[Tim Murphy]

Only one FV poem was submitted, despite the call for poems appearing at FV. It was not selected. I only personally invited one poet, Hayes, because his latest little Albert so cracked me up I thought "We haven't anything funny in this year's crop." Williamb's Little Bighorn was discussed here last year. I was disappointed to receive nothing from Scaer, Quince, Ayar, Moran, etc. MANY of our best writers declined to participate. But I was elated by the caliber of the eighteen offerings Rhina chose to comment on. And may I suggest we change our focus to the fine poems and lucid commentary on the adjacent threads.

[nyctom]

Only one out of hundreds and hundreds of posted poems. Yes, I would be very curious indeed to understand why. What a missed opportunity. What a real shame.

[Margaret Moore]

Tim,

I too was disappointed about the absence of Non-Met contributions, as I recall several excellent poems on this board in 2004. Didn't post anything of substance myself - hence no submission. However, not all the most talented FV contributors post daily or even weekly, so perhaps several missed the call for submissions? Possibly we could have longer notice of next year's event? It may also be that some strong 'free' and 'formal' pieces were withheld because they have now been published or have been accepted for publication.

Jim indicates that the volunteered list was supplemented by a special invitation to him. I do feel that if such an invitation was felt appropriate this should have been balanced by an approach to one of our talented Non-Met poets. Another lesson for next year, perhaps??

Meantime, I don't think we should spoil the party by accentuating the negative at this festive season. There's much to enjoy in the poems posted on this board and in Rhina's perceptive critiques! It seems truly weird to find 30 plus comments on this thread while the poem threads on the board have so far attracted minimal attention.

Best wishes to all,

Margaret.



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[Donna English]

I actually submitted 2 free verse poems. I couldn't decide between them, so I sent both. Maybe that disqualified my work, "Born Again" and "The Price of Beef" which were workshopped here several months ago. I haven't been around to comment or write much lately, but I drop by to read. I have to say I'm really suprised if only 3 FV poems were submitted. But there are some really wonderful metrical pieces that have been chosen. Congrats to their authors!

Donna

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[grasshopper]

I'd just like to thank Rhina, Tim, Carol and Sharon and everyone else involved, as the Lariat thread has been a treat.
While it would have been nice to see some free verse represented, I am aware that if this sort of event happened on another poetry board, I doubt formal/metrical poems would have got much of a look-in. There aren't many (if any) other boards who value metrical poetry as Eratosphere does.
So please, let's all get gruntled again.

Just a suggestion: perhaps next time there could be 2 separate categories for metrical and non-met, to encourage more fv entries?

Regards, Maz

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[Tim Murphy]

We did a best of FV affair with Clive Watkins presiding this summer, and the plaintiff on this thread declined to have his poem included. Enough of this bullshit. I'm locking the thread and moving it to general talk.