Polls with few voters: if there's any pattern, it's that there's no pattern. / Three incumbents played against three exes this week; just guess who schooled who!

3. whirled
6. theafaye
7. spanglo
9. sydb42
10. roina_arwen
12. ahavah_ehyeh

(All other stanzas were written by yours truly to fill in the gaps. Click here to review the two marked-up sestinas in a new window.)

Welcome back, Thea! ( Read more... )

( Underneath the cut are two poems-- twelve stanzas. Vote for ALL your faves! )

Hey, yo, don't forget: sestina stanzas are due today at 6!

I just sent PMs to everyone in this round. You now have topics.

You also have words with which to end each line of your assigned stanza.

When you git'er done, post your stanza to this thread; comments screened, of course.

Your deadline's Tuesday, 6pm to be precise (Eastern standard time ( Read more... )

The Week Four entrants revealed:

1. sydb42
2. imafarmgirl
3. whirled
4. roina_arwen
5. firesign10

This week's Xmas-present-themed voting has closed with imafarmgirl, sadly, in last place. Very sorry to see you go, pal... although as you shall shortly see, it's not necessarily the end of the line ( Read more... )