[Roger Slater]

Well, I haven't written anything. Maybe I can add 14 lines and make it into a sonnet?

[Terese Coe]

Tim dear, may I bring up a slight oversight?

Whatever happened to the Translation Sonnet Bakeoff????

[Catherine Chandler]

Translation Sonnet Bake-off? YES!!!!!

Catherine Chandler

[Roger Slater]

The Sonnet I Almost Entered

I hereby write this sonnet for the bake-off.
I've read the guidelines, honored every rule.
But there's an apprehension I can't shake off:
Instead of praise I'll win just ridicule

As all the folks who gather here will cavil
With my meter, rhymes, and what I've said,
And when Len Krisak pounds his judge's gavel
I won't just lose, but I'll be lynched instead,

Since sonneteers, though gentle folk, grow moblike,
When folk like me profane their gentle art,
And they don't sit around and suffer, Job-like,
But stick a critic's knife deep in the heart.

On second thought, this year, like other years,
I will contribute nothing but my cheers.

[Rose Kelleher]

Ha, that was cute. I'll see you on the sidelines, RS, and I brought a cooler full of beer for the tailgate party.

[Janet Kenny]

I whisper timidly that I notice that len Krisak capitalises all his lines. I am against this practice. Where does that place me in the oven?
Janet

[Lo]

Originally posted by Janet Kenny:
Where does that place me in the oven?
Janet

Up against the wall, of course.

Lo

[Susan McLean]

Janet,
My guess is that Len will judge the poem on its content and form, not on whether it uses initial caps.

Susan

[Janet Kenny]

Lo
Or the hottest point near the roof
Janet

.....
Susan,
I could start more modestly by capitalising his first name. I am so sick of seeing editing scars under my posts.

Of course I realise that Susan. I was joking--sort of. He is an extremely interesting poet. I just wish I had written more sonnets.
Janet

[Tim Murphy]

Translated sonnets are more than welcome. Don't worry about the presenece or absence of initial caps.