I could be wrong, since it was a long time ago, but I think that XJ Kennedy and Keith Waldrop once co-edited an anthology of bad poems called "Pegasus Descending." The poets were famous, for the most part, and so the joke of the anthology was to show how bad the great poets can be from time to time. I think we could look to either of these gentleman as our judge, given this credential. And Joe Kennedy, it seems, has judged contests here on Erato before, has he not?
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