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poetree_admin ([personal profile] poetree_admin) wrote in [community profile] poetree2013-01-20 08:48 am
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Sunday Picnic With Unexpected Plums

jjhunter

Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.
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Re: weekly roundup thread - general poetry news

[personal profile] lnhammer 2013-01-20 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Not exactly news, but linkage. It had been a few years since I last wandered through Bartleby's collection of poetry, and have been pleasantly surprised at how much PD goodness is there. My current wandering through is Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse, a volume I had met on my parents' bookshelf in a slightly later edition -- the one linked to is the original 1921 version. Selections range from the suggestive to the smutty, including a generous helping of Burns's dirtier ditties.

---L.