[Marion Shore]

THE POLLS ARE OPEN!

It's time to vote for your three favorite sonnets from this year's bake-off finalists!

Cast your votes in this thread. Points will be tallied as follows:

3 points for your #1 pick
2 points for your #2 pick
1 point for your #3 pick

Tied votes are not allowed, and if you name a fourth favorite, it will get no points.

Voting will end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) Monday, May 19, at which time the thread will be locked.

The names of the three popular vote winners will be announced on Tuesday, along with the names of the finalist poets, as well as TSDG's top three and 10 honorable mentions.

See you then!

[Roger Slater]

1. The Iamb
2. The Hoarder
3. The Passenger

[Shaun J. Russell]

1. Postcard
2. Streetlight
3. The Iamb

Honorable mention: A Passenger

These four were clearly above the rest for me. Hard to decide on three.

Thanks to the TSDG and Alex for their respective parts in this event -- another fun bakeoff!

[Michael Cantor]

1. Passenger
2. Iamb
3. Hoarder

[Rick Mullin]

1 Snowblind
2 Streetlight

This is all I have.

RM

[Jerome Betts]

1. The Passenger
2. Postcard
3.The Iamb

[Bruce McBirney]

1. The Iamb

2. The Hoarder

3. Snow Blind

Thanks and kudos to all the poets for a fine and varied group of sonnets; to the Secret Guest (whoever he/she/they may be) for the interesting and varied choices and excellent commentary; and to Alex for organizing this--and providing the forum for it!

And a tip of the cap to Tim Murphy, who organized the first several of these, and so got rolling what has turned into quite an annual tradition.

[Paul Connolly]

1. Postcard
2. A Passenger
3. Bed

[Spindleshanks]

1. Passenger
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2. The Iamb
3. Snow Blind

2 & 3 are the best of the also-rans. Passenger is the stand-out.

[Andrew Frisardi]

1. Postcard

2. Iamb

3. Snow Blind