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andyleggett

416: Supposedly...

Apr 14, 2008 15:59

I won first prize for poetry in the Newsom Contest--that is, the poem will end up as the very first piece when you open this year's Lit Review. Also, cash prize. I forget how much--something to the tune of 50 to 100 bucks?

I didn't find this out until everyone started telling me, because I didn't hear about Honors and Convocation, where the winners ( Read more... )

award, update, writing, poetry

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going_not_gone April 14 2008, 23:27:08 UTC

Congratulations! Which poem is it!

andyleggett April 15 2008, 01:05:05 UTC

I'll be linking it pretty soon; so keep your eyes peeled.

jeremytblack April 15 2008, 00:26:33 UTC

Well congratulations on wining that contest. I'm sure that the poem you write about me will make you Poet Laureate.

andyleggett April 15 2008, 01:04:21 UTC

Of Sacramento? Or California? Oh hell, why not the whole country, eh? ;D

spoothbrush April 15 2008, 00:56:29 UTC

Woohoo! Way to go you!

andyleggett April 15 2008, 01:05:46 UTC

Yeah, I wasn't expecting much more than an Honorary Mention--I'm officially the #1 Poet (Whittier students are called "poets", after our mascot, who looks like a rapist, btw...XP)

crossthebar April 15 2008, 05:40:54 UTC

super cool!

who, I ask myself, is Michael?

andyleggett April 15 2008, 05:48:18 UTC

Well, I just posted the link to the poem, and it's about/dedicated to him.

He's the only man I've ever loved... which tells you how late I was in my romantic/sexual maturation, which is still in its infantile stage.

I don't know that I really captured the feeling he inspires in me... which is like my stomach drops and I get breathless and I have a hard time thinking straight... but it certainly captures pretty much what I do with guys I'm attracted to: I watch, like the voyeur I am! ^_^