St. Lawrence Area Poets

Just finished reading "After Shakespeare: Selected Sonnets" by George Held, published by Cervena Barva Press located in Somerville, Massachusetts.  This is a beautiful collection of sonnets by Held, a veteran NYC poet who lives in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.  Held constructs his poems w/ wit & intelligence, a good combo.  I don't think that I've ever written an even halfway-decent sonnet, & I sometimes consider this a serious lack.  I mean, sonnets are centuries old, & they've never gone out of style; I should try a bit harder to work on a rigidly rhymed & metered poem of 14 lines. 

So, the next SLAP meeting will be held on Tuesday the 13th, 6:30 at the UU Church in Canton.  And the turnout will be excellent, I guarantee it!  A veritable throng will clamor for admission to the meeting.

So don't let me down.  I've made up SLAP poetry Newsletters for December & have delivered them all around the Canton & Potsdam area.  See if I get any response.  Nothing yet.

Okay then.  See EVERYONE on Tuesday night.  Bring a couple of poems to share.  Bye.

Soundtrack: my wife's dance music upstairs

beverage: dark ale

weather: cold

miscellaneous: reading essays & criticisms by John Updike

for conversation & adventure, contact John at ataraxia1114@aim.com