Thanks, Tom. As you know, I'm not much of a critter; and in fact with all the postings of Frost and Housman and Francis, etc., I'm just trying to "show, not tell." I think both these threads have been at a disadvantage because the critique boards are the place to improve poems. I do very much like your couplet, very JVC! These discussions are pretty much petering out, and I'm pleased to tell one and all that my next guest is the sterling young British poet, Helena Nelson. We will be discussing the po scene Over There, Britain and her adopted Scotland. I shall begin her lariatcy by posting some of her verse (see the riotous Stan and Penny thread at Mastery for openers) and conducting an interview to stimulate our conversation with England's answer to Alicia Stallings.
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