# SDMB Poetry Sweatshop - Feb. 2010 edition, logistics thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674 "2010-02-19T20:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/21 "2010-02-26T16:09:36Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > you now have one hour to write a poem that incorporates the following three words - > > words will appear in the e-mail only Hey, that’s \*seven \*words! 😃 I’ve got a reminder on my calendar, so hopefully I’ll be able to participate this time. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/22 "2010-02-26T16:57:52Z")
Mine’s done - off to the gym! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/23 "2010-02-26T17:00:41Z")
Oh, a minor point, but if you could please include your SDMB username in the e-mail, it would be extremely helpful. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/24 "2010-02-26T18:33:42Z")
Mine too! Kind of worked out well, based on recent activities. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/25 "2010-02-26T19:32:56Z")
Mine’s done and submitted. I slaved over it. Couldn’t quite figure out how to come at it… but it was fun! Thanks again. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/26 "2010-02-26T20:01:49Z")
melodyharmonius, Elendil’s Heir: I’ve got both of those - well done! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/27 "2010-02-27T09:26:13Z")
Bump to encourage people to participate. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/28 "2010-02-27T16:01:01Z")
There, done. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/29 "2010-02-27T16:07:12Z")
> [@In\_Winnipeg](#): > > There, done. I awoke to find your poem in my Inbox - great work! ---
**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:** [February 28, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/30 "2010-02-28T05:37:36Z")
Pandoranoid - got your poem this afternoon. First class! With twenty hours to go, I have five poems so far. I’m hoping some more Doper Poets feel up to a challenge this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/31 "2010-02-28T05:53:13Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Pandoranoid - got your poem this afternoon. First class! > > With twenty hours to go, I have five poems so far. I’m hoping some more Doper Poets feel up to a challenge this weekend. I’ll be doing one tonight or first thing tomorrow. My in-laws are in town and my whole family took part in our temple Purimspiel, so I’ve been sort of busy. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/32 "2010-02-28T05:59:44Z")
By all means, the more the merrier! ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/33 "2010-02-28T08:40:57Z")
Submitted mine. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/34 "2010-02-28T08:44:12Z")
**Crowbar of Irony +3, AppallingGael** - got yours. Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/35 "2010-02-28T15:47:28Z")
I’m hoping mine arrived on time and well, for some reason, the logic of timezones sometimes eludes me… But anyway, a thought I had, probably too late for this month’s edition, but maybe as an incentive for further ones – since we have a custom title option now, how about offering, as a first prize, the title of ‘poet laureate’ to the winner of each contest? I’m sure we’d find someone to sponsor this, heck, I’d pitch in myself towards the $2 for a month-long custom title… It’s perhaps a bit corny at first sight, but, if done with the right rogueish wink, it could be a bit of fun – plus, there’s an off-chance that it might persuade one or two poetic holdouts to join in! ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/36 "2010-02-28T16:32:55Z")
Done! That was fun! And if I win, I’m totally changing my custom title to say SDMB POET LAUREATE! 😃 ---
**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:** [February 28, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/37 "2010-02-28T16:46:18Z")
I’ve said this before, but there is something remarkable about waking up to find three poems in your Inbox that no one else has yet read. **Half Man Half Wit** , **Maserschmidt** and **Serenata67** , thank you for making my day. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/38 "2010-02-28T16:50:15Z")
You’re welcome! I’m glad I could brighten someone’s day! ---
**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:** [February 28, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/39 "2010-02-28T17:09:03Z")
**The Hamster King** - got that! Lovely job! Hope the purimspiel went well! ---
**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:** [February 28, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674/40 "2010-02-28T17:23:36Z")
Would it be worthwhile to extend the deadline to Tuesday or so? Not that I’m looking for more competition, mind you… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-feb-2010-edition-logistics-thread/529674.md?page=3)