"A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" GUIDELINES

Michael Pendragon

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Sep 23, 2022, 3:13:58 PM9/23/22

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"A Year of Sundays" represents a cross-section of many of the finer poems that appear in alt.arts.poetry.comments. Contributors submit up to five poems a month (any topic/any style). Each year, the best of these poems will be collected into a print volume and published.

Poetry is submitted online -- directly to our "Submissions" thread at https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments.

Poems can also be submitted via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/184972343500393.

Our monthly online journal can be viewed here:
https://michaelmaleficapen.wixsite.com/my-site

Our yearly printed "best of " anthology can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/Year-Sundays-Years-Best-Poetry/dp/B08T4DD38X/

NOTE: All submitted poetry will appear in the Submissions thread; however, only those poems that meet our literary standards will be included in the monthly online publication. Only poetry appearing in the monthly online publication will be considered for inclusion in the "Year's Best" annual print anthology.

First time publication rights are requested by our publication, but authors retain all other rights to their work.

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ME

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Sep 24, 2022, 9:52:43 AM9/24/22

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On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 09:49:33 UTC-4, ME wrote:

> Thanks for the information, Michael.
> I wasn’t aware that there was a real FB page for the group.

Spam-I-Am

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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NancyGene

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Jul 17, 2023, 8:28:37 PM7/17/23

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Damn straight!

Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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NancyGene

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Jul 18, 2023, 7:55:10 PM7/18/23

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Words to live and post by.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 19, 2023, 12:24:46 AM7/19/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 19, 2023, 6:05:31 AM7/19/23

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"A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by."

NancyGene

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Jul 19, 2023, 11:38:22 AM7/19/23

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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 19, 2023, 8:51:39 PM7/19/23

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"Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous."
'Defeat' ~ Kahlil Gibran

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 20, 2023, 11:58:15 AM7/20/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 20, 2023, 12:23:53 PM7/20/23

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"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 20, 2023, 1:27:20 PM7/20/23

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My sons are fond of quoting Sun Tzu.

NancyGene

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Jul 20, 2023, 2:53:14 PM7/20/23

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We used to be married to Sun Tzu, but he always won arguments.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 20, 2023, 3:44:10 PM7/20/23

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Though known for "The Art of War," it's a little known fact that Sun Tzu was an even greater expert on the art of love.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 20, 2023, 5:06:12 PM7/20/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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NancyGene

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Jul 21, 2023, 6:40:37 AM7/21/23

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Sunny was always into the "Make Love Not War" slogan.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 21, 2023, 11:08:27 AM7/21/23

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Your nickname for him fits.

NancyGene

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Jul 21, 2023, 12:24:36 PM7/21/23

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He knew what he was doing in a bar fight too.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 21, 2023, 6:55:13 PM7/21/23

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Too bad he never dropped by LeGents.

Ash Wurthing

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Jul 21, 2023, 8:17:42 PM7/21/23

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Really? And here I thought I was the only kid doing that...
I was always quoting all sorts of things I probably shouldn't have been.

NancyGene

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Jul 22, 2023, 9:41:35 AM7/22/23

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Sunny was unbeaten in playground fights.

Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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Michael Pendragon

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NancyGene

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Jul 23, 2023, 6:22:02 AM7/23/23

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Sunny loved to go to war movies.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 23, 2023, 3:13:30 PM7/23/23

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We all do. It's a guy thing.

NancyGene

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Jul 23, 2023, 4:16:17 PM7/23/23

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Sunny took it personally.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 9:15:15 AM7/24/23

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We all do.

NancyGene

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Jul 24, 2023, 9:26:45 AM7/24/23

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Sometimes a woman wants her man to stop strategizing.

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Jul 24, 2023, 12:18:44 PM7/24/23

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Is that why the marriage broke up?

NancyGene

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Jul 24, 2023, 1:29:26 PM7/24/23

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Well, that and the fact that he was really old and wanted us to play soldier.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 1:47:57 PM7/24/23

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He was just trying to prolong his life: old soldiers never die.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 2:59:21 PM7/24/23

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Ash Wurthing

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Jul 24, 2023, 4:13:32 PM7/24/23

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And instead of just watching it, he probably was critiquing it the whole time...

NancyGene

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Jul 24, 2023, 4:17:38 PM7/24/23

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He always knew how they ended, which was so annoying.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 24, 2023, 7:09:10 PM7/24/23

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ME

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Jul 24, 2023, 10:18:32 PM7/24/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 25, 2023, 6:38:35 AM7/25/23

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Sunny liked to strategize.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 25, 2023, 11:31:58 AM7/25/23

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Michael Pendragon

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NancyGene

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Jul 25, 2023, 6:03:24 PM7/25/23

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Sunny always used to say ""He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight," which was his version of "Happy wife/happy life."

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 25, 2023, 9:22:13 PM7/25/23

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In that case, you should have stuck with him.

NancyGene

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Jul 26, 2023, 8:23:59 AM7/26/23

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Well, Sunny also used to believe that "Quickness is the essence of the war" (and in all other things).

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 26, 2023, 1:37:41 PM7/26/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 26, 2023, 2:05:20 PM7/26/23

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Sunny always wanted to order Chinese takeout.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 26, 2023, 3:30:15 PM7/26/23

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I'll bet he was a fan of those deep fried chicken feet.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 26, 2023, 8:35:17 PM7/26/23

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NancyGene

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Jul 27, 2023, 6:13:36 AM7/27/23

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It is a great publication--very prestigious.

Michael Pendragon

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Jul 27, 2023, 9:13:53 AM7/27/23

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And it's 100% Donkey free.