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

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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!

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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!