This Poem was Submitted By: Duane J Jackson On Date: 2008-11-08 00:33:40 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!To Listen to Music While Reading this Poem, just Click Here!
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My October Votes 1. Points: 8.6747 The Navajos of William Randolph Hearst submitted by James C. Horak on 2008-10-01 12:44:36
2. Points: 7.80723 On the Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon submitted by Mark Steven Scheffer on 2008-10-31
3. Points: 6.93976 Lost Among the Branches submitted by Kenneth R. Patton on 2008-10-22 10:23:23
4. Points: 6.07229 He Loved the Hunt submitted by marilyn terwilleger on 2008-10-11 16:31:16
5. Points: 5.20482 Prism submitted by DeniMari Z. on 2008-10-05 10:58:51
6. Points: 4.33735 Yesterday’s Flower submitted by Lora Silvey on 2008-10-09 20:24:38
7. Points: 3.46988 Yesterday's Tomorrow submitted by marilyn terwilleger on 2008-10-
8. Points: 2.60241 Days of Winter submitted by Dellena Rovito on 2008-10-
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Copyright © November 2008 Duane J Jackson
Additional Notes:
These are my votes for october. Am making them public in support of the initiative undertaken by jch and mark. Looking forward to the offerings in november.
This Poem was Critiqued By: Claire H. Currier On Date: 2008-11-08 19:40:46
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
I must say your choices for the contest this month reflect my own thoughts.....I am rather pleased that jch and mark began posting for public view their thoughs on the presentations. Looking forward to what November has in store as well. Thanks for being a part of the link, God Bless, Claire
This Poem was Critiqued By: James C. Horak On Date: 2008-11-08 10:34:20
Critiquer Rating During Critique: Unknown
Duane, thank you for your kindness and generosity shown my poem. I'm deeply gratified you, as well, took
a close look at Mark's exceptional, On the Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, and came to the same regard
for it as have I. It is through such openness we grow, as we learn to discuss and debate our choices and
tastes, refining them as we work through our interactions instead of the empty approbations people throw
out for whatever reasons. We will see different things in poems and accord them differing values, that's
taste. But glaring flaws are not, neither are uninspired attempts to meet meter count and ryhme patterns.
Poetry today should be about discovery, astute news ways of saying things that spark more clarity to the
otherwise poorly understood, imagery that comes of originality and extends like a portal to something more
vast than the words themselves. This is what strikes upon the reader's mind and soul something to be carried
over from the reading to apply elsewhere. Frost did that superbly. And when it's done by you and others,
it can sparkle just as well. These are the things for which to strive, not meaningless slaps on the back.
JCH
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