Poetry contest and donnybrook

[Audrey Coward]

It is a good thing you your message decause I did not receive your poetry.
could you resend your poem as soon as possible.
Audrey Coward

From: "daniel" <lebelland at paradise.net.nz>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Poetry contest and donnybrook


> I for one would love the opportunity to review all the poems and share in
a
> sense of a common-unity that is thinking/working together on something.
> Some excitement comes up with this, like the On-line thing we did earlier
in
> the year.  So worth the effort.
> As a 'poet who sent stuff in' I just love the developments/buzz around
this
> topic.
> You have my attention!
>
> Daniel LeBel
> Westport.  New Zealand.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Smith" <jsmith at MOSQUITONET.COM>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 4:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Poetry contest and donnybrook
>
>
> > Greetings ~
> >
> > I find this conversation about voting interesting.  For me, voting in
> > this context is counter-intuitive.  My inclination is to want to
> > celebrate all the poems and all the people who were willing to share
> > themselves with the group.  I also wonder whether some people don't
> > participate BECAUSE the event has been set up as a contest.
> >
> > So, a suggestion.  This time, let's vote on content AND process.  We
> > could keep the content piece stays the same:  everyone gets 5 sticky
> > dots to vote for the poem(s) they prefer.  The result stays the same:
> > new OSLIST Poet Laureate.
> >
> > AND, we could hand out an additional sticky dot (perhaps in a different
> > color) for process.  We could then cast a vote for Voting or for
> > Non-Voting.  We would simply be communicating our desire to vote or not
> > vote in future poetry events.  The new poet laureate can decide what to
> > do or not-do with what we learn from the process vote.  Hmmmmmm......
> > that's interesting, isn't it?  The poet laureate already provides
> > parameters around content (like theme and deadlines and non-deadlines),
> > so why not also invite the poet laureate to define process (like do we
> > vote or not vote, and how to choose a new poet laureate if we don't).
> >
> > These are not matters of grave importance, but we ARE a community, after
> > all, and a bit of reflection on these things might come to something in
> > the end.  Didn't Thomas Jefferson say something about the importance of
> > revolution every 35 years?  And if we've been at this since 1947, well,
> > it seems we might be due......
> >
> > Onward into the day ~
> >
> > Julie
> >
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