Re: PPB: Love-in-Idleness / Jane G. Austin
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> George J. Dance wrote: > >> MummyChunk wrote: >> >>> George J. Dance wrote: >>> Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog >>> Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin >>> >>> A time for everything? O yes, >>> And August is the time, I guess, >>> To gather Love-in-idleness. >>> Am I not right? Fair one, confess! >>> [...] >>> >>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html >> >> >> Thanks George! > > > Thank you for reading and commenting. Austin made her reputation as a novelist, but > she was a pretty good poet, too. Sadly, all I've seen of her published poetry have been > the 8 poems I've blogged. (She published one more in September, but I haven't found > a copy yet.) There's a website devoted to her, https://janegaustin.com/ -- but it doesn't > even mention her poetry that I can see. I'm glad to see she's picked up some 21st- > century fans, and I hope there will be more to come. Hopefully the elusive "September" poem will be found. I'll start looking, as well. This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709914497#709914497 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655