I have primarily published epigrammatic poems in First Things, about ten of them I think, and I am particularly grateful that Jody and Paul gave me a full page for Wind River Justice, which underwent considerable metamorphosis at the Deep End. For the record, I'd been trying to write a blank verse poem for forty years (!), and along came Alan's 60th birthday and this reflection of events on his 37th.
I am unsurprised that Paul took Caravel, Wilbur's clear favorite from the May bake-off, another poem that benefited considerably from being deep-ended. No big changes, just fine tuning of wooden-ship lingo.
[This message has been edited by Tim Murphy (edited October 15, 2008).]
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