I am participating in A Very Wodehouse Challenge and I have been made editor of a men's magazine, which I have chosen your poem 'Chess Players in Central Park' to be included in this project. I like how you describe the ambiance of the outdoors where these men are playing in the first verse. The second brings us to how there is excitement in this game in watching the pieces move across the board where words are needed here. The third you describe the pieces and the board with this line, 'with silver-white tactics, cantankerous grins,' is my favorite. In the fourth you describe the game between the pieces in more detail here, which gives them a life of their own. In the last verse you close with the attention of the men have for this game with everything else can wait until it is finished, silence can be a big suspense creator when you watch a game like this being played out wondering what the next move is going to be. This poem reminds me of a huge chessset which was set up in the mall of St Catharines, Ontario, where I used to live and the atmosphere you described here in the poem matches what you describe here in your poem. There is usually not much talking in this game, there is lots of thinking going on which really adds to a suspenseful atmosphere. Great job!

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