March 25th forum announcement

Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags


Again, big poetry news from The Orient in this year of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. We headline with poet, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. And for the second week in a row, check out Luisetta Mudie's RFA Unplugged column in Great Regulars for more perspective on that part of our world.

Poets with Alzheimer's hit the news, both in their seventies. One on our back page, Jack Agüeros fighting it and working through its onset period with the help of friends; and the other, Hugo Claus, in Poetic Obituaries, choosing to have Belgian doctors kill him via the rare legalized euthanasia procedures there.

In several articles this week, the subject of enthusiasm arises. In fact, the Daily Times coincidentally brings us an essay on just that.

And this week, February IBPC results are in from judge Fleda Brown. Congratulations go out these IBPC poets and poetry boards: Lois P. Jones for her winning poem, "Unmarked Graves", entered by Pen Shells; Mitchell Geller for his second place poem "1980" representing the craft of Desert Moon Review (and note the new forum); Adam Elgar with the third place poem "Séance" workshopped at The Writers Block; plus three honorable mentions: Bernard Henrie's "Black Man Carrying Alligator Briefcase" also from The Writers Block; Alice Folkart's "Hawaiian Chicken (not a recipe)" from Blueline; and Laurie Byro's "Stoma" from About Poetry Forum.

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Yours,
Rus