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Rob Wright 05-20-2019 12:57 PM

Measure
 
I just received my copy of Measure with wonderful contributions by Tim Steele, Susan McLean, Ernie Hilbert, Mark McDonnell, and Cathy Chandler. I also have a poem, Last Wish, in here having been a finalist in the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award. And am delighted to be a part of an issue that has such wonderful poets, many by friends.

Chris O'Carroll 05-20-2019 01:57 PM

Susan McLean was kind enough to save me from myself by pointing out some recent typos, so I'm paying it forward by tipping you off about the spelling of her name. Congratulations to you, to her, and to everybody else.

Catherine Chandler 05-20-2019 03:50 PM

Thanks for the shout-out, Rob, and congratulations on the publication of your poem. Living in Canada, I usually receive my copies of Measure much later than most. I look forward to reading this latest, and last, issue of the print journal.

Mark McDonnell 05-20-2019 04:53 PM

Thanks for letting us know Rob, this will be my first time in actual print. It might take a while to get to England, but I'm very excited to have sneaked in before it closed. Such a shame though.

But I am excited.

Congrats to everyone else too!

John Isbell 05-20-2019 07:01 PM

Congratulations all!

John

Erik Olson 05-20-2019 08:19 PM

Congratulations, indeed!

Erik

Michael Juster 05-21-2019 04:15 AM

The final Measure issue also includes my tribute poem to the late David Berman, someone many of you knew from WCU and/or the Powow River Poets.

Bill Carpenter 05-21-2019 04:59 AM

Good news!

Aaron Novick 05-21-2019 08:52 AM

Congrats all, especially Mark—first poem in print! That'll feel nice.

Andrew Szilvasy 05-21-2019 12:02 PM

Sad that Measure as a print institution is gone, but congrats to all.

Mark, it feels good to see you name in print, even in this day and age. Enjoy!

Rick Mullin 05-22-2019 08:55 AM

Congrats Rob, et al.


I thought Measure stopped publishing.... was that a nightmare that I had, or did it stop and start again?

Julie Steiner 05-22-2019 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick Mullin (Post 436920)
I thought Measure stopped publishing.... was that a nightmare that I had, or did it stop and start again?

Nah, Measure just maintained its long tradition of ridiculously late issues, right to the end.

(I am glad that they didn't just quit cold turkey, immediately after their announcement, though.)

Congrats indeed, Rob et al. It was a fine venue and I'm glad you had a chance to be part of it. I look forward to reading your work there.

Catherine Chandler 05-22-2019 05:20 PM

Back to say I received my copies today, and to my dismay, there was a typo in my poem "Celebration". They printed the word "peninsular" instead of "peninsula" at the end of line 11 (the correct word rhymed with the word ah at the end of line 9).Did they think it was supposed to rhyme with the words cars and stars (lines 10 and 12)? :confused: Who knows.



And since Chris mentioned it, Susan's poem has her two instances of Virgil spelled Vergil and Virgil, respectively.



I've just begun to read the issue, and the poems by Richard Wakefield, David Mason, and Timothy Steele are simply wonderful. Looking forward to reading the rest this evening, though I am disappointed at the typo.

Rob Wright 05-23-2019 01:46 PM

Thanks for the kind words and comments, Mark, Cathy, Rick, Julie, Aaron, et al. And yes, it was a real treat to be part of Measure. I look at the names on the table of contents and am quite impressed to be a small part of it. Cathy, too bad about the typo (editorial correction?) I did admire the poem very much.

Mark McDonnell 05-31-2019 06:40 AM

Aaron and Andrew - thanks both. I was very excited to pick it up from the post office. I opened it in the pub where I wrote most of the poem, which was fun. It's a beautiful thing.
Andrew - especially in this day and age, I think.


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