July 18th forum announcement

Dear Poetry Fans,

Poetry & Poets in Rags

We will touch on poets during wartime, poets imprisoned, and censorship, among other topics. But one theme that developed this week, has to do with poets who were either famous in their time, and that is (so far) that for them (David Jones, for instance), or not so famous then with their work now living on (Emily, for instance).

One of these former celebrities, LH Sigourney, is a poet I have come across now three times this month. She is the Pocahontas poet from the 19th Century, and so will remain ever important if not popular. She looks to be coming famous again, but this time as the poster poet for fame that will not last long past a poet's death. We begin with a tangent off this theme, a newfound Shelley poem that puts him in yet new light.

The Sigourney article is by Linda Sue Grimes from BellaOnline, and can be found among our Great Regulars this week. Dr. Grimes is the History and Spirituality Editor there at BellaOnline. They are looking for a new Poetry Editor, to replace Caron Andregg, who is a Great Regular of ours herself. See her article this week.

Thanks for clicking in.

Yours,
Rus

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