# Express Your Opinion in the Anthology of the SDMB Poetry Sweatshop, May 2010 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-your-opinion-in-the-anthology-of-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-may-2010-edition/541443 "2010-06-01T00:31:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-your-opinion-in-the-anthology-of-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-may-2010-edition/541443/21 "2010-06-08T13:27:45Z")
> [@mauxlicious](#): > > Thank you, **Spoons**. > > Don’t I get a goat or some pie or something? How about some goat pie? 😃 Seriously, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-your-opinion-in-the-anthology-of-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-may-2010-edition/541443/22 "2010-06-08T13:28:48Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Even with names hidden, I’m starting to recognize certain authors. 😃 Care to explain? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-your-opinion-in-the-anthology-of-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-may-2010-edition/541443/23 "2010-06-08T14:20:30Z")
From my standpoint, I find it interesting that our poets have stylistic elements that are consistent. Here are the links to the other anthologies - [October, 2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536393) [December, 2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542674) [January, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548249) [February, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554076) [March, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557617) [April, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561112) - it is great fun to go through and re-read, comparing how different poets have responded to the same set of words, but also comparing how the same poet through 7 different poems has a consistent voice. Even though it was **Shot From Guns** that said > [@](#): > > Even with names hidden, I’m starting to recognize certain authors. 😃 I agree - I’m starting to notice a unity in the output of different poets. For me, the main benefit of these Poetry Sweatshops has been that I am producing a lot more writing. Having discovered that an hour can produce something that, despite its warts, gets some kind of response makes it easier for me to write spontaneously and edit later. There’s nothing I’ve written for these that I think is ‘finished’ or that wouldn’t benefit from a lot of editing after sitting in a drawer for a month, but with a couple of exceptions, they’ve all been something I’ve thought was worth polishing further. And on that note, I have to run and get a month’s work accomplished in the rest of the day… ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-your-opinion-in-the-anthology-of-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-may-2010-edition/541443/24 "2010-06-08T15:36:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Care to explain? I tend to peg yours, for sure. There’s a certain thematic consistency. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/express-your-opinion-in-the-anthology-of-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-may-2010-edition/541443.md?page=1)