[nyctom]

Since I participated in this, I hope you will understand if I abstain from voting.

Tom

[Sharon Passmore]

Not only is it ok to vote if you participated, it's encouraged.

[Rose Kelleher]

"Evy, Ivy, Over" gets my vote. I think it's very clever, the way it describes a dandelion in terms that also work for a homeless man on a park bench. And I like how it reads aloud.

[Michael Cantor]

I vote for The Great Abstainer, nyctom.

[ChristyElizabeth]

Well, as an ekphrasis, I am going to vote for Evy, Ivy, Over; the sensitivity thread helped me see that it's ok to like my own work. And, of course, I had fun reading all the entries. Janet's poem about waiting on a dame to dress is wonderfully funny. Nyctom's poem has his usual light words with a heavy touchingness, and I love Teresa's succinctness with "his problem was the universe". I think it would be fun to have a blind contest, though. It may draw more entries.

Christy

[Sharon Passmore]

We have a private vote for Terese.

[Renate]

It's very hard to choose, they're all delightful
however, Tom gets my vote.

[Sharon Passmore]

Yes, it's very hard to choose. Tom's, Terese's and Florence's are a few of my favorites but my vote is for Evy, Ivy, Over. The deciding factor was how well it goes with the image.

[Jerry Glenn Hartwig]

Tom.

[Kate Benedict]

Michael's Alien Abduction (the first one) tells a funny/bizarre story and seems delightfully self-deprecatory too.

But I'll vote for tom, who let the image launch him on a worthy reverie.