The SDMB Poetry Sweatshop, Sept. 2010 edition - Logistics Thread.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the logistics thread for the September 2010 Poetry Sweatshop. These have been tremendous fun in the past, and have produced some top notch work from the participants. (This one is later than I meant it to be and in fact, will run in October. Sorry; last weekend was NUTS! Try to think of it as poetic license.)

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 9 AM MDT on Friday, October 1st. (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.

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 MDT on Monday, October 4th) 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. Past Poets Laureate are tracy jo, Maserschmidt, The Hamster King, Pandoranoid, Maserschmidt, Elendil’s Heir, mauxlicious, Elendil’s Heir, Serenata67 and Le Ministre de l’au-delà. No, those aren’t misprints - Maserschmidt and Elendil’s Heir are both two time winners.

I would like to begin this month’s Poetry Sweatshop on Friday, October 1st at 9:00 AM MDT, and close on Monday, October 4th at 9:00 AM MDT.

Since the April 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

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I’m in, and looking forward to it. Thanks!

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Just a friendly bump to remind everyone about this weekend’s Poetry Sweatshop. I’m hoping many of you can find the time to give it a try this month.

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Thanks for the bump, Le Ministre. I’ll be participating again, and I hope the usual suspects and a bunch of others join us.

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I hope no one objects to a slight change - I have a 10 AM rehearsal which is about an hour away from where I’m staying. I would therefore like to start this month’s Sweatshop at 8 AM MDT tomorrow, which will give me an hour to write my poem before I have to take off. Just for a little added pressure…

Until tomorrow, everyone,

Le Ministre de l’au-delà

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We’ve been up and running for 45 minutes. I just finished my poem and now, I have to get going for the rest of the day.

Hoping many of you can find the time to participate this month,

Le Ministre de l’au-delà

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Just bumping, to keep 'Dope poets aware that the September sweatshop is running…

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I’ll take a look. Thanks!

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And a quick Saturday bump - so far, I have three poems in. Anyone up for an interesting challenge this weekend? I love getting to read new poetry.

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We close in twelve hours - if you’re interested in writing a poem, now’s your chance!

I have received four poems thus far…

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One hour left to go, if anyone has the inclination. The Anthology Thread can be found here.