You live in all the constellations

[sovay]

My poem "Muse" has won second place in the 2008 Dwarf Stars Award.

First place, Greg Beatty's "Place Mat by Moebius." It is a haiku and terrific.

Third place, Ann K. Schwader's "Dancing to Van Gogh."

Go and congratulate them! My year sucks a little less!

Comments

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! And hurrah for the year sucking a bit less.

[sovay]

Congratulations!

Thank you!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Most welcome!

And, if I might ask, do you have plans in case of LJ's going out of business? I can be reached as ap_aelfwine@yahoo.com or at http://www.journalfen.net/users/ap_aelfwine/

I'm looking at LJ Archive, but it makes me nervous on account of this thing called the .net framework that it needs installed in order to run.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the year is getting a little better. Congratulations on the honor!

[sovay]

Congratulations on the honor!

Thank you! The poem was written for someone in 2005, so it is especially nice to see it noticed.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I still have hopes for 2009.

[sovay]

I still have hopes for 2009.

I have faith in your hopes.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

This calls for chocolate.

Nine

[sovay]

This calls for chocolate.

Works for me!

[dkolodji.livejournal.com]

What a great excuse for chocolate (it doesn't take much...)!

Congrats!

[sovay]

Congrats!

Thank you!

Chocolate always tastes better with poetry.

[gwynnega]

Yay! Congratulations!!

[sovay]

Yay! Congratulations!!

Thank you!

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Phew. On reading "Muse," once again I've fallen in love.

This is what I meant when I said I needed you to write my boy muse. Don't worry, I know what you answered was true, that I need to do it myself. But first, first, I need to collect your poems and read them. Sonya, it's that you think of things like "storm-static" and the "dust of masks," and "slant" things as you do.

Sighs from a fan.

And smiling congratulations to you.

Edit: And the crooked halo, and oh my god how that last line is true, "marked all with your name." Okay, I've gone back and read it three more times. I admit. I'm addicted.

[sovay]

Sonya, it's that you think of things like "storm-static" and the "dust of masks," and "slant" things as you do.

And you think of onyx, unbanded and the constancy of water and the browns of the earth sealed in translucent skin. That is beautiful.

And smiling congratulations to you.

Thank you!

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Oh, well done! And please congratulate your muse for me.

[sovay]

Oh, well done! And please congratulate your muse for me.

Thank you! I will.

Off subject

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Sonya, if LJ does go under, how will I know what you're doing?

Could you take my e-mail just in case? Will you come up with a web site where we can find your writings and know you're life is going on and you are well?

I'm getting worried with all this talk.

(Espoedit1@sbcglobal.net)

[seajules]

Congratulations! That poem sets my mind afire in good ways.

[sovay]

Congratulations! That poem sets my mind afire in good ways.

Thank you! Your poems do things to the inside of my head, so I'm very glad.

[seajules]

Modern mental illumination. Ah, those clerks had no idea. *G*

[thomasfreund.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!!! And yes, chocolate would be good right now.

[sovay]

And yes, chocolate would be good right now.

All right; how do you feel about chocolate this weekend or next week?

Thank you!

[xterminal.livejournal.com]

congratulations
are forthcoming. beat by hai-
ku? No shame in that.

[sovay]

congratulations
are forthcoming. beat by hai-
ku? No shame in that.

Go on, show off. See if I care.

(You have sent in the songs for Lilitu, right?)

Thanks!

[xterminal.livejournal.com]

Actually, I almost never hold to 5-7-5 haiku, as it tends to produce bloated crap (like, well, that one). I hold to the Henderson "spirit of the law" idea that 5-7-5 is a maximum in English haiku, and the shorter the better (I still think the best haiku I ever wrote is

salt
trickles
down)

(You have sent in the songs for Lilitu, right?)

I haz! Eagerly awaits reply!

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[clarionj.livejournal.com]

I just read "The Gambler" and "Muse" to my sister. She said she could only sit open-mouthed. That you are brilliant. That if she met you or heard you, she wouldn't be able to say a word, but just sit in awe.

I always feel the same, but I assured her that you are open and friendly and generous as can be. Thank you for that.