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POETS Day! Dorothy Wellesley
W.B. Yeats gave her a surprising fifteen pages in The Oxford Book of Modern Verse. For comparison, TS Eliot got twelve. Pound got six. He only gave…
May 8
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Ben Sears
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POETS Day! Hugh MacDiarmid Thistled While He Worked
He’s a tremendous English poet for a rebellious Scot.
May 1
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Ben Sears
April 2026
POETS Day! Apes in Hell
You find out the strangest things reading introductions to books.
Apr 24
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Ben Sears
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POETS DAY! Keats Gets Snippy About Wordsworth
It’s unclear whether Wordsworth offended him or if he felt others mistakenly took offense to his manner or deeds. It’s a curious little enigma.
Apr 17
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Ben Sears
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Mayo Is Evil: A Brief History
I hate mayonnaise. I hate it desperately. I think mayo is vile. My wife thinks it’s evil. Distinction without much difference.
Apr 13
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Ben Sears
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POETS Day! George William Russell, Co-Host of the Irish Literary Revival
I can’t decide if he’s mimicking a medieval hierarchy or flattening prejudice and treating real and conceptual on equal footing.
Apr 10
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Ben Sears
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Refire A Classic: Deconstructed Salisbury Steak
This is not the comfort food steam table stuff. This Salisbury steak is cleaner and satisfies a different hankering.
Apr 7
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Ben Sears
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POETS Day! St John of the Cross as Translated by Roy Campbell
There were during St John's lifetime and after, efforts to suppress or soften his teachings. Not everyone understood his hope for perfect union.
Apr 3
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Ben Sears
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March 2026
POETS Day! CS Lewis and Roy Campbell Agree to Disagree
In Tolkien’s telling, Lewis got snippy and accusative and Campbell laughed and brushed off criticisms.
Mar 27
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Spaghetti al Lent with Tomatoes and Smoked Trout
For those not in communion with Rome, this Spaghetti al Lent is a wonderful dish despite the penitential nod.
Mar 23
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Ben Sears
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POETS Day! Ford Madox Ford’s “In the Little Old Market-Place”
It’s a place of exchange. He has his achievements. She has her charms and skills. But around them nothing’s happening. There’s no interaction.
Mar 20
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Ben Sears
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POETS Day! D.H. Lawrence
In “Poetry of the Present,” Lawrence extols free verse, especially as practiced by Walt Whitman. But I think he goes too far.
Mar 13
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Ben Sears
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