December 26th forum announcement

Dear Poetry Buffs,

Poetry & Poets in Rags

The days are getting longer now, here in the northern hemisphere, as we share daylight with you in the southern. I hope your holidays are going well.

In News at Eleven, I have paired up two poems dealing with the same subject: animals kneeling, as in the nativity. There are a few more Christmas poems in Great Regulars, for those of you who know enough to file these finds away.

We begin, though, with a 2005 poem, one you may have read before, called "Eulogy" by Brian Turner. What I did not know, is that Pfc. Bruce Miller loved poetry. Electronic Iraq was sensitive enough to publish this with commentary as we hear news of the suicide rate among the troops. Which reminds me: don't forget to check the Poetic Obituaries.

As with each week, we have many poems and commentary on them in Great Regulars. Also in that section, I want to note that after reading Frank Wilson's excellent essay on Keats, click into the Daily Times Purple Patch article by Princeton's Michael Wood.

See you next year. Thanks for this one.

Yours,
Rus

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