[Allen Tice]

Originally Posted by Mark Allinson

I remember this post from 2004 from Henry Quince (in a thread entitled "Very Short Poems", on Musing on Mastery), where he light-heartedly suggested what fate might have befallen a famous poem, had it appeared on TDE seeking advice.

Here is the post:

Mark, this excuses certain sins on another thread. Very good.

(Psst, folks, I finally have figured Mark out: he's communicating his wisdoms to a smallish crowd of secret acolytes hidden in the Cotswolds near Morton in Marsh. But they daren't reply for fear I will expose them further.)