# The SDMB Poetry Sweatshop, Jan. 2011 edition - Logistics Thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054 "2011-01-26T15:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/1 "2011-01-26T15:32:25Z")
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the logistics thread for the January 2011 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 Friday, January 28th at 7:00 AM PST, and close on Monday, January 31st at 9:00 AM PST. 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 in an auto-reply message that can be received by writing to sdmbpoetrysweatshop at gmail dot com after 7 AM PST on Friday, January 28th. (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 9 AM PST on Monday, January 31st) 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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536393) **Maserschmidt** - [December, 2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542674) **The Hamster King** - [January, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548249) **Pandoranoid** - [February, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554076) **Maserschmidt** - [March, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557617) **Elendil’s Heir** - [April, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561112) **mauxlicious** - [May, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565285) **Elendil’s Heir** - [June 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568755) **Serenata67** - [July 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573211) **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** - [August, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576336) **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** - [September, 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580625) **Maserschmidt** and **Elendil’s Heir** - Joint winners, [November 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587765). 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 this weekend. Best wishes, Le Ministre de l’au-delà ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/2 "2011-01-26T17:08:55Z")
Aaaaaack, that’s [B-Fest](http://www.b-fest.com/) weekend. If I don’t manage to get myself coherent enough for an hour on Sunday, I’ll just look forward to reading all the submissions as usual. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/3 "2011-01-26T17:33:05Z")
I’ll be in for this month ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/4 "2011-01-26T17:52:01Z")
Count me in. But you refer to the “September 2010 Poetry Sweatshop” in your first paragraph. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/5 "2011-01-26T18:22:39Z")
GAH!! I also posted this in the wrong forum. I am not having what you’d call a ‘precise’ sort of day here in the Ministry. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/6 "2011-01-26T21:27:11Z")
A kindly Mod has fixed the problem for me. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/7 "2011-01-28T02:21:30Z")
Just over twelve hours until we start - hoping lots of people can 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:** [January 28, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/8 "2011-01-28T15:14:06Z")
My apologies for being late - the words have been chosen, the auto-reply is now set up, and I must go off and write. Wishing great inspiration to all of you, Le Ministre de l’au-delà ---
**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:** [January 28, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/9 "2011-01-28T16:16:19Z")
Right - there’s mine done, with about 30 seconds to spare! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/10 "2011-01-28T18:56:05Z")
Woeg - received your poem a few minutes ago. Beautiful, and aptly drawn from the words. I’m very much looking forward to seeing what our poets come up with this time around. ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/11 "2011-01-28T19:16:17Z")
Thanks Le Min! I can’t wait to read the anthology! ---
**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:** [January 30, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/12 "2011-01-30T06:02:19Z")
Just popped in to give the ‘bump of encouragement’! Only two poems so far - I’m sure there are more poets who can find an hour out of the next 33. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/13 "2011-01-30T21:56:41Z")
**Savannah** - I just got back from the grocery store to discover your poem waiting for me. Excellent! And for anyone else interested, there are still 19 hours left for you to write something. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/14 "2011-01-31T06:51:40Z")
And a new poem from Elendil’s Heir, making four. Well done! I’ll start the Anthology Thread at 8 AM PST tomorrow - there’s still time! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/15 "2011-01-31T15:23:03Z")
Those were a tough three words, but I did my best. Thanks again, **Ministre**. ---
**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 1, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-jan-2011-edition-logistics-thread/569054/16 "2011-02-01T15:47:17Z")
The voting thread: [Please VOTE! for your favourite poem in the Jan. 2011 SDMB Poetry Sweatshop's Anthology Thread!!! - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=595295)