[Janice D. Soderling]

Don't worry, lads, there will come a day when you won't want to let on about your age because editors will think you are over the hill.

Maybe it is best to be dead. No, I take that back.

Anyhoo Quincy and Jehanne, it has been a lovely party--every day of it. You and the rest of the crew done yourselves proud. Thanks a bushel for wonderful discussions.

[Rose Kelleher]

The grass is always greener. I have trouble seeing youth as anything but an asset - but then one's line of work may have something to do with it. Programmers are used to being outdone by youngsters who are naturally quicker to adapt. In academia you have tenure; when you're a contractor, you're only as good as your last project.

(deleted some long-winded boring stuff)

Anyway. What Janice said about you all having done a great job. Thank you.

[Terese Coe]

Quincy and Jehanne,

"But what does it all mean?" seems an ironic way of putting a question, and it's only fitting that the question of groupings by age should have come up. But hey, you two have surpassed even the high expectations many of us had, and I for one am grateful for your choices of poems presented, your interviewing, and the discussions. Thank you!

[Janet Kenny]

This has been an exceptionally interesting and rewarding session. My thanks to all the participants.

My boring comment about youth? Well you never stop feeling young but the others stop thinking you are young. How does that affect your poetry?
Not much.

[Susan McLean]

I don't see any unifying style or content among the featured young writers, but then I don't see any unifying style or content among formalists my own age, either. It is very encouraging to see a younger group of writers who are energized by the challenges and possibilities of form. If they are all going in their own individual directions, that is a good thing. No branch of writing needs to get any narrower.

Susan