Hello, everyone, and welcome to the logistics thread for the February 2012 SDMB Poetry Sweatshop. These have been tremendous fun in the past, and have produced some top notch work from the participants.
I would like to begin this month’s Poetry Sweatshop on Wednesday, February 29th at 9:00 AM EST, and close it on Monday, March 12th at 10:00 PM EST. This is an extra long period of time in which, I hope, many Doper poets can find a one hour window in which to write. It has, through one thing and another in my in-tray, been far too long since we’ve had a Poetry Sweatshop.
As with the past Sweatshops, any interested poets will have one hour to write a poem - any style, form, length, rhyme scheme (or no rhyme.) - but the poem must incorporate three words chosen at random. The words will be found in an auto-reply message that can be received by writing to sdmbpoetrysweatshop at gmail dot com after 9 AM EST on Wednesday, March 29th. (Please remember to mention your SDMB username…) Send the poem in a reply to the auto-reply, and the time stamps will show whether the poem was completed within the hour or not. Sorry, lurkers - entry is restricted to those who are permitted to post on the SDMB, be they Guests, Members, Charter Members, Mods, Admins or other interesting titles. (Though if you have been reading here for a while and have always wanted to join, this would be an ideal opportunity.)
In the last hour of the Sweatshop, an Anthology Thread is started and the words are announced in its Original Post; at the end of the Sweatshop (i.e. at 10 PM EST on Monday, March 12th) a poll is established, in which readers are encouraged to vote for their favourite poem. At the close of the poll, the poet with the most votes is acclaimed Poet Laureate of the SDMB.
The Roll of Honour of Past Poets Laureate reads -
tracy jo - October, 2009
Maserschmidt - December, 2009
The Hamster King - January, 2010Pandoranoid - February, 2010
Maserschmidt - March, 2010
Elendil’s Heir - April, 2010
mauxlicious - May, 2010
Elendil’s Heir - June 2010
Serenata67 - July 2010
Le Ministre de l’au-delà - August, 2010
Le Ministre de l’au-delà - September, 2010
Maserschmidt and Elendil’s Heir - Joint winners, November 2010.
Woeg - January, 2011
Angel of the Lord - March, 2011
vdgg81 - August, 2011
Since the April 2010 Sweatshop, we have used a multiple choice poll, and I’ve been very pleased with the results. Unless there are any strenuous objections, I’d like to keep the poll multiple choice.
And, of course, if there are any logistical considerations, this is the place to bring them up. I’m hoping lots of you can find a spare hour sometime in the next 15 days.
Best wishes,
Le Ministre de l’au-delà
