[Janice D. Soderling]

There are 399 posts in the back files here. Including this:

A Meditation of the Meaning of Existence.

I.
Y?


Regards, Maz

Quite possibly there are others that contain poems.

[Roger Slater]

The "I/Y"couplet has been done before, Janice. I seem to recall it's credited to a Siegel? Not sure, but I heard it decades ago. It seems like it could have been thought of independently by Maz, though.

Maryann, that sonnet to darkness is awesome. Utterly brilliant.

PS--

Yes, it is credited to Eli Siegel. See: http://www.aestheticrealism.net/poet...-Question.html . It is said to be the shortest poem in the English language, but I bet Ed Conti has a shorter one.

[Janet Kenny]

Originally Posted by peter richards

I subscribed, briefly, to a group of poets among whom Maz was a significant figure. I withdrew because I was contributing little or nothing.

Unhelpfully, I can't remember the name. I can remember what it was, though. It was quite simply an email that would be sent to all participating members, or... well, it was email based, anyway. It was really something very like the discussion boards here, except for the slightly different medium and perhaps the obvious ease of moderation (participation by invitation). I believe, in fact, that the idea of a more closed interactive group sprang from frustrations with usenet (rec.arts.poems or similar). I think I actually first made Maz's aquaintance there, before Able Muse was to be found on the web.

Anyway, WORM was so called because it spread through email as did certain less benign little viral monsters of the same name. The discussion group was named similarly. Anyone remember it? David? I believe the editor of ANON took part. The reason I blather forth all this is because I thought perhaps one or more of that group might offer insight into Maz's background and or more.

Rik Roots? Users of usenet in 97 98 and 99?

Peter, you have a private message.

[Wendy Sloan]

Terribly sad and shocking news.

[Martin Rocek]

I thought that some of you may find this particular opinion of Maz's
work interesting:

"Margaret A. Griffith: "Studying Savonarola" will be the "Prufrock" of the 21st Century. Various other Maz works will compete to be "The Waste Land". She may be the only major poet alive today. "
I found it at:
http://www.poets.org/forum/viewtopic...f89 f33076e59

Martin

[Roger Collett]

Originally Posted by peter richards

I subscribed, briefly, to a group of poets among whom Maz was a significant figure. I withdrew because I was contributing little or nothing.

Unhelpfully, I can't remember the name. I can remember what it was, though. It was quite simply an email that would be sent to all participating members, or... well, it was email based, anyway. It was really something very like the discussion boards here, except for the slightly different medium and perhaps the obvious ease of moderation (participation by invitation). I believe, in fact, that the idea of a more closed interactive group sprang from frustrations with usenet (rec.arts.poems or similar). I think I actually first made Maz's aquaintance there, before Able Muse was to be found on the web.

Anyway, WORM was so called because it spread through email as did certain less benign little viral monsters of the same name. The discussion group was named similarly. Anyone remember it? David? I believe the editor of ANON took part. The reason I blather forth all this is because I thought perhaps one or more of that group might offer insight into Maz's background and or more.

Rik Roots? Users of usenet in 97 98 and 99?

The forum through whch I met Maz was 'The Pennine Poetry Works' or just 'The Works'. Their archives will have a lot of her work.

[Rose Kelleher]

I shouldn't post this, since it links to a workshop draft, but I just found it and couldn't resist, heheh.

http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4196

[Roger Collett]

Originally Posted by Roger Collett

The forum through whch I met Maz was 'The Pennine Poetry Works' or just 'The Works'. Their archives will have a lot of her work.

https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/w...=1&H=0&O=A&T=0

Btw I have around 70 of her poems in my personal archive.

[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.