Janice, in the Autumn Sky
 

Hey, folks,

The new Autumn Sky Poetry is out, and it's an exceptionally lovely issue, a fusion of poetry and art, as an expanded edition. It's worth a look.

Of particular interest is a tetrameter villanelle by a certain Janice D. Soderling, entitled "The Death of Sardanapalus". It is beautifully done.

Congrats to all, and especially to anyone I may have missed.

Nice work, Janice!

Thanks,

Bill

Congrats Janice! Nice piece in a lovely issue.

David R.

Excellent!

I like it a lot, Janice. (I have this vague memory of researches to figure out the scansion of "Sardanapalus"!) Good work.

Congratulations, Janice!

Good villanelle, Janice. When I saw the thread heading, I thought it should have added "with diamonds."

Susan

Congratulations, Janice. That is such a nice publication.

dwl

Autumn Sky Poetry 15, the Art Issue, now live
 

I was just about to post an announcement when I saw there was already one here. Ah well, you snooze you lose. . .

Here's my announcement:

Greetings!

The fifteenth issue of Autumn Sky Poetry, the Art Issue, is now online.

Read poems and enjoy art by Bebe Cook, Theresa Senato Edwards & Lori Schreiner, J.L. Glenn & K.S. Bartow, Mel Goldberg, Guy Kettelhack, Rivka Keren, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, J.B. Mulligan, Kristine Ong Muslim, Katherine Riegel, Cheryl & Janet Snell, Janice D. Soderling, Rae Spencer, Ira Sukrungruang, and Donna Vorreyer.

—It's all about the poetry.

Sincerely,
Christine Klocek-Lim, Editor

If I may wallow a moment, it is delectable to receive kind words from poets whose work I admire. Thanks all of you for taking time to tell me you approved.

Thank you, Bill, for posting this note and huge thanks to Christine for including me.

Maryann, your memory is excellent, but I took the coward's way out and gave up on using it in the body of the poem. I am indebted to you (and to John and Rick and David) for both elucidation and entertainment.

http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=7540&highlight=Sardanapalus

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