I hadn't read this thread properly until tonight and am short of time. But I'll be back soon with observations on this fine series. For now, I'll just say a couple of things.
A big thank you to Tim for the invitation, blurb, and kind comments. Congratulations to all the authors. Thanks to Leo, Jerry, and the other editors of the New Formalist for a fine production. Thanks to you, David, for your comment above - in the spirit of the Deep End I've often given your postings tough critiques, but, at the same time, I've admired your work greatly. And thanks to all at Eratosphere for the help I've received here. I have to mention you, Alan and Carol, in particular, because the quality of your critiques and the standards with which you challenged me when I started here as "Porridgeface" were what changed a pastime into a serious pursuit.
For me this e-book is a significant step. I've worked at poetry because it's a compulsion and because I enjoy it. But I did so in private, behind the name "Porridgeface", because I didn't want to be publicly known as "a person who tries to write serious poetry". This e-book is a first admission that that's what I am.
And as for Mr. Hayes's,
to be sure, the man amazes.
John
[This message has been edited by John Beaton (edited October 18, 2002).]
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