JohnnyBlaze and I are conducting this poll for feedback as to which poets you would like to learn about and write tributes for in our ongoing Classic Corner competition series in February 2020.  These names were taken from the previous two lists for male and female poets - with a few thrown in to start the the new year off on an even keel.

The top female and male will be featured next month.

Each competition, given enough entries, will encourage the Webmiss to create a theme for a poet.

Here is a list of poets we have already held challenges about and earned themes for, so keep in mind there is no point in recommending them:

#ArthurRimbaud
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10368/

#JelaluddinRumi
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10417/

#RainerMariaRilke
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10367/

#ElizabethBishop
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10456/

#RobertFrost
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10474/

#EmilyDickinson
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10494/

#DrSeuss
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10520/

#MaryOliver  
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10548/

#PabloNeruda
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10615/

#MayaAngelou
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10611/

#Ralph Waldo Emerson
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10653/#441938

#DeniseLevertov
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10652/

#Kim Addonizio
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10714/#442455

#Khalil Gibran
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10710/#442336

#SharonOlds
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/SharonOlds/

#FedericoGarcíaLorca
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/FedericaGarciaLorca/

#Agnes Török
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/AgnesTorok/

#Wendell Berry
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/WendellBerry/

Anne Sexton
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10911/

E.E. Cummings
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10912/

T.S. Eliot
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10958/#453354

Rupi Kaur
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10957/#453353

Louise Glück ( Competition in progress )
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/11190/

Langston Hughes ( Competition in progress )
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/11191/

And here is a list of themes that already exist, thus no need to recommend these particular poets.

#CharlesBukowski

#EdgarAllanPoe

#ErnestHemmingway

#HenryDavidThoreau

#OscarWilde

#SylviaPlath

#WilliamShakespeare  

Voting for this competition will end January 15 to allow our artist plenty of time to render portraits for February!

Thank you each for your participation in the Classic Corner Competitions!

There are some ravashing choices here!  And since both the male & female options are included together instead of separated by gender ( and thus two Polls ), we only  can vote for one poet, not one of each gender?

Thank you.🐾

Yes - separating them caused too much imbalance last year. We were constantly running one poll to catch up with the other.  We're going to try combining for a few months to see how that goes.

Ahavati said:Yes - separating them caused too much imbalance last year. We were constantly running one poll to catch up with the other.  We're going to try combining for a few months to see how that goes.

Ah okay, thank you... yes, I remember how it was so I totally understand. I just need to spend the extra penny to decide who I’ll vote for.

Update:  Voted!

Bump!

One more week! Looks like it's going to be Billie and Stevie!

Ahavati said:Bump!

One more week! Looks like it's going to be Billie and Stevie!

Yay! Bring on the Paradelles!

JohnnyBlaze said:

Yay! Bring on the Paradelles!

Final day to vote!

Thank you to everyone who voted.  February's Classic Corner Comp will feature Stevie Smith and Billy Collins!

Ahavati said:Thank you to everyone who voted.  February's Classic Corner Comp will feature Stevie Smith and Billy Collins!

Phew! Good because I already started drawing them LOL ! 🎨

JohnnyBlaze said:

Phew! Good because I already started drawing them LOL ! 🎨

lolol