October 31st forum announcement

Happy Halloween, Poetry Fans,

Poetry & Poets in Rags

We have some Halloween poetry in the mix. Unfortunately, we have some blood-curdling Poetic Obituaries as well. A beautiful young poet's head was found in a pot in the French Quarter.

Our obits are full again. Sixteen if my count is right. In one, we in the online community find ourselves mourning the passing of Sandi Blakemore-Baig, or Giggster, the name she often signed on with.

News at Eleven was very difficult to select. As I do when the going gets tough, I decided to use articles with poems in them. This became problematic, because there was so much else newsworthy. Here we are with a total of 48 articles for one issue, and I am cutting great stuff. But, I decided to be sure the headliners were there, along with looks at both the dead poets, and the living ones.

Great Regulars is so huge it's scary. Included are articles by our friends Linda Sue Grimes (who offered to help the IBPCommunity following Katrina when we needed it) and Robert Pinsky (who has helped IBPC line up quality judges, some to come next year), former judges Sarah Crown and Frank Wilson, and current judge David Kirby, this time with an item in Newsday.

We also have two promising new Great Regulars. Check out The Scotman's Poem of the Week and The Santiago Times editor Cate Setterfield with Chile's Poets in Translation (guess).

Yours,
Rus

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