# Your Vote Needed!  for your favourite poems in the SDMB Poetry Sweatshop Anthology of April 2010

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**Created:** [April 27, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-vote-needed-for-your-favourite-poems-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-anthology-of-april-2010/537476 "2010-04-27T01:00:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-vote-needed-for-your-favourite-poems-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-anthology-of-april-2010/537476/41 "2010-05-06T23:29:20Z")

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> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> Unless there are any strong objections, I’d like to keep the voting as it was this last time.

I believe we have reached a happy and stable place.

And thanks again **Ministre**!

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**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:** [May 8, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-vote-needed-for-your-favourite-poems-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-anthology-of-april-2010/537476/42 "2010-05-08T00:03:49Z")

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I know a few of the poets have already noticed, but I wanted to add a link here in case any more poets write short fiction as well. Next weekend (May 14 - 16 of 2010), we will be trying the Straight Dope Message Board Flash Fiction Contest. Details and ongoing discussion to be found in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561981). I hope some (or indeed, all of you) will be interested in participating.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-vote-needed-for-your-favourite-poems-in-the-sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-anthology-of-april-2010/537476/43 "2010-05-08T03:29:04Z")

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I seemed to like the same ones that most others did and all of them are worthwhile.

“Sunset at Sea” is the one that has the most personal meaning for me. I love the sea and I think in another life I was an old salt. At my age, it’s getting a little late in the day and I’ve been thinking about sunset lately. And the imagery of the scarlet sea and the darkness followed by the light is a lot in a few words. Thank you for writing this poem.

AppallingGael, you are hilarious! I wish I were teaching again just so that I could share your outrageous rhyming with my students!

“Among Winter Trees” I keep thinking of Garrison Keillor reading this aloud on his spot on NPR and at the end saying, “That was from a book of poems by The Hamster King…”

This one appeals to that part of me which loves some things left unanswered. Your images are oh so cold.

And I haven’t scratched the surface of all the poems that I like!! Hurray for all of you!!

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