[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!

[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.

[Allen Tice]

Originally Posted by 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.)

Pursuant to the suggestion, as I make an early reminder to people that it's coming September 12, I'm taking out a big retroactive policy of Hole-in-One Insurance at my local Go Centre :

Scoring a hole in one is dangerous in Japan. A person who get one is supposed to buy expensive gifts, pick up the green fees and pay for dinner and drinks for all his playing partners. The bill can run into to the thousands for dollars. About 80 percent of Japanese golfers take out hole-in-one insurance with annual premiums of $50 to $100 to cover the costs of an ace. For a while insurance companies stopped issuing the insurance due to too many fraudulent claims. Even now when a hole-in-one does occur the golfer who achieves it often exaggerates the costs and pockets the profit. Some insurance companies also offer liability insurance to cover errant shots that hit people on the head.

Mid-page : http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php...ubcatid=143#02

[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.