[Allen Tice]

I have just received telephone acceptance from The New York Times of a poem, "The Green Market", to be published September 12 in "The Metropolitan Diary" section.

[Mary Meriam]

Major kudos, Allen!!!!! Please post a link if there is one. Did you submit your poem, or how did it happen?

[Allen Tice]

No link yet, of course. The New York Times is pretty tight with closing down free access after one day unless you are a paid online subscriber, so links won't be much good.

I don't know if the out-of-town versions contain The Metropolitan Diary feature. It appears on Mondays locally. It's just a pedestrian bit of formal verse about one the markets for farmers who drive into the city to sell their produce, cakes, vegetables, and cheeses. Nothing full of sound and furnaces. I sat in the park, watched the to and fro, and showed the product to my spouse, who suggested sending it in. Good call for her, I think.

[Maryann Corbett]

Well, we'll all grab whatever access we can! This one goes right to the top of the list of un-toppable creds. Congrats!

[Mary Meriam]

Originally Posted by Allen Tice

It's just a pedestrian bit of formal verse about one the markets for farmers who drive into the city to sell their produce, cakes, vegetables, and cheeses.

I really like farmer's markets and would like to read your poem. If it does show up online, maybe you can save it as a PDF.

[Michael Cantor]

Good one, Allen! Bop this thread back up a day or two earlier, so we can remember to look for it (I'm a subscriber, anyway.)

I'm bummed and jealous. Submitted once - what I thought was a pretty nifty, pretty New Yorkical ditty about Pale Male (back when Pale Male was King Bird) - and got zilch.

[Allen Tice]

Thanks, Michael. I understand how you feel. I'm amazed. I'll pop it up now and then, not so much as to draw attention to me, but to call attention to the date. Still amazed.

[Janice D. Soderling]

That is great, Allen. Now that you have their ear, whisper in it now and then. A fine cred.

[Alex Pepple]

Major kudos, Allen!

[Martin Elster]

Congrats, Allen! I'd like to read the poem sometime if possible.