Cleave of the Month November 2008 shortlist

Congratulations to Diana Manister for her second Cleave of the Month.

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These are the Editor’s picks for this month – in selecting, I have considered the following 4 points and also simply, do I like the poem?

1. Depth: What is the theme, what is the point – so what?
2. Craft: Does each poem work on its own and together?
3. Communication: Is it clear; does it communicate?
4. Experimentation: Is it pushing the envelope?

Here are the poems (Poll closes 12th December):

• Afterwards, Janet: A Murder Mystery in Speech Acts by Diana Manister

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• After Reading Shelley and Hearing Krenwinkel is up For Parole Again by Laurie Byro

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• Cloven by Mal

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• The Verdant Lore by Ernesto Pangilinan Santiago

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• tHe mAgic typEwritEr (cleave poetics 2/19) by Dennis Kelly

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• Split in Two (or three) by P.A.Levy