[Tim Murphy]

1952? I am shocked! I always figured Margeret was old enough to be my mother. And my misconception was entirely based on the wisdom in her writing. David, I was unable to log in at the site you linked, but I liked Mike Alexander's poem. I had to significantly revise my own:

i.m. Margeret Griffiths

A lady lived in Dorset, thrived in Poole.
She died last month but she would love this tale.
My dad and mom sought Thomas Hardy’s grave,
made pilgrimage. The statue on the green
was Thomas Hardy’s, mayor of the town.
“Wrong Hardy,” said my father with a sneer.

There are some stories never learned at school,
pastures where sheep can look at dogs and quail,
then turn their tails and give the grass a shave.
And there is Dorset, such a placid scene,
where a lone lady in her fitting gown
dies and her death makes all our deaths draw near.

[Jennifer Reeser]

How sad. My sympathies to those who will miss her.

[Marion Shore]

Tim, I thought she was older too. Maybe it's sour grapes on my part, assuming someone is older because they've had all that extra time and experience to become so versatile and accomplished, and if I were their age I'd be as good yada yada yada

Petra, there was another poem about her dog's death, for which Paul gave the link earlier:

http://www.shitcreekreview.com/issue1/throwaway.html

It's one of those poems I can only read once because I know everytime I go back to it I'll cry.

Does anyone remember or have access to a poem she wrote about mermaids and drowned sailors? I don't recall the name, but it made a hugh splash on DE, and was utterly enchanting, almost Poe-like, in the beauty of its images and music.

It says so much about her, doesn't it, that after all these years, we remember so many of her poems so vividly?

[Janice D. Soderling]

You know, I always considered her youngish, maybe forty, oolishly based on a really terrific being-in-love poem she posted with exhuberant language. I don't remember the details but wasn't there an egg/ovo. I want there to be tent poles and nipples as well, but I may be confusing this with another poem. Some of the guys didn't appreciate it as much as some of the gals. But it knocked my socks off.

Anyone remember? Anyone got it?

[Petra Norr]

- Marion, thanks for the link. The song about the merfolk and sailors -- it might be "Salt" you're thinking of. Mark posted a link to it on p. 4 of this thread.
- Martin, Rose printed out "Studying Savonarola" on p. 2 of the thread.

[Marion Shore]

Yes, Petra--Salt's the one! God, it's gorgeous! Thanks.

[Martin Rocek]

Thanks Petra.

I must have seen it and forgot.

Martin

[Martin Rocek]

Apparently, according to her friend and sometime co-editor Christina Fletcher,
Maz was a little older--born in 1947; still, 62 is quite young these days. So the
webpage that I found which listed the birth of "ukgrasshopper" as 1952 must
have referred to someone else.

I wonder if anyone has a copy of her poem "Constanza Carved"? I remember
it being workshopped at the Gazebo, and it was very powerful.

Also, has anyone found a working link to "Studying Savonarola"?

Thanks,

Martin

[Martin Rocek]

Marion,
you might appreciate this quote
"Those not jealous of Maz have the most reason to be."
from
http://www.poets.org/forum/viewtopic...ht=grasshopper
and
http://www.poets.org/forum/viewtopic...&highlight=maz
(the latter link has the full quote:
... the best online poet by far is Margaret A. Griffith (aka "Maz", "Grasshopper" on PFFA and Eratosphere). I wouldn't say this if "Studying Savonarola" were her only brilliancy. Not for naught do we say "those not jealous of Maz have the most reason to be!"

Martin

[David Anthony]

Originally Posted by Martin Rocek

Apparently, according to her friend and sometime co-editor Christina Fletcher,
Maz was a little older--born in 1947; still, 62 is quite young these days. So the
webpage that I found which listed the birth of "ukgrasshopper" as 1952 must
have referred to someone else.

Martin

Actually, Martin, her ezboard profile gives her age as one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-two, which is very Maz.
I checked my own ezboard profile and found my age is given as 14, which frankly speaking is out by at least 10 years.