Sunday Picnic With Homemade Cookies
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Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.
Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.
weekly roundup thread - member associated posts
Date: 2012-10-07 11:36 am (UTC)Re: weekly roundup thread - member associated posts
Date: 2012-10-07 02:02 pm (UTC)If you want to read the context, these are what they're based on...
"Day 162:" The Baltimore Orioles fail to win their division, meaning that they would have to win a one-game playoff in order to reach the main playoffs. This is the first year that one-game playoffs have been built into the schedule. Also, the night of the presidential debates.
"Ronnie:" About the Chicago Cubs' announcer, Ron Santo, who died two years ago.
"Wild Birds:" The Orioles win their playoff, and so do the St. Louis Cardinals. The latter team benefit from a controversial call of the "infield fly rule," prompting the other team to play the game under protest and the fans to throw their garbage onto the field.
"Division Series, Day 1:" The main series get underway. Pat Neshek pitches for the Oakland Athletics, despite his son dying 23 hours after he was born two days prior.
Re: weekly roundup thread - member associated posts
Date: 2012-10-07 11:05 pm (UTC)Re: weekly roundup thread - member associated posts
Date: 2012-10-07 05:30 pm (UTC)weekly roundup thread - general poetry news
Date: 2012-10-07 11:36 am (UTC)Re: weekly roundup thread - general poetry news
Date: 2012-10-07 04:51 pm (UTC)Re: weekly roundup thread - general poetry news
Date: 2012-10-07 05:34 pm (UTC)Thank you for the link. :-)
Feedback For This Week's Poetry Host
Date: 2012-10-07 11:38 am (UTC)Re: Feedback For This Week's Poetry Host
Date: 2012-10-07 03:22 pm (UTC)Comm Announcements
Date: 2012-10-07 11:47 am (UTC)This week's brief spam attack has been decisively resolved, and we are back to allowing unscreened anonymous comments without CAPTCHA.
Our next 'Open Slot' on the Community Calendar is Mon., Oct. 15th - Sat., Oct. 20th. Do you know someone who might enjoying Hosting that or another week here at
You may or may not have observed that this upcoming week has been marked 'Reserved for comm anniversary week' on the Community Calendar for some time. Comm admins
Re: Comm Announcements
Date: 2012-10-07 01:05 pm (UTC)Re: Comm Announcements
Date: 2012-10-07 03:19 pm (UTC)The new challenge is now live.
This challenge will focus on anniversaries, since
passes around tea, coffee and hot chocolate to go with the cookies
Date: 2012-10-07 03:11 pm (UTC)Poetry Fishbowl
Date: 2012-10-08 07:45 am (UTC)The October Poetry Fishbowl ran this past week, and spilled over from Tuesday to Wednesday. I haven't got the followup report done yet because the net was down. But you can use the "poem" tag to see newly posted poems. Unsold poetry is listed, in case you'd like to buy some.
You can vote on which series should get the free epic. I'll be posting a generally sponsored poetry poll and a half-price poetry sale poll, probably Monday.
Read the 2011 Dwarf Stars Award finalists list. This is for short-short speculative poetry. One of them is mine. These go in the voting anthology which will be mailed to Science Fiction Poetry Association members for voting.