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Exciting News!

We did it!

Everyone did their part (small and/or large) to get me named co-Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere with Sina Queyras, who blogs for the PoetryFoundation.org and Lemon Hound. While I agree that a tie was the best way to settle it, I was glad to see that y'all helped give me a lead of around 50 or 60 votes by the midnight deadline. And what pleased me the most is that everyone did it by being respectful. So awesome, everyone!

Click here to read the official announcement!

(Also, I recommend clicking on the "streetplane" link; great stuff!)

Now, I'm going to get a little sleep, because, well, my alarm is set to go off around 5:30-ish (and I don't want to hit the snooze too many times). ;)

And yes, the final prompt of the challenge should be arriving around the regular time.

-your sleepy excited co-Poet Laureate

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