How about some goat pie? 
Seriously, congrats!
Care to explain?
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
December, 2009
January, 2010
February, 2010
March, 2010
April, 2010
- 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
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…
I tend to peg yours, for sure. There’s a certain thematic consistency.