Rob Hardy 1, Rudyard Kipling 0
We are delighted to report that AustenBlog reader Rob Hardy had a poem, “Jane Austen’s Toes,” published in The Apple Valley Review’s Fall 2007 issue. The poem (apparently inspired by a line in Carol Shields’ biography of Jane Austen) is quite lovely in our opinion and beats that Kipling fellow’s mash-poems about Jane all cold. Do check it out.
September 4th, 2007 at 8:08 am
“I’m not surprised she never mentions
intestines or kidneys. I myself prefer
to let them do their work
unimagined.”
Amen, brother.
This is one I’m printing out and keeping. Beautiful work, Rob!
September 4th, 2007 at 10:50 am
The last line of this poem gave me a shiver up my spine. The good kind!
September 4th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Oh, that was lovely. Congratulations, Rob!
September 5th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Cool!
September 6th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Congratulations Rob! That particular quote from Shield’s book always irked me, I’m glad to see you have turned it into a wonderful poem though.
September 6th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
That’s beautiful! Congratulations.