Poll: What TiME is it now? Poetry Contest

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Voted.
Good showing.

[Sancho]

Sancho voted!

Nice work, everybody. I enjoyed reading the poems so much that I'll now add my short analysis of each of them...Whoa!...would you look at the time...I've gotta get to work!

[qimissung]

As usual I am deeply grateful for all your participation, poets and voters. As you've all said, the poems in this poll are of a particularly high quality, and so I appreciate even more that some of you came here and perused them with such thoughtful care.

The contest ends tonight at 10 p.m, U.S. Central Standard Time, which will be 6:00 Greenwich Mean Time (I think). Last chance to vote!

[Calidore]

We're actually Greenwich time -6, so 10 p.m. CST is 4 a.m. GMT. FYI.

[Maximilianus]

The vote was cast and I wish I could have voted for more than one. The thread has offered a very pleasurable read. A hug to all contestants!

[qimissung]

Thanks, Calidore. I looked it up on a website, but I believe you. My biggest talent, I think, is getting anything to do with a number wrong.

[Calidore]

My biggest talent, I think, is getting anything to do with a number wrong.

And you're running a poll?

[Maximilianus]

Fortunately most polls are automatic nowadays

My biggest talent, I think, is getting anything to do with a number wrong.

If you use Firefox or Chrome, there's an add-on called FoxClocks that tells you the time in all cities of the world that you choose. Its database is updated constantly, so it's very accurate

Here's FoxClocks' website, with download links for both browsers: http://foxclocks.org/

[qimissung]

Thank you, Max. The poll is easy, Calidore. A child could do it, fortunately.

Alright, folks, this poll is now officially closed.

[qimissung]

And the winner is "Dandelion Clock" by JerryBaldy.


Dandelion Clock

Sitting in a field brushed wet with cowslip gold
you blew the dandelion clock.
Feathered seeds in the still summer air
found their own way down.
We shared sun warmed orange squash.
Tea time was a month away.
We had time for chinese burns.
I could count your freckles,
twenty seven sun bronzed kisses.
We imagined we were orphans.
Picking blackberries for tea,
fingers stained with blood and juice.
Boatmen skimmed the stagnant pond
beneath the dying tree.
You said goodbye, you had fishfingers for tea.

I watched you skip away
your summer ballet, mapping nettles,
white socks skipping muddied puddles,
their depths still yet to take you.

[qimissung]

All entrants are now free to post their work under their name in other parts of the forum. Again, my heartfelt thanks to all of you for your beautiful work.

[Snowqueen]

Congratulations Jerry!

[prendrelemick]

Jerrybaldy, that was great. It reminded me of the very best of Betjeman.


Now at last I can say my other favorites were A box in a bigger box, and Our timing was good - because I always look for a story.

[DocHeart]

Congratulations, Jerry! Brilliant work.

DH

[Varenne Rodin]

I loved all of these so much! If I could have voted for all of them, I would have. Jerry, this is a truly brilliant poem. You must be so proud! I will always remember it.