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  • Column: What Makes A Good Comment at allpoetry
    On OLDPOETRY [ http://oldpoetry.com/ ] members and guests are welcome to make comments about the Old Poets and their poems.

    Briefly the criteria are Relevance, Decency and Courtesy.
  • Column: POSTING TRANSLATIONS ON THE OLDPOETRY SITE at allpoetry
    Other than the rule about the time elapsing between a poet’s death and their work appearing on the Oldpoetry site, I wouldn’t like to be too prescriptive about how we post translations but I do feel that we should try to make things as clear as possible f
  • Column: “THEY WENT WITH SONGS TO THE BATTLE” at allpoetry
    For the Commemoration of the Anzac Forces who were injured or died in battle on 25th April 1915 during the Gallipoli Campaign - Lest We Forget

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  • on Christmas Day In the Workhouse by George Robert Sims, on September 2

    For guest danni allen

    This poem has been anthologised in so many different books since the author first wrote it that it would be ahrd to list all of them. Check the lists at Guttenberg or at Amazon.
    Jim

  • on Bora Ring by Judith Wright, on September 2

    For guest Candice.

    Check the help notes Candice.
    We cannot do YOUR homework for you but we do offer some good guidelines.
    Jim

  • on I am the Great Sun by Charles Causley, on September 2
    The notes I have say that this was "inspired by" a crucifix in Normandy dated 1632 and not "from" a crucifix. The way the style fits in so well with Causley is, for me, a clear indication that he wrote it from scratch rather than translated.
    Jim

  • on Bo-beh-o-bi Sang The Lips by Velimir Khlebnikov, on August 5
    How right you are. I did find a Russian - English translation and it does have chain. It's linked in the notes. I got called away before I could retrace my hasty steps.
    My logic was clear that they were all visual references but what is logic! BTW there are 3 plurals lips, glances, brows and 2 singulars visage and chain (chin).
    Please feel free to rattle my chain if I slip up again.
    Jim