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Most of you know that Rhina no longer wants to be saddled by the responsiblity of serving as moderator. She has every intention of remaining active here, however; and Saturday or Sunday I shall post five poems which I think are really excellent, all of them workshopped at Met I or Deep End. Rhina has graciously agreed to discuss all of them, and then let the comments fly!
Let this be our Christmas party.
It is very difficult to pick which partridge in the pear tree to eat.
I have excluded staff, although I think the recent work of Murray, Taylor, and Wakefield is among the best I've been seeing. I also overlooked Lady Pu Abi in my swift perusal, another example of the reason that we are all here. When I persuade Hecht or Wilbur to resume their duties, staff will be represented. But Rhina gave me a limit of five, all of which are grounds for collective celebration.
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