Bill Maddux wrote:-
>I would like to propose Paul Murphy for a judge. He is of a culture >renowned >for its poets and wordsmiths. His profession has given him insight into >the >onus and honor of the judicial role. It has also steeped him in the >subtler nuances >of language and its uses. (Besides if we make him a judge, he'll have to >recuse >himself from competing, which will surely enhearten others, who might >elsewise >be dismayed and deterred by the knowledge that he is among their rivals! ><g>) He's on the list! But as the author of the two entries received so far he'd have to consider withdrawing from the competition if Mac Oglesby's amendment is acceptable to everyone - which I assume it is! > >================================================================== >Unfortunately, I think I see a major difficulty for the proposed >competition: > >The list is truly international, and although its members use English as >its "lingua >franca" <ouch>, it would be quite unfair to conduct a competition solely in >that >language. However, if it were opened to entries in every language, there >would be >too many categories to provide separate prizes in each language. Simply >finding >judges for each would be a formidable task. > >To find judges who could fairly intercompare and rate the relative quality >of poems >in all the possible languages in order to finally select a unique winner, >seems to >me even more difficult, or effectively impossible. > >Does anyone have a suggestion for solving or bypassing this problem? > >Bill Maddux Well one thing's for sure Bill, I can only donate one prize! I await suggestions. Tony M.
