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    Thanks for participating, YesNo and Danik – I'm glad I'm not the only one to consider this a worthy project!

    Bae, some things have perhaps not been explained clearly enough. Therefore I'd like to stress two important points for our fellow LitNetters:

    1. If your poems appear in this thread, that does not mean someone has single-handedly decided to include them in the book. It just means someone thinks those poems deserve to be in the book. If you don't want to participate in this project, either because you disapprove of it or because you have other plans with your poems or because you don't hold their copyrights any longer – whatever the reason, just let us know, and we will make sure the concerned poems don't appear in the book.
    2. If one or more of your poems appear in this thread, that does not mean we want to "grab it and run". We're still just gathering poems we like. No copyright issue is involved; not now, and it shall not be in the future. As far as I'm concerned, anyway, you'll only be asked at one moment to permit us to publish your poems in the book. But I don't think we're looking to deprive you of your rights or to sweet-talk you into handing them over to us. You shall remain the only copyright holder of your poems throughout the whole process.
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    Here are some nominations with more to follow in the days ahead.

    tailor_STATELY: "Risk" http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1317934

    Pendragon: "Drop Me a Feather": http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1314575

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    I add four of my own poems (text & links). I can' say whether they deserve to be part of the project or not, but I thought I should show some personal involvement :-)

    "Rooftop" by dieterm

    Zinc and slate against my thighs,
    a metal sky above me, low,
    forbidden, lurking,
    if I stretch my ungloved hands,
    I reckon I could harvest
    all the citrine gems, the golden beryls,
    fire opals, amber stones
    concealed behind these autumn clouds

    The red brick chimney in my back
    discharges central heating fumes,
    and it feels almost friendly,
    like a lukewarm handshake
    from a perfect stranger

    While I close my eyes, the world
    keeps spinning round and round,
    vague smells of car exhaust,
    domestic fuel, spicy dishes drift up
    from the busy avenue nearby
    where cars are honking, children lauging,
    stories lived

    The mizzle wafting in the air
    feels like so many tiny tears
    but it’s just water falling down

    Perhaps, when I get back to life,
    today, tomorrow, sometime soon,
    there will be snow, a blanket, white
    and spotless, cloaking all the dreary details
    of the city

    But right now, I do not move,
    a static gable rider high above
    the vales of Paris, quite content
    that all I have is bricks,
    and zinc, and slate, and murky skies…

    http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?83336-Rooftop


    ______________

    "Whistle" by dieterm

    jumping through the breezy spring day
    she was
    almost levitating
    lifting her ample amaranth dress
    high and higher
    white polka dots gleaming like aftersmiles
    shaking her auburn hair
    she was
    and whistling
    itsy bitsy spider

    http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?50408-Minimalist-Poetry-Contest&p=1288334&viewfull=1#post1288334


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    "The unbearable daftness of…" by dieterm

    feeling stupid with
    my hard-on I lean
    against the lemon
    chiffon tiles of a
    shabby neon-lit
    subway station corridor
    while around me balding
    Bostonians improvise
    a flash mob with their
    lawfully dreaded wives
    to the rancid sound
    of a crappy Britpop
    song then an old
    classmate I never
    really liked chats
    me up blabbering
    about Ingmar Bergman
    advanced theoretical
    physics Derrida’s
    iterability and my
    only hope is that
    my alarm-clock rings
    soon for even in my
    dreams I do not go
    for Britpop

    http://www.online-literature.com/for...daftness-of%85

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    "Matters" by dieterm

    doesn’t matter that
    our snobish suburb has become
    the loneliest, emptiest place
    while the big city still
    palpitates in the distance
    like a gushing fatal wound

    doesn’t matter that
    even the birds have
    deserted this forsaken spot
    and that the autumn wind,
    tousling the dark pines,
    blows harder in order to
    leave as fast as possible

    doesn’t matter that
    I feel hungover like
    on Sunday mornings back
    when I was twenty and
    had danced all night,
    only this time I haven't,
    and, sadly, I ain't

    doesn’t matter because
    when everything seems
    too heavy and hollow for
    my shoulders, suddenly
    a newborn morning
    lashes out and crowns
    you with melted gold

    http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1271326
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    Here is another one from myself. A little long at 100 lines but readable, I hope.



    You Kind Old Man
    by desiresjab



    He keeps that sparkle in his orbs;
    Only gives and never robs.
    When snow conceals the frozen clods
    And people sneeze from colds,

    He tackles up his best of teams
    In stamp and stable steam.
    'Round earth his windy route will wreathe—
    All extremes of weather—

    Crossing seas and starry deserts
    While children eat dessert.
    Elves are stuffing handmade presents—
    Tanks and dolls and serpents—

    Into Santa's sack without end,
    Carved in their workshop den;
    Reindeer, tinkle in the halter,
    Beasts that do not lather.

    “Now, don't worry, dear old Dasher,
    We'll get these presents shared.”
    Old St. Nick slows and pats
    The beast and slides on past.

    Mrs. Claus is in the stable
    With snacks from her tables
    For all. In that ultimate burg
    They never want for grub.

    She grooms at him and exchanges pecks,
    As she removes a speck.
    “Be careful in the war zones, dear.”

    “At me? They wouldn't dare,

    Mrs. Claus,” he chuckles and nods,
    As he climbs up and dons
    His cap, adjusting bulk and bulge.
    A heraldric bugle

    Blast sends them charging through barn doors
    Beneath the golden roods,
    As out upon the snow they speed
    And lift toward the deeps.

    The elves are joyous and smitten
    And waving their mittens,
    The missus throws kisses aloft;
    For elves the suds will float.

    * * * * *

    Now elves are former vampires—made
    Right by Claus's blood mead—
    Who tried to feed on Claus, but fade
    To elves once they bite, deaf

    To evil 'til the end of times;
    And not a one emits
    A hiss that longs for old diets,
    Cleaned by memory's tides,

    And none recalls his vulgar past
    Or canine fang that taps,
    But willingly through snow traipses
    For his grog and pastries.

    Santa's next stop, seen through antlers—
    Miles of rundown rentals
    Where ramshackle roofs are too weak
    For hooves, and folks might wake.

    The deer, by Rudolph united,
    Are safe to leave untied,
    As he sets out on foot past manger
    Scenes defaced in German.

    A vampire with a cry of doom
    Profanes the Christmas mood,
    And alights with pointed fangs bared,
    Thinking of Claus as bread.

    Kind Claus sweeps aside his long beard,
    Plump neck willingly bared.
    The vampire takes his red repast,
    But then jumps back and prates

    In elvish tongue as old Santa
    Stuffs the minion of Satan
    Into his spare sack and moves on.
    He never tells a vampire no.

    Nigh a dozen vampires later,
    He heads for home, alert,
    With all his toy sacks deflated
    And each new elf dated.

    High above earth, from the north pole's
    Tie-dyed airy slope,
    Comes a last cheery call to gladden
    All hearts that feel dangled

    In the cold nothingness of space:
    “Merry Christmas to all!”
    May dozens of forsaken capes
    A sweeter sleep allot

    To those harassed by fear or dearth,
    Whose hope hangs by a thread.
    Reindeer spiral down to the pole
    And, landing at a lope,

    Pull to the barn on a slow turn,
    Where Santa unloads runt
    After runt from his sack to pealing
    Of elves in drunken leaping.

    New elves soon sniff out the ale vats
    Though the barracks are vast,
    And with their new mates disappear.
    The Yule's success appraised,

    The House of Claus falls silent,
    Gay with Christmas tinsel.
    Warmed, in good cheer, all are asleep
    Ere arctic night can elapse.

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    More nominations:

    Jerrybaldy: "Dance" http://www.online-literature.com/for...hp?85027-Dance

    Pompey Bum: untitled http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1300990

    desiresjab: "You Kind Old Man" post #19 in this thread

    DieterM: "Matters" in post #18 in this thread

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    More nominations:

    Hawkman: "Dawn Talkin' Blues" http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1272853

    AuntShecky: "I Dreamed of Harvey Weinstein" http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1268678

    ampoule: "Dawn" http://www.online-literature.com/for...t=#post1272832
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    Of Dream by Fahmida, post #1111 page 75

    Nfinite by Cacian, post #1063 page 71

    The Vicar's Pint by Pompey Bum, post #946

    The Last Goodbye by Dark Muse Post#888 page 60

    What's Weird About My Vacation by Yes/No, post#894 page 60

    Happiness Is..by Prendrelemic, post#865 page 58

    The Window by Pendragon, post#828 page 56

    Echos Through The Empty Heart by Yes/No post#810 page 54

    The Spring Dance by Cacian post#715 page 48

    Before The Autumn Storm by Taylor Stately, post#678 page 46

    Autumn In Yorkshire by Prendrelemic, post#679 page 46

    Solar System Conversation by jajude, post#615 page 41

    These are from about half the thread in poetry contests by subject, starting from the back. Other poems could have been recommended too, and more will be. The best of quite a few people is good enough, I believe. I always believed this.
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    Please, how can one find these last poems without the corresponding links?
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    I found the links by right-clicking on the post number in the "Subject Poetry Contest" thread to display the post in another tab. I copied the URL in the tab and pasted it here.

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Of Dream by Fahmida, post #1111 page 75
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1308903

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Nfinite by Cacian, post #1063 page 71
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1303780

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    The Vicar's Pint by Pompey Bum, post #946
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1286781

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    The Last Goodbye by Dark Muse Post#888 page 60
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1262417

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    What's Weird About My Vacation by Yes/No, post#894 page 60
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1264866

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Happiness Is..by Prendrelemic, post#865 page 58
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1255698

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    The Window by Pendragon, post#828 page 56
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1243999

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Echos Through The Empty Heart by Yes/No post#810 page 54
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1239281

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    The Spring Dance by Cacian post#715 page 48
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1211149

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Before The Autumn Storm by Taylor Stately, post#678 page 46
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1192239

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Autumn In Yorkshire by Prendrelemic, post#679 page 46
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1192563

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Solar System Conversation by jajude, post#615 page 41
    http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1139825

    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    These are from about half the thread in poetry contests by subject, starting from the back. Other poems could have been recommended too, and more will be. The best of quite a few people is good enough, I believe. I always believed this.

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    I didn't know how to do that myself, Yes/No. Pretty clever.

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    Many thanks, Yes/No for taking the trouble!
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    More nominations:

    North Star: "Bond" http://www.online-literature.com/for...=1#post1319308

    Mohammad Ahmad: "Take me there" http://www.online-literature.com/for...-Take-me-there
    Last edited by YesNo; 06-16-2016 at 09:34 AM.

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    Authors could support the project by themselves submitting poems. This helps gaurantee that the author believes in the poem, and we are getting his or her best effort. I like to think many of the poets have held their best in reserve. If this is not the case, the project could founder. Admittedly, I have only read the "subject contests" thread, and a few scattered poems elsewhere.

    What Dieter will probably agree with, when he returns from Paris, Texas, by the way, is that we now need a deep pockets approach from poets submitting their own work, if the project is actually to have any hope of attaining the standard of quality that could distinguish it and make it worthy, first of all, for consideration as a project, and secondly, of critical appraisal by excellent critics. A volume of the quality envisioned would simply not be ignorable. But perhaps there is no such thing, it is only an ideal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by desiresjab View Post
    Authors could support the project by themselves submitting poems. This helps gaurantee that the author believes in the poem, and we are getting his or her best effort. I like to think many of the poets have held their best in reserve. If this is not the case, the project could founder. Admittedly, I have only read the "subject contests" thread, and a few scattered poems elsewhere.

    What Dieter will probably agree with, when he returns from Paris, Texas, by the way, is that we now need a deep pockets approach from poets submitting their own work, if the project is actually to have any hope of attaining the standard of quality that could distinguish it and make it worthy, first of all, for consideration as a project, and secondly, of critical appraisal by excellent critics. A volume of the quality envisioned would simply not be ignorable. But perhaps there is no such thing, it is only an ideal.
    For poets to take a deep pockets approach to submitting, the fear of poisoning their own pieces for later "legitmate" publication must be overcome. They must come to know that this project does itself represent legitimate publication, so they need not fear poisoning their pieces for editors who do not want them anyway. The project, the new platform, is a rebellion against the system of publication one fears alienating.

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    Lo and behold, I'm back… not from Paris, Texas (what on earth would I do in Paris, Texas? I'm already living in the most "Paris-ish" town imaginable, i.e. Paris, France) but from holidays in my home-country Austria (not the one with the kangaroos, mind you – no, the one with short-haired girls in dirndls dancing/running down grassy slopes while singing "The Hills are Alive…" LOL). Currently browsing one of my best LitNet friends' poetry thread before submitting some of her finest poems (with her approval). I'm glad to see this thread is still alive. And I'm still very optimistic as far as this project is concerned, and I'm certain I'm not the only one who's eager to read your submissions, whether they are old or brand-new. We'll do it!
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