[Rick Mullin]

Nice line-up Roger, really swell.
And Everyman's? Well, I'm impressed.
I do so love the villanelle!

Its haters hate, but what the hell,
the hater is a household pest.
Lice pile up, Roger, and they swell

with hate. They start to smell.
But I'll take hex in anapest!
I do so love the villanelle.

Balbo? Barnstone? Kane as well?
And Stallings?! It's a treasure chest!!!
Nice line-up Roger. Really swell!

And when we see this show-and-tell
I'm sure you'll shine with all the rest!
I do so love the villanelle.

So stand down haters. This will sell,
with White and Merriam and Espaillat!
Nice line-up, Roger. Really swell!
I do so love the villanelle!

[Rick Mullin]

...which is to convey a hearty congrats to Roger. And to the rest. A villanellic treasure chest!

RM

[Ed Shacklee]

Good one, Rick. A coupe de ville. I'll clip this out and put it in the back of the book once I get it. Lice do pile up!

Best,

Ed

[Janice D. Soderling]

Oh, clever, Rick. What a tribute.

[Roger Slater]

Wow, Rick, thanks! Love it.

[Chris O'Carroll]

This is spectacular news. Congratulations. You are indeed in good company. But so are Thomas, Bishop, Roethke, et al.

[Gail White]

Thanks for the post, Roger, and congratulations to all.

As for you potential buyers, I'm in love with you.

[Jayne Osborn]

Are they villan-elles if they're written by women and villan-ils by men?

This will be unlike any other book in my poetry collection.
April next year is quite a way off so I look forward to another thread telling us we can now order the book.

[David Rosenthal]

Way to go everybody. Definitely sounds like a must-have volume.

David R.

[Will Gourley]

Roger & others, kudos. Is there a web-posting about the publication where we can keep up with contents, contributors, sources for purchase?
Regards wkg