Ross,
You do have a point about honesty, but I do think it's very much about obeying the spirit of the law here. My understanding is that these rules are intended to relate to poems posted as finished pieces on personal blogs and other websites, and not to unfinished pieces posted for a few weeks for the purpose of workshopping. I could be wrong I guess, but that's how it seems to me.
I'd be very surprised if any editors who are also members of the Sphere would discard a poems because they'd seen it posted on here. Again I could be wrong.
best,
Matt
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