-rans. Passenger is the stand-out.

1. Postcard

2. Iamb

3. Snow Blind

1. Passenger (favorite by a wide margin)

2. Iamb (solid second, ahead of the next two)

3. Postcard (but I also liked...)

HM: Hoarder (which like Postcard stood out from the pack for me)

Thanks to all who created this event, especially the TSDG. It wasn't easy, but I made time to read all threads often and participate in each, and I really enjoyed it. I didn't care much for a number of the entries in the first half, but it was rewarding to try to see them through the TSDG's eyes.

Cheers.

1. The Iamb
2. The Hoarder
3. A Passenger

Congratulations to all!
Will we get to read the 10 honorable mentions?
I struggled between choosing Streetlight and A Passenger. If it weren't for the last two lines in Streetlight it would've been a favorite of mine (still is ...)

I see that I am perfectly aligned with Rick this time around. These two stood out for me. Congratulations to all and thanks for another fascinating look at the sonnet.

1. Snow Blind

2. Streetlight

#1. The Hoarder

#2. The Iamb

#3. A Passenger

1. A Passenger

2. Postcard

3. Snow Blind


& many thanks to the TSDG & Alex Pepple

— Woody

1. The Iamb

2. Postcard

3. A Passenger

votes
 

1. Passenger

2. Streetlight

I don't have a clear #3.

1. The Iamb
2. The Hoarder
3. The Passenger

(Better write up some comments on why The Iamb was an excellent sonnet, but I'm fully convinced that it was.)

Thanks to Alex and the DG for all their good work!

1. The Iamb
2. A Passenger
3. Bed

Both "Snow Blind" and "The Hoarder" came very close to being in the top three for me.

Susan

1. Hoarder
2. Postcard
3. Passenger

#3 was sort of a toss-up between Passenger and Bed

1. The Iamb
2. The Hoarder
3. A Passenger

1. Postcard

2. A Passenger

3. The Hoarder

1. The Hoarder
2. A Passenger
3. Snow Blind

1. Hoarder
2. The IAMB
3. Bed

1. The Iamb
2. Bed
3. A Passenger

1. Passenger
2. Postcard
3. Iamb

Thanks to Alex and the DG.

1. The Iam

2. The Passenger

3. Postcard

Great event. Thanks to the DG and Alex

1. Bed
2. The Great Escape
3. The Hoarder

Robert Meyer

1. Iamb
2. Hoarder
3. Passenger

Tough call - I also like Postcard and Snow Blind very much.

1 - 9
2 - 7
3 - 8

1. The Iamb

and then, fingers hesitating, hovering over the qwerty:

2. The Passenger

1. Postcard
2. Streetlight
3. Snowblind

1. Snowblind
2. Iamb
3. Streetlight

1. Passenger

#5 The Hoarder
#8 The Iamb
#10 The Passenger

#2 As such
#10 Passenger
#8 Iamb


What a fascinating learning experience this was! Tnx to the TSDG for bringing some of the more unusual / unexpected sonnet possibilities into the spotlight!

I thought they were all great! Here are my favorites (choosing between 1 and 2 is almost impossible for me).

1. A Passenger
2. Streetlight
3. Postcard

1- Postcard

1 - A Passenger (#10)
2 - The Iamb (#8)
3 - Bed (#7)

Postcard
Paesenger
Ihe Iamb