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This Poem was Submitted By: James C. Horak On Date: 2008-11-06 10:49:01 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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My October Vote

Points:
.2432 On the Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon submitted by Mark Steven Scheffer on 2008-10-31 01:10:14 Points: 11.91888 Caves Of Separation submitted by Duane J Jackson on 2008-10-18 22:49:37 Points: 10.59456 Days of Winter submitted by Dellena Rovito on 2008-10-
21:54:09 Points: 9.27024 The Wrong Key submitted by Mark Steven Scheffer on 2008-10-10 12:36:08 Points: 7.94592 Colored Sand submitted by Lora Silvey on 2008-10-20 23:30:57 Points: 6.6216 He Loved the Hunt submitted by marilyn terwilleger on 2008-10-11 16:31:16 Points: 5.29728 Yesterdayâ€™s Flower submitted by Lora Silvey on 2008-10-09 20:24:38 Points: 3.97296 Football submitted by Duane J Jackson on 2008-10-21 22:47:06

Additional Notes:
Poets, not hacks, have the facility to examine each poem for its own worth and to vote accordingly... regardless of the popularity of its poet. Why those of you have chosen to ignore the one poem submitted here with not only the most meat on its bones, but the timeliness and universal value exceeding the others, is beyond me. That poem, of course, is Mark's, On the Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon.

This Poem was Critiqued By: Claire H. Currier On Date: 2008-12-05 16:46:34
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Must agree with your choices my friend.......actually it is nice to see how one votes at the end of the month and perhaps see how close our own choices are with theirs. I do have my favorite poets to read and I always try to read some of everyone's submitted. Indeed the poem should always stand on its own merit..... God Bless, Claire

This Poem was Critiqued By: Mark Steven Scheffer On Date: 2008-11-24 11:09:55
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
JCH, I think I've grown to the point where I will not tolerate clearly inferior work when I've written it, and Lord knows I have and do. But that self development is only the first line of defense and safeguard, and is of course fallible, coming from a fallible source. The second line of defense, the astute critique and reader, is necessary to our development. Those are hard to find, and you are the prominent example here of a solid second line of defense. The second line of defense is only as good as its erudition and honesty, with the emphasis on honesty, which is never wasted, while erudition too sadly is, often placed at the service of some agenda or personal motive involving self-aggrandizement or deflation of others, either personally (because they are a challenge in various ways) or because they harbor a different agenda or creed. May you always have that uncompromising honesty to go with your vast erudition, which I and we all may benefit from. I hope i have come far enough along in my self-development that I will not offer for your perusal an unworthy poem. Though that day may well come, and i expect you to be there to tell me that. In the meantime, of course your approval keeps me on course, and hopeful as to tomorrow. Thank you. And replying to this gives me an easy 4 critiquer points so that I can gain some weight to award the best this month. :) MSS

This Poem was Critiqued By: Duane J Jackson On Date: 2008-11-06 20:13:16
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Hello JCH, Wanted to reiterate again that I wholly support the endeavour of making our votes public and will also fall in line in the interest of this site's betterment. In my response, to mark's voting list, i informed him that i'm not aware of how to place poems which i have not critiqued on my voting list..I asked him for guidance on how to go about it...would u know how to? ....thank you for your acknowledgment of caves of separation.... Duane.

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