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!

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[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!