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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: 'Tis May Now in New England / Bliss Carman
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 21:28:36 +0000
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On Sat, 24 May 2025 21:13:33 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

> On Sat, 24 May 2025 21:01:21 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:
>
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Today's poem on Penny's Poetry blog:
>>>>> 'Tis May Now in New England, by Bliss Carman
>>>>
>>>>> Back to the golden marshes
>>>>> Comes summer at full tide
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/tis-may-now-in-new-england-bliss-carman.html
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps we'll known in Canada, Bliss Carman is definitely somewhat
>>>> obscure here in the U.S.
>>>>
>>>> The most famous Canadian poet here would have to be Leonard Cohen.
>>>
>>> Hey, Will. I appreciate the information you posted on Cohen (which I
>>> snipped here only because it's already on the thread now). Cohen was my
>>> first "favorite poet" back when I was a teenager, and still ranks in my
>>> Top 10.
>>>
>>> I do have to add, though, since it's a Bliss Carman thread, that Carman
>>> was probably as well-known in the U.S.A. in his day as Cohen was in his.
>>>
>>> 'William Bliss Carman FRSC (April 15, 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a
>>> Canadian poet, acclaimed in his later days as "Canada's poet laureate."
>>> Carman was born and grew up in Canada, but lived most of his life in the
>>> United States, where he achieved international fame. During the early
>>> half of the 20th century, he was "widely accepted as the greatest
>>> Canadian poet of all."'
>>>
>>> Read more: https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Bliss_Carman
>>
>> Another good May poem.
>
> Yes, Carman's poems are always enjoyable to read. He repeats himself a
> bit in his later books, but that doesn't matter in a magazine format
> like PPB.

Yes, this format is good, PPB allows a variety.