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This Poem was Submitted By: James C. Horak On Date: 2009-06-06 21:38:17 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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My Votes for May

Points: 17.027 I Imagined A Kiss submitted by Duane J Jackson on 2009-05-16 23:29:35 ï¿¼Points: 15.3243 Masquerade submitted by Lora Silvey on 2009-05-17 10:16:50 ï¿¼Points:
.6216 In the Cell Next to Bishop Williamson submitted by Mark Steven Scheffer on 2009-05-21 10:00:57 ï¿¼Points: 11.9189 Body Count submitted by Dellena Rovito on 2009-05-26 18:58:58 ï¿¼Points: 10.2162 Conversations in the Dark submitted by Lora Silvey on 2009-05-21 20:36:09 ï¿¼Points: 8.5
5 Weakening World submitted by DeniMari Z. on 2009-05-05 02:35:06 ï¿¼Points: 6.8108 Made of Ink submitted by Kenneth R. Patton on 2009-05-18 12:17:49 ï¿¼Points: 5.1081 Heal - To Trust Is Bliss submitted by DeniMari Z. on 2009-05-16 14:42:46 ï¿¼Points: 3.4054 Ne'er Paragon _/Revision W/Spelling Corrections submitted by DeniMari Z. on 2009-05-17 17:54:
ï¿¼Points: 1.7027 Heartbeats submitted by Duane J Jackson on 2009-05-17 00:08:23

Additional Notes:
Evidently our esteemed MSS is experimenting and that is delightful. His poem submission for this next month is quite interesting and deserves close reading. I would have given Mr. Patton higher scores on his one submission but he still won't extract the first person so his poem can have something more than a folksy rustic twang. Let its drift apply more broadly and you'll succeed more. Dellena wrote an excellent anti-war novel but this month the more novel won out with me. Lora is coming on strong and DeniMari has a captivating use of poetic language just waiting to fit in more tightly rendered verse. Now, to be explicit, why did I vote Duane's poem so high?...you might ask? Because its facets explode in your face. JCH

This Poem was Critiqued By: Lora Silvey On Date: 2009-06-19 08:49:44
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
James, I like your reasoning for your votes, very sound thinking and something worth emulating. Excellent choices while I was surprised that you rated mine as high as you did; thank you. L

This Poem was Critiqued By: Mark Steven Scheffer On Date: 2009-06-09 09:17:04
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
JCH, MSS shows the road wherever he happens to be on the itinerary. The road usually swerves suddenly and tends to go back upon itself. Only the Shadow knows. Had I voted, it'd have been yours and Duane's in the top two slots. No quibbles here. I thought "Ne'er Paragon" should be higher. I look more for voice, character - Deni's comes across. To me, that is more than "tightly rendered." MSS

This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2009-06-09 06:52:54
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
I agree that Duanes poem was great; and my submission Heal - To Trust Is Bliss was my least favorite of my posts. But it's what others enjoyed more; so I'm happy I was in to earn more credits. We have Mark back; and I'm hoping that June progresses - with some more good reads. blessings, Deni

This Poem was Critiqued By: Duane J Jackson On Date: 2009-06-07 22:37:50
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Hi James, Thank you so much for voting 'I Imagined A Kiss' number 1 for the month. I'm looking forward to June and am still wondering what it is I will come up with. Thanks again for your support. Its also good to have Mark S back. Duane.

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