Thank you, Cathy, Sam, and all the poets. This has been great fun. And what a wonderful exercise in daily close reading--I could practically hear my brain cells at work.
I found the voting part very difficult, because several of these sonnets won my admiration but faltered in small yet crucial ways. (And I spent some time considering whether my idea of "crucial" was in fact "petty" . . .) I have a very warm spot in my heart for both #8 and #9, but my votes are:
#1. Sonnet #4, Dressing for You
#2. Sonnet #5, God May Forgive You
#3. Sonnet #3, I Need Men
Best,
Jean
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