Dead Poets Society

[YoungWillz 21,033]

3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Maybe I am dense, but...was it?

 

Last Word is part of the QOs since 2021, see the first post in the DDP 2021 thread. 

msc also pointed everyone to the Last Word web page which is a QO: 

 

 

2 hours ago, msc said:

From my sickbed, @YoungWillz, it was changed and announced last year for this years competition. Has to be written down on the last word page. One new qo players had asked for, along with the return of the independent.

 

Ah right, I do need to know for Poker Tournament purposes.

 

Must have passed me by, I recall such obits being disqualified in the past.

[gcreptile 10,966]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

 

Ah right, I do need to know for Poker Tournament purposes.

 

Must have passed me by, I recall such obits being disqualified in the past.

Yes, true, there was that BBC music catalogue page that didn't count. Still doesn't. 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Is she the first Last Word Q/O? 

[gcreptile 10,966]

8 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Is she the first Last Word Q/O? 

So far, the first Last Word Only QO, yes, but I don't know, she might get one of those backlog Times obits. Just like she seems a sort of "quiet times Last Word" obit. There weren't many big names in the past week.

[Ulitzer95 12,584]

Guardian obit for Etel Adnan.

[gcreptile 10,966]

I might even change the DDP obit because the Last Word link is less precise. She has received a couple of obits now.

 

It seems we are in total "backlog obit" mode right now. No high-profile deaths in a week or so. I'm surprised we haven't seen a tumbleweed on here lately.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

bell hooks DEAD AT 69.

[jcc 228]

1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

bell hooks DEAD AT 69.

She's almost a Two Ronnies punchline!

[YoungWillz 21,033]

DDP Pick Irish poet Thomas Kinsella being reported dead aged 93: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/thomas-kinsella-one-of-ireland-s-finest-poets-has-died-aged-93-1.4762187

 

[gcreptile 10,966]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

DDP Pick Irish poet Thomas Kinsella being reported dead aged 93: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/thomas-kinsella-one-of-ireland-s-finest-poets-has-died-aged-93-1.4762187

 

Not a good year for Irish poets. 

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Not a good year for Irish poets. 

 

True, but its a saving grace for a poorly performing Irish-themed DDP team.

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Discovered only know, that american writer and poet David Wagoner, who published numerous poetry collections and novels, died at 95 years already last month before christmas.

He was twice nominated for the National Book Award. His best-known works include In Broken Country (1979, poetry) and The Escape Artist (1965, fiction).

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/books/david-wagoner-dead.html

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

A tweet from Kathryn Bevis, a leading light of the Hampshire poetry scene.

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

47 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

A tweet from Kathryn Bevis, a leading light of the Hampshire poetry scene.

 

 

 

 

Teaching and up for fun times - DL Cup in May, then

 

Profile wise, I'm guessing she'd generate DL Cup points - https://wordsforthewild.co.uk/?page_id=8898

[Toast 16,131]

Call me old-fashioned, but splitting up prose into short lines doesn't make it a poem.  If it sounds like prose when you read it out, then it's prose.

[Grim Up North 3,725]

3 minutes ago, Toast said:

Call me old-fashioned, but splitting up prose into short lines doesn't make it a poem.  If it sounds like prose when you read it out, then it's prose.

 

I'm sorry to say that my

breast cancer has spread to my liver

so I'm now under palliative

rather than curative care.

 

It’s a total sod

but Ollie and I

are surrounded by love,

grateful for every moment we have.

 

Meanwhile, I'm Very Much Alive:

well, teaching and up for fun times.

 

[gcreptile 10,966]

3 hours ago, Grim Up North said:

 

I'm sorry to say that my

breast cancer has spread to my liver

so I'm now under palliative

rather than curative care.

 

It’s a total sod

but Ollie and I

are surrounded by love,

grateful for every moment we have.

 

Meanwhile, I'm Very Much Alive:

well, teaching and up for fun times.

 

love it, very e.e. cummings.

[time 8,596]

Richard Howard reported dead, aged 92. Scavenger Hunt pick for @MariNisia

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Reza Baraheni, characterized as Iran’s "finest living poet”, has died. He was 86.

 

https://www.thespec.com/ts/news/world/2022/04/02/a-tribute-to-reza-baraheni-irans-finest-living-poet.html

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Cowboy poet Baxter Black, whose best-known works include Horseshoes and Legacy of the Rodeo Man, died at 77 years:

https://www.agdaily.com/lifestyle/beloved-cowboy-poet-baxter-black-away/

He also had a career as a veterinarian for farm and ranch animals.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

13 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Cowboy poet Baxter Black, whose best-known works include Horseshoes and Legacy of the Rodeo Man, died at 77 years:

https://www.agdaily.com/lifestyle/beloved-cowboy-poet-baxter-black-away/

He also had a career as a veterinarian for farm and ranch animals.

He would have been on my Cup team had I advanced.

[Ulitzer95 12,584]

"The most widely published unknown poet in America" Simon Perchik (wiki) dead at 98 according to this tweet:
 

 

[Gisooo 3,313]

On 15/06/2022 at 15:08, Ulitzer95 said:

"The most widely published unknown poet in America" Simon Perchik (wiki) dead at 98 according to this tweet:
 

 

Obituary

[Summer in Transylvania 2,173]

Latvian poet and translator Knuts Skujenieks dead at 85.

 

Knuts. 

[arghton 6,701]

"Somali Shakespeare" Hadrawi dead at 79.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059pfjh