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It Seems I’ve Won a Poetry Contest

Posted on April 12, 2017 by robert okaji

It seems I’ve won LCk Publishing’s Inaugural Spring Poetry Contest. Let the festivities begin!

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nananoyz on April 12, 2017 at 7:15 am said:

In my opinion you should win every poetry contest. Congratulations!

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- Ellen Hawley on April 12, 2017 at 7:20 am said:
  
  Agreed. I often forward your poems to friends.
  
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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:01 am said:
  
  Thank you, Leslie and Ellen. I write these things and send them out into the world, never expecting much to come of them. This was a pleasant surprise.
  
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  - Ellen Hawley on April 12, 2017 at 12:23 pm said:
    
    My experience with fiction is that our writing goes out into the world and leads a life we know nothing about. I’m a thoroughly obscure writer but I’ve brushed up against the edges of that life once or twice and it gives me a sense of hope.
    
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    - robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 8:25 am said:
      
      Writers are a curious blend of optimist and pessimist. We send out our work, expecting rejection. But we persist!
      
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daysineuropa.wordpress.com on April 12, 2017 at 7:17 am said:

Congratulations on great piece of work!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:02 am said:
  
  Thanks very much!
  
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Ally L. Mare on April 12, 2017 at 7:25 am said:

That is great news! Congratulations and keep on writing! 😀

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:19 am said:
  
  Thank you, Ally. I can’t stop now!
  
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  - Ally L. Mare on April 12, 2017 at 8:34 am said:
    
    Much welcome! 😀
    
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atul723 on April 12, 2017 at 7:27 am said:

Awesome! Congratulations!!!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:03 am said:
  
  Thanks, Atul. Much appreciated.
  
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sneffwriter on April 12, 2017 at 7:33 am said:

Well deserved! Congrats!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:05 am said:
  
  Thanks, Susan. This is right up there with the goat-catching contest I won a while back. 😊
  
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Jose Angel Araguz on April 12, 2017 at 7:35 am said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:06 am said:
  
  Thanks very much, Jose.
  
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Dina on April 12, 2017 at 7:35 am said:

Hurra! 🙂 Congratulations, Robert! Well done. 🙂

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:07 am said:
  
  Thank you, Dina!
  
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rivrvlogr on April 12, 2017 at 7:47 am said:

Woot! Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:08 am said:
  
  Thanks, Ken. Fame and fortune, and all that. Well, maybe not…
  
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Jazz Jaeschke on April 12, 2017 at 7:56 am said:

Applause, applause! An intriguing poem, btw – sent me googling Sault St. Marie and leaves me curious about the equator crossing …

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:13 am said:
  
  Thank you! When I was in the navy – way back in 1982 – my ship crossed the equator, and I, along with a good portion of the crew, had to endure the initiation/celebration festivities for first-time crossers.
  
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  - Jazz Jaeschke on April 12, 2017 at 9:42 am said:
    
    Ah, and at the time likely no appreciation of initiation as fodder for future poems! Now you can celebrate with due dignity.
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:51 am said:
      
      None whatsoever! Of course at that time I’d no clue that I would ever read a poem, much less write one. 🙂
      
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familyrulesbyplainjane on April 12, 2017 at 7:58 am said:

I am happy for you, Bob! You really deserve it!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:13 am said:
  
  Thank you, PJ!
  
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Julie Christine on April 12, 2017 at 7:59 am said:

Bravo! So well deserved!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:14 am said:
  
  Thanks, Julie. Persistence!
  
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Alexander Gerber on April 12, 2017 at 8:00 am said:

Congratulations, Robert!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:20 am said:
  
  Thanks, Alexander.
  
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DeanJean on April 12, 2017 at 8:03 am said:

Congratulations…*cracks open a bottle of beer* I hope you’re getting warmed up for the party and everything!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:16 am said:
  
  Now that is a lovely sound, but I’ll have to wait a few hours. I just ate breakfast a few minutes ago. 😀
  
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  - DeanJean on April 12, 2017 at 9:02 am said:
    
    Whoops! Well…there’s another 7 or 8 more hours to dinner or so. Heh!
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:04 am said:
      
      Feel free to start without me. I’ll catch up!
      
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      - DeanJean on April 12, 2017 at 9:21 am said:
        
        I’ll start on the chicken wings…🍗
        
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        robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:28 am said:
        
        Mmmmmmmm!
        
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        DeanJean on April 12, 2017 at 9:32 am said:
        
        I promise to leave some, if my stomach will listen to me!
        
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        ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 3:04 pm said:
        
        Wait a minute… there is a party going on? Save some raspberry infused sake and chilled soba noodles for me!!
        
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        robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 3:13 pm said:
        
        You’ll have to settle for some takoyaki and Hibiki 17.
        
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        ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 3:28 pm said:
        
        Damn! I’ll “settle” for that any day!!
        
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        robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 3:30 pm said:
        
        🙂
        
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        DeanJean on April 12, 2017 at 6:27 pm said:
        
        😋😋😋
        
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St Brigid Press on April 12, 2017 at 8:09 am said:

Kudos!! Well-deserved!!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:16 am said:
  
  Thank you, Emily!
  
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Cate on April 12, 2017 at 8:17 am said:

Hurrah, Bob! Well-deserved.

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:21 am said:
  
  Thanks, Cate!
  
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readinpleasure on April 12, 2017 at 8:26 am said:

Congrats, Robert. Well-deserved. 🙂

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:36 am said:
  
  Thank you, Celestine.
  
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john hauge on April 12, 2017 at 8:40 am said:

stellar, robert!! congrats!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:48 am said:
  
  I’m really pleased, John. Thank you!
  
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Dragthepen on April 12, 2017 at 8:48 am said:

Awesome! Keep dragging the pen across the page.

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:53 am said:
  
  Thank you. I’ll keep dragging if you will!
  
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  - Dragthepen on April 12, 2017 at 9:24 am said:
    
    Yes, I shall.
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:29 am said:
      
      It’s a deal!
      
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Andrew Reynolds on April 12, 2017 at 9:28 am said:

Congratulations!!! Well deserved.

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:29 am said:
  
  Thank you, Andrew.
  
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Steve on April 12, 2017 at 9:33 am said:

Party on Bob😀 congratulations

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:52 am said:
  
  Thanks very much! The partying has begun.
  
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Patricia on April 12, 2017 at 9:37 am said:

Congratulations !!!❤

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:53 am said:
  
  Thank you, Patricia!
  
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stephanielharper on April 12, 2017 at 10:07 am said:

Congratulations, Sir Robert (I’m digging the fireworks, btw)! I hope you will bask a long while in that “peppery glow!”

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 10:12 am said:
  
  Thank you, Ms. H! I’m having a hard time finding that peppery glow today. It’s a damp, gray morning here in the Texas hill country.
  
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  - stephanielharper on April 12, 2017 at 10:42 am said:
    
    Well, when you find it, please send some my way!
    
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nanciec13 on April 12, 2017 at 10:12 am said:

how wonderful is this! Congrats!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 10:13 am said:
  
  I never win anything, so it’s way cool, Nancie. Thank you.
  
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  - nanciec13 on April 12, 2017 at 10:17 am said:
    
    🙂
    
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charlotteash on April 12, 2017 at 11:03 am said:

Woo hoo! I’ll bring the champagne! Congrats!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 11:24 am said:
  
  I’ll put on the gumbo!
  
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jjduval on April 12, 2017 at 11:05 am said:

I’m not surprised, and thrilled for your work to reach larger audiences. Beautiful piece as well.

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 11:25 am said:
  
  Thanks, Jefferson. You’re very kind.
  
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annika on April 12, 2017 at 11:13 am said:

I am over the moon happy for you! You deserve every bit of recognition!!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 11:25 am said:
  
  Thanks very much, Annika!
  
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stephanielharper on April 12, 2017 at 11:53 am said:

Reblogged this on SLHARPERPOETRY and commented:
Quick clarification! I am not the winner in question, alas, but my dear, talented, generous, wickedly brilliant, and did I say talented?, friend, Robert Okaji, IS the man of the hour, for his wonderful poem, “Sault Ste. Marie.” I’m so pleased for you, and proud, Roberto!

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- stephanielharper on April 12, 2017 at 12:00 pm said:
  
  I edited the title of this reblog, so it says, “Robert Okaji Won a Poetry Contest!” 🙂
  
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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 3:00 pm said:
  
  I think you left out “beer-swilling goofball,” which perhaps best describes me.
  
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Nicholas Rinth on April 12, 2017 at 12:15 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 2:41 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Nicholas.
  
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  - Nicholas Rinth on April 12, 2017 at 2:42 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome! You definitely deserve it. It was a wonderful piece. Cheers to many more victories in the future 🙂
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 2:59 pm said:
      
      You’re very kind. Thanks again!
      
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memadtwo on April 12, 2017 at 12:41 pm said:

Congratulations! (K)

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 2:42 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Kerfe.
  
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Carrie Birde on April 12, 2017 at 1:24 pm said:

Congratulations! 🙂

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 2:53 pm said:
  
  Thanks, as always, Carrie!
  
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Leigh W. Smith on April 12, 2017 at 1:37 pm said:

Woo-hoo! Way to go, Bob, and after all the years of toiling in the poetry salt mines. 🙂 But truly, I’m so happy for you; congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 2:56 pm said:
  
  It’s a little more exciting than first prize in the goat-catching contest, but not as easy. 🙂 And thank you, Leigh.
  
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  - ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 3:33 pm said:
    
    Oh man! I would rather win the goat catching contest… because I would love to see the trophy for such a thing!
    
    Actually, this just shows what a genius you are… as goat catching contest is a perfect metaphor for being a modern poet trying to do their work in a socio-economic climate that is not designed at ALL to reward truly creative work, let alone poesy! Your whole career of letters is/has been a goat catching contest!! 🙂
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 3:48 pm said:
      
      The prize was a t-shirt, which was stolen a year later. But for a few moments, I was the champion. 🙂
      
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      - ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 4:19 pm said:
        
        You mean there are actually such contests?!! Is that a Texas thing?
        
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        robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 4:27 pm said:
        
        Sure, or at least they used to exist. I was a kid, probably 8 or 9. But I never could catch those damned greased pigs! The goat was easy.
        
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        ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 9:17 pm said:
        
        Goat catching competitions… that is the greatest thing ever! If they let me enter the competition holding a long rope….with a cheetah attached to it, I’ll bet I would catch a lot of goats!
        
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        robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:43 pm said:
        
        But that would be cheetahing! 😆
        
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        crow on April 12, 2017 at 10:13 pm said:
        
        If you just went out there and dangled your shoestrings around, you’d catch all the goats. At least, that’s what I remember from petting zoos.
        
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        robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:32 am said:
        
        Ha!
        
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        ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 11:36 pm said:
        
        Absolutely! The title is “Goat Catching Competition”… not “Human Attempts to Catch Goats Using Nothing But Human Abilities”. If fishing competitions allow fishermen to use rods and reels, then I can use a rope and cheetah. Same with pie eating contests… if I am the oldest competitor to enter then I should automatically win, as I have eaten the most pies over my lifetime! The contest should renamed be “The ‘Pies We Have Here’ Eating Contest” otherwise! 🙂
        
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        robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:34 am said:
        
        Hmm. I may start using your reasoning.
        
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        ダニエル・シュネー on April 13, 2017 at 7:58 am said:
        
        Yes, my reasoning should be the gold standard for all pie and goat related contests! Ja, das ist der richtige Weg zum Nachdenken, oder!! Alle hagel meine Gedanken!!! 🙂
        
        (Incidentally, you might wonder why I used “oder” at the end of a concluded sentence. Like the Canadian “eh?”, “oder” (“or” in German) is used as an expression of “wouldn’t you agree?”, “is this so?”, or “this is the case”, a little colloquial South German thing).
        
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ebbtide on April 12, 2017 at 2:21 pm said:

It seems congratulations are in order! Well done!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 2:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Sarah.
  
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ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 3:06 pm said:

I like how you open with “It seems…”, like you were walking along, tripped and your poetry accidently fell into the hands of a publisher who gave it the award!

Congrats! You deserve ‘all the prizes for everything’!!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 3:20 pm said:
  
  Most of my publications feel like accidental landings; you never know what’s going to stick. This poem had been rejected by various publications over the past year, but I still believed in it. So off it went…
  
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  - ダニエル・シュネー on April 12, 2017 at 3:29 pm said:
    
    Rejection is so completely and utterly important and necessary to help any artist develop thick skin, and remain focused on their work. Honestly?
    Congrats on the rejections, too!
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 3:32 pm said:
      
      I agree! Am still trying to break my record of 19 rejections in one month. Now that’s submissions, not the number of poems, which was greater than 60. Maybe next month!
      
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      - ダニエル・シュネー on April 13, 2017 at 8:00 am said:
        
        You inspire the 糞 out of me!!
        
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        robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 8:23 am said:
        
        Of course it took years of writing to attain that level of failure. And the stars had to align, as the submissions had been spread out over the preceding six months or so. Half that many would be a notable accomplishment for me – that month was special!
        
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        ダニエル・シュネー on April 13, 2017 at 8:29 am said:
        
        You’re special! 🙂
        
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Val Boyko on April 12, 2017 at 4:17 pm said:

Awesome!!!!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 4:28 pm said:
  
  It is! Thank you.
  
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Mike on April 12, 2017 at 5:02 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 5:12 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Mike!
  
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danielpaulmarshall on April 12, 2017 at 6:17 pm said:

The opening is just brilliant

Too often you see yourself and wonder
which bodies ancestors navigated
to gather such glorious scars and wrinkles
in one place, both noticeable and unseen,

that link between transmigration & countenance is so beautifully handled. Such a complex yet delightfully simple correlation to make.

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 8:39 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Daniel. It is a simple correlation, for me, at least. The mirror, the mirror!
  
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  - danielpaulmarshall on April 12, 2017 at 8:58 pm said:
    
    One of those “i shoulda thought of that one” moments, but in reality could only come from the poet.
    
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    - robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:44 pm said:
      
      Yeah, one of those “you had to be theres.”
      
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A. Marie on April 12, 2017 at 8:55 pm said:

Well deserved, and congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:46 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, A.M.
  
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iampeacenow on April 12, 2017 at 9:44 pm said:

Congratulations! Wonderful news. 🙂

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- robert okaji on April 12, 2017 at 9:45 pm said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Sunny Lanning on April 12, 2017 at 10:12 pm said:

Yay! Recognition is wonderful.

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:35 am said:
  
  Thank you, Sunny.
  
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crow on April 12, 2017 at 10:13 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:36 am said:
  
  Thanks, C. I never win anything, so this feels particularly good!
  
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10000hoursleft on April 12, 2017 at 10:22 pm said:

Hurrah!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:36 am said:
  
  Thanks, Mek!
  
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Luanne on April 12, 2017 at 10:22 pm said:

Congrats! I’m very happy for you!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:37 am said:
  
  Thank you, Luanne.
  
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sdtp33 on April 12, 2017 at 11:04 pm said:

well done, Robert, you are knocking it out of the park these days! JIM

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:37 am said:
  
  I ground out frequently, too!
  
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Debbie Gravett on April 13, 2017 at 1:24 am said:

Well done. An amazing poem with fantastic images.

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:38 am said:
  
  Thanks very much, Debbie.
  
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derrickjknight on April 13, 2017 at 3:19 am said:

And congratulations from me

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:39 am said:
  
  Thank you, Derrick. Much appreciated.
  
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Mahesh on April 13, 2017 at 5:12 am said:

congrats Robert sir ☺

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:39 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Oloriel on April 13, 2017 at 6:01 am said:

Congratulations to you, this is wonderful!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:39 am said:
  
  Thanks so much!
  
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linnetmoss on April 13, 2017 at 6:05 am said:

I am old enough to appreciate this poem. I also like “late evening’s peppery glow.” Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:41 am said:
  
  Thank you! I’m told I look much better in late evening’s total darkness. 😀
  
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deuxiemepeau on April 13, 2017 at 6:49 am said:

Awesome news, congratulations!!!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:42 am said:
  
  Thanks, D!
  
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Andrew McDowell on April 13, 2017 at 6:53 am said:

Well done!

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- robert okaji on April 13, 2017 at 7:42 am said:
  
  Thank you, Andrew.
  
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  - Andrew McDowell on April 13, 2017 at 8:02 am said:
    
    You’re welcome.
    
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