[Shaun J. Russell]

This thread has been reported a couple of times now, and, after discussing it amongst ourselves in mod Valhalla, we're letting it stand as is. D&A is a separate entity from the workshop forums, so the "15 posts" requirement does not apply. As for the "resurrecting old threads" aspect, the language in the guidelines is open to a thread bump

if the post contains substantive critique or reaction to critique.

That language is clearly written with workshop threads in mind, but I suspect the same grain applies to D&A. There has to be a reason to bump a thread. But further to that language is the following sentence, emphasis mine:

But once a thread has become inactive for several days, it’s best to use PM if there isn’t something quite significant still to say.

In the context of D&A, I think reading an old "drills" thread that inspires a poem is, frankly, "something quite significant." I wouldn't want to see it happen all the time, and I acknowledge that there is the possibility of a slippery slope here...but since this seems to be the first time it has happened in several years, I'm not too worried about it. If it does become an issue, then we'll deal with it accordingly, but as of now, I don't think it's an issue, nor do any of the mods who chimed in over the last couple of days in the mod forum. Including Jayne, one of this forum's co-mods.

In other words, carry on!