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[The Comedian]

Sounds good. I'm going along with Neely -- I'd like to participate and I'm happy to go along with whatever is nominated.

I'll put my votes in for what's been nominated. But if this is an issue, the executive committee can ignore my ballot. And I'll play along with whatever gets the eventual nod.

Rimbaud = #1
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets =#2
Fernando Pessoa = #3
Chinese Book of Songs (Shi Jing) = #4
Baudelaire = #5

[LitNetIsGreat]

OK, I'll go for these:

Paul Verlaine 1st
Stephen Mallarme 2nd
Gerard de Nerval 3rd
Rimbaud 4th
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets 5th

Thanks.

[Alexander III]

Elizabeth Bishop
Marianne Moore
Gertrude Stein
Rimbaud
Shelly
Paul Verlaine
Baudelaire
Medbh McGuckian
Fernando Pessoa
Wallace Stevens
Gerard de Nerval
Stephen Mallarme'
Chinese Book of Songs (Shi Jing)
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
Georg Trakl
Friederich Holderlin


1)Stephen Mallarme
2)Gerard de Nerva
3)T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
4)Fernando Pessoa
5)Georg Trakl

[Virgil]

So the deal is I pick five poets? If so here are my firve:

Bishop
Moore
Baudelaire
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
Mallarme

[stlukesguild]

Elizabeth Bishop
Marianne Moore
Gertrude Stein
Rimbaud
Shelly
Paul Verlaine
Baudelaire
Medbh McGuckian
Fernando Pessoa
Wallace Stevens
Gerard de Nerval
Stephen Mallarme'
Chinese Book of Songs (Shi Jing)
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
Georg Trakl
Friederich Holderlin


1. Friederich Holderlin
2. Paul Verlaine
3. Fernado Pessoa
4. Arthur Rimbaud
5. Georg Trakl

Should we set a deadline for voting... and insist JBI cast his lot and quit holding out and trying to throw the vote?

C'mon Quasi and Quark.

[Quark]

1. Paul Verlaine
2. Elizabeth Bishop
3. Chinese Book of Songs (Shi Jing)
4. Fernando Pessoa
5. Baudelaire

[quasimodo1]

1. Friederich Holderlin
2. Paul Verlaine
3. Fernado Pessoa

[JBI]

Should we set a deadline for voting... and insist JBI cast his lot and quit holding out and trying to throw the vote?

C'mon Quasi and Quark.

Oh come on, you know how popular I am, if I voted first who is to say it wouldn't throw the vote by causing others to follow suit? As it is, I am just trying to figure out the best way to make Baudelaire and Rimbaud not win - other than that the other likely ones seem all nice picks for me. It's not as if I can vote for my own...

Paul Verlaine
Friederich Holderlin
Gerard de Nerval
Stephen Mallarme'
Georg Trakl

[stlukesguild]

How many are left to vote... and do we have a deadline?

[Quark]

How many are left to vote...

Not many. I think mayneverhave may-actually-vote, but other than that no one seems to have expressed interest. It shouldn't make too much difference one way or another, though, as Verlaine is leading by a large margin.

[shortstoryfan]

Hmm. I really don't have an interest in the vote, but would enjoy participating. Do you generally pick a certain translation and try to all get that? Just want to make sure I have plenty of time to get the text.

[Alexander III]

I think Verlaine won this one, unless others want to join in and vote

[stlukesguild]

Verlaine? Fine with me. I have three different volumes I can pull from.

[mayneverhave]

Waiting on me? or does it not even matter?
Either way:

1. T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
2. Baudelaire
3. Shi Jing
4. Hölderlin
5. Mallarme

[Quark]

So far I have:

Elizabeth Bishop 5 4 = 9
Marianne Moore 4 = 4
Gertrude Stein
Rimbaud 5 2 2 = 9
Shelly
Paul Verlaine 5 4 5 4 5 = 23
Baudelaire 1 3 1 4 = 9
Medbh McGuckian
Fernando Pessoa 3 2 3 2 3 = 13
Wallace Stevens
Gerard de Nerval 3 4 3 = 10
Stephen Mallarme' 4 5 1 2 1 = 11
Chinese Book of Songs (Shi Jing)2 3 3 = 8
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets 4 1 3 2 5 = 10
Georg Trakl 1 1 1 = 3
Friederich Holderlin 5 5 4 2 = 16

Verlaine is winning by at least two strong votes. Is that the end of voting?