[Jerome Betts]

LUPO’s 8th autumn collection is now up, with many Spherean faces old and new on the catwalk, viz, in order of appearance, Philip Quinlan, David Galef, Wendy Videlock, Chris O’Carroll, Daniel Galef, Sylvia Fairley Melissa Balmain, Peter Goulding, Tristan (not Kate) Moss, Barbara Lydecker Crane, Laura J. Bobrow, Brian Allgar Ed Shacklee, Jean L. Kreiling, Rob Stuart, Ed Conti, Jan D. Hodge, Catherine Chandler, Basil Ransome-Davies and Martin Parker.
Their topics include doctors, couples on holiday, existential reflections, a fallen woman, fantastic occurrences, literary notes, Pluto, pram-racing, sign language, talking furniture, teeth, tests, towers, and a yogi.
In addition among the agile acrostic entertainers in the Interval are other Sphereans, Bill Greenwell, Jerome Betts, Matt Quinn, Douglas G. Brown, and Susan McLean ,and Messrs Allgar, Brown and Greenwell also figure in the ranks of the Waterloo competition winners.

www.lightenup-online.co.uk (Note. Julie's link in following post no longer works.)

[Julie Steiner]

Thanks for letting us know, Jerome! I will save this as a treat, so I can bribe myself into a day of productive drudgery.

The direct link to the issue is:
http://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/in...september-2015

[Jerome Betts]

Many thanks, Julie. I often forget the darned link.

[Melissa Balmain]

A wonderful issue, Jerome! As I posted on Facebook, I'm delighted to be rubbing shoulders there with so many talented poets. ... What would we light-verse editors do without the Sphere?

[Susan d.S.]

On another stellar issue of Lupo. The contests are also worth a look.