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02-03-2009, 01:56 AM
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Welcome to your new Moderator!
... announcement here.
...Alex
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02-03-2009, 03:01 AM
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Congrats John
Had to happen!
Quoted from announcement thread:
"John Whitworth is one of those fattish, baldish, backward-looking, provincial poets in which England is so rich (perhaps too rich). "
You say "fattish, baldish, backward-looking, provincial" like they're bad things!
Philip
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02-03-2009, 05:03 AM
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Many congratulations, John - a real class act!
Best,
Holly
Last edited by Holly Martins; 02-03-2009 at 01:06 PM.
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02-03-2009, 08:34 AM
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Whitworth rules!
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02-03-2009, 04:21 PM
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Welcome, John. This is very good news.
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02-03-2009, 05:10 PM
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Many thanks to you all. Now I have surged to power I shall have to think of something to do. Meanwhile I will keep you up to speed with all those competitions in The Spectator and The Oldie and also any Poetry Competitions here that offer prizes for formal verse. I might mention the Ver Open Poets Competition ( www.verpoets.org.uk) which offers prizes of £500, £300 and £100.Full details ought to be available from the website. If you can't get them I will tell you. The competition isn't SPECIFICALLY for formal verse but the judge does like that sort of thing. How do I know? Because he's me.
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02-03-2009, 05:27 PM
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POSTAL feedback?;-)
Haven't they heard about pigeons?
I feel so out of the loop.
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02-03-2009, 11:12 PM
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Welcome, John. I don't post here hardly at all but I often check in to get a good laugh. This is going to be fun.
Andrew
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02-04-2009, 03:25 AM
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A significant and worthy appointment, Drills and Amusements has benefited greatly since your arrival John.
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02-04-2009, 10:13 PM
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D&A should be the place to post various kinds of light verse, even if these efforts have no prompts from The Spectator of The Oldie. I hope John agrees. One good lv post invariably sparks a few others.
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