Poetry Contest Results

Likewise T Darkstar-congratulations! I think our styles complement one another-maybe some collaboration is in order.
As for the new voters, I have mixed feelings about that. Though I lived in Portland from 1994-2006, I’m currently a graduate student in creative writing at The University of Iowa. I follow the Blazers as closely as I can through online radio broadcasts and sites like this-though I’d never commented here before the poetry contest, I’ve been to Blazersedge probably hundreds of times. When the contest happened, I thought it would be fun to forward the link to my whole program, about a hundred very talented writers. In my defense:
-as a rule I did not tell people which poem was mine, and encouraged them to vote for whichever they liked-if this was campaigning, at least it was a clean campaign
-I did my best to hide my own style behind that of Alberto Caiero (psuedonym of the great Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa)
-I sent it to the whole list, even those writers who don’t like me and/or don’t like my poetry and have said so
-I also forwarded it to people I don’t know like Channing Frye (who politely declined to vote, citing his inexperience with poetry) and Herny Abbot of truehoop, again without identifying my own poem
-I wanted Canzano to vote, though I can’t imagine him choosing mine

I did all this because I thought it would make for a lively comment section, but I’ll admit that it may have swayed voting in my favor since some of the people I emailed probably could figure out which poem was mine, and others may have liked Portuguese modernism in the first place.
On the positive side, there are plenty of basketball fans out here, and even some other former Portlanders who follow the Blazers and, like myself, weren’t in the habit of blogging, who may now become regular contributors.
Well, do with me what you will.

this has really been buggin at me T Darkstar. my conscious is saddled with guilty feelings that by counting my proverbial chickens before they hatched, it made for bad karma and cost you outright beinng declared the sole PL. So, Im sorry if true, and sorry anyways for getting carried away again. I am working on it. Its been tough trying to transition from a no rules no hold barred PTB site to a more controlled, leisurely and civil environment. Anyways, I thought everybodies poetry was incredible and reflective of of some genius fandom. Good luck this season coming up with new stuff for us.

To be completly fair I add: Canzano doesn´t come here because our peoms but looking for the Source of Inspiration and Wisdon, and you know Who I´m talking about, our Owner and Lord “The Comment-Killer”, “The Father of the Beautiful Big-Headed Baby”, “The I´m gonna tell you the hard true” and many mores “The…”.

The two comments on the JC article are by Bedgers.