[Cally Conan-Davies]

And none more winning, more light, more baked, than the Distinguished Whitworth!

Congratulations to winners popular and dictated! Although too busy elsewhere to be involved, I enjoyed reading all poems and comments today, and had many laughs along the way. And, not surprisingly, a couple of tears!

Cally

[Janice D. Soderling]

Nice red herring, Mike. That one was SO clever.

Nice work, John, and let me tell you folks, I'm feeling pretty darned smart today, having voted for the three that topped the popular vote.

[Maryann Corbett]

In this thread, up on Drills and Amusements, we have the answer to the confusion about "Sonnet on a First Line..."--in post 14, appropriately! Thanks, Frank, for the laughs! [Editing this sentence out, since we're not sure it's true: And thanks to Chris O'Carroll, who entered it on Frank's behalf, I guess. (That may be a first.)]

And thanks, John, for all your work here--for these selections, and your comments, and for making me think so hard about what ends up being funny, and why.

Editing back: Frank tells me by PM that he did enter his own poem, which is good.