[Newspoetry] To the newspoetry CIO...

[Anne Bargar]

my fellow newspoets,

	In this discussion of alphabetical privelege, I would like
say that, after being the most alphabetically priveleged for over 1.5
years, (by sheer chance, as one would have it, and not due to any sort of 
wordly genius) I am more than happy to relinquish that spot! This is 
mostly (73%) because this
is indeed a collaborative project with no particular writer who stands out
above the others, and partly (27%) because I still suffer the trauma of
having to spend 13 years of compulsory schooling sitting in the front
row of the classroom, or being under constant threat of said.
Not that the fine folks here at newspoetry are going to throw spitballs at
anyone.  Gads, what a relief!

Anne (VERY happy to be at number 2!)  









On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Dirk Stratton wrote:

> >Hi Everybody
> >
> >I heard about Newspoetry from Mr. Fruchter, whom I should thank here for
> >pointing it out to me. As the chief architect of www.americancheerleader.com
> >(seriously) and other sites, I can say that the site is designed very well.
> >And thanks for making my newspoem the Chosen One for a day. One suggestion:
> >now that I'm in the database, I appear first in the alphabetically-sorted
> >list of 2000 Newspoets. You mighta wanna change the sort so I'm not at the
> >top, it's an honor I don't deserve.
> >
> >Mark A.
> >---
> >Mark Armantrout
> >marmantr at imsa.edu
> >
> >
> 
> Mark--
> 
> While it is true that you have benefited from the "accident" of your 
> last name, Newspoetry is an equal opportunity site dedicated to the 
> word, and words rely on letters, and letters reside in the alphabet. 
> While Newspoetry's revolutionary goals are wide-ranging and 
> far-reaching, it has never indicated even the slightest desire to 
> overthrow the alphabet.* Accept your fate as first among equals 
> (though as one who has always been near the end of the line because 
> of my own last name, I am touched by one of the alphabetically 
> privileged being willing to forego the usual advantages accorded 
> those with names that begin with those letters that appear earlier).
> 
> --Dirk Stratton (always 19th in line)
> 
> *Of course, now that this has been brought to our attention, and to 
> the attention of that wildly radical Joe Futrelle (also 
> alphabetically advantaged), who knows?
> 
> 
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