Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
[...]
Tall pines the marge of day beset
Like many a slender minaret,
Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
Summon the reverent world to prayer.
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html

George J. Dance wrote:
>
> Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
> A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
> [...]
> Tall pines the marge of day beset
> Like many a slender minaret,
> Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
> Summon the reverent world to prayer.
> [...]
> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html

Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.

Thanks again, George

George Dance wrote:

> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>> >
>> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> > A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>> > [...]
>> > Tall pines the marge of day beset
>> > Like many a slender minaret,
>> > Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>> > Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>> > [...]
>> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.
>>

> Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a great deal of them are seasonal.

> Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out. Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The
> Watchman/, I can always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.

>> Thanks again, George

> I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now and then.

Good morning, thanks for the back story.

George Dance wrote:

> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 1:35:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> George Dance wrote:
>>
>> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 10:35:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> George Dance wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> >> George J. Dance wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> >> >> > A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>> >> >> > [...]
>> >> >> > Tall pines the marge of day beset
>> >> >> > Like many a slender minaret,
>> >> >> > Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>> >> >> > Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>> >> >> > [...]
>> >> >> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>> >> >> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.
>> >> >>
>> >> > Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a great deal of them are seasonal.
>> >> > Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out. Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The
>> >> > Watchman/, I can always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thanks again, George
>> >>
>> >> > I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now and then.
>> >> Good morning, thanks for the back story.
>>
>> > I just realized I'd better jump in and say, before NastyGoon Googles and "tells the group", that her cult novel was /Anne of Green Gables/. I'm sure you recognize the title, and probably her name with that prompt, but just didn't make the connection.
>> Yes, I'm familiar with the title, but never read the book.

> Well, it was a novel for girls. I probably read my sister's copy.

Could be how I missed it.

Many of the girls at my school were reading "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath, "Love Story" and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", and I did read those.

George Dance wrote:

> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 10:35:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> George Dance wrote:
>>
>> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> George J. Dance wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> >> > A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>> >> > [...]
>> >> > Tall pines the marge of day beset
>> >> > Like many a slender minaret,
>> >> > Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>> >> > Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>> >> > [...]
>> >> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>> >> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.
>> >>
>> > Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a great deal of them are seasonal.
>> > Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out. Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The
>> > Watchman/, I can always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.
>>
>> >> Thanks again, George
>>
>> > I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now and then.
>> Good morning, thanks for the back story.

> I just realized I'd better jump in and say, before NastyGoon Googles and "tells the group", that her cult novel was /Anne of Green Gables/. I'm sure you recognize the title, and probably her name with that prompt, but just didn't make the connection.

I remember the movie, saw it when I lived in Buffalo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aZ8pOMhlc

General-Zod wrote:

> George Dance wrote:

>> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 10:35:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> George Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> >> George J. Dance wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>>> >> > A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>>> >> > [...]
>>> >> > Tall pines the marge of day beset
>>> >> > Like many a slender minaret,
>>> >> > Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>>> >> > Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>>> >> > [...]
>>> >> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>>> >> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.
>>> >>
>>> > Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a great deal of them are seasonal.
>>> > Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out. Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The
>>> > Watchman/, I can always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.
>>>
>>> >> Thanks again, George
>>>
>>> > I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now and then.
>>> Good morning, thanks for the back story.

>> I just realized I'd better jump in and say, before NastyGoon Googles and "tells the group", that her cult novel was /Anne of Green Gables/. I'm sure you recognize the title, and probably her name with that prompt, but just didn't make the connection.

> I remember the movie, saw it when I lived in Buffalo...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aZ8pOMhlc

New to me, looks good, I suppose.

🙂

Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> George Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> >> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>>>> >> > A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>>>> >> > [...]
>>>> >> > Tall pines the marge of day beset
>>>> >> > Like many a slender minaret,
>>>> >> > Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>>>> >> > Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>>>> >> > [...]
>>>> >> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>>>> >> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.
>>>> >>
>>>> > Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a great deal of them are seasonal.
>>>> > Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out. Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The
>>>> > Watchman/, I can always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.
>>>>
>>>> >> Thanks again, George
>>>>
>>>> > I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now and then.
>>>> Good morning, thanks for the back story.

>>> I just realized I'd better jump in and say, before NastyGoon Googles and "tells the group", that her cult novel was /Anne of Green Gables/. I'm sure you recognize the title, and probably her name with that prompt, but just didn't make the connection.

>> I remember the movie, saw it when I lived in Buffalo...

>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aZ8pOMhlc

> New to me, looks good, I suppose.

The 1934 version looks more interesting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LidlnulDo

************ Anne of Green Gables (1934) is a black-and-white film created by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by George Nichols Jr and starring Anne Shirley as Anne Shirley. Sequel: Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) *****************

NancyGene wrote:

> On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 3:45:15 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LidlnulDo
>> ************ Anne of Green Gables (1934) is a black-and-white film created by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by George Nichols Jr and starring Anne Shirley as Anne Shirley. Sequel: Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) *****************

> That must have been quite a stretch for Anne Shirley to play Anne Shirle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You are an idiot Nancy G.

I did not write that...

On 2023-01-27 5:42 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> George Dance wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 10:35:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> George Dance wrote:
>>> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery
>>> wrote: >> George J. Dance wrote: >> >
>>> >> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog: >> > A Winter Day, by Lucy
>>> Maud Montgomery >> > [...] >> > Tall pines the marge of day beset >>
>>> > Like many a slender minaret, >> > Whence priest-like winds on
>>> crystal air >> > Summon the reverent world to prayer. >> > [...] >> >
>>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>>> >> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway. >>
>>> > Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published
>>> only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write
>>> novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the
>>> blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked
>>> through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and
>>> had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a
>>> great deal of them are seasonal.
>>> > Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out.
>>> Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's
>>> copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be
>>> p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The > Watchman/, I can
>>> always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she
>>> is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a
>>> best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's
>>> novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially
>>> her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.
>>> >> Thanks again, George
>>> > I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is
>>> satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now
>>> and then.
>>> Good morning, thanks for the back story.
>
>> I just realized I'd better jump in and say, before NastyGoon Googles
>> and "tells the group", that her cult novel was /Anne of Green Gables/.
>> I'm sure you recognize the title, and probably her name with that
>> prompt, but just didn't make the connection.
>
>
> I remember the movie, saw it when I lived in Buffalo...
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aZ8pOMhlc

I recognized the cast in that version. It was a mini-series on CBC in
the mid-1980s. It got excellent ratings, and lunched the career of Megan
Fellowes, who played Anne. I knew it had been released in some countries
as a movie, but didn't know that included the USA.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2023-01-27 5:42 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
>> George Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 10:35:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> George Dance wrote:
>>>> > On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery
>>>> wrote: >> George J. Dance wrote: >> >
>>>> >> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog: >> > A Winter Day, by Lucy
>>>> Maud Montgomery >> > [...] >> > Tall pines the marge of day beset >>
>>>> > Like many a slender minaret, >> > Whence priest-like winds on
>>>> crystal air >> > Summon the reverent world to prayer. >> > [...] >> >
>>>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>>>> >> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway. >>
>>>> > Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published
>>>> only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write
>>>> novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the
>>>> blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked
>>>> through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and
>>>> had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a
>>>> great deal of them are seasonal.
>>>> > Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out.
>>>> Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's
>>>> copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be
>>>> p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The > Watchman/, I can
>>>> always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she
>>>> is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a
>>>> best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's
>>>> novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially
>>>> her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.
>>>> >> Thanks again, George
>>>> > I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is
>>>> satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now
>>>> and then.
>>>> Good morning, thanks for the back story.
>>
>>> I just realized I'd better jump in and say, before NastyGoon Googles
>>> and "tells the group", that her cult novel was /Anne of Green Gables/.
>>> I'm sure you recognize the title, and probably her name with that
>>> prompt, but just didn't make the connection.
>>
>>
>> I remember the movie, saw it when I lived in Buffalo...
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aZ8pOMhlc

> I recognized the cast in that version. It was a mini-series on CBC in
> the mid-1980s. It got excellent ratings, and lunched the career of Megan
> Fellowes, who played Anne. I knew it had been released in some countries
> as a movie, but didn't know that included the USA.

I never actually saw the movie, but the name is familiar.

I plan on watching it at some point in the future, is it really any good?

General-Zod wrote:

> NancyGene wrote:

>> On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 3:45:15 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LidlnulDo
>>> ************ Anne of Green Gables (1934) is a black-and-white film created by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by George Nichols Jr and starring Anne Shirley as Anne Shirley. Sequel: Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) *****************

>> That must have been quite a stretch for Anne Shirley to play Anne Shirle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> You are an idiot Nancy G.

> I did not write that...

I suppose you should correct the quote and repost it, Zod, since NancyGene is in such a tizzy over it.

🙂

George Dance wrote:

> On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 2:05:15 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>> >
>> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> > A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>> > [...]
>> > Tall pines the marge of day beset
>> > Like many a slender minaret,
>> > Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>> > Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>> > [...]
>> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html
>> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.
>>

> Montgomery's looking like another Margaret Deland; she published only one p..d. book of her early poetry (and then went on to write novels), but that one looks full of poems that have a place on the blog. I've only started reading /The Watchman/, and I haven't looked through the credits, but her poems look like verse she sent to and had published in magazines. Meaning they're all well-written, and a great deal of them are seasonal.

> Also, unlike with Deland, there's less danger of running out. Montgomery has a posthumous Collected Poems, and while that's copyrighted, all the poems in it that she published in mags would be p.d. So, if I run out of Montgomery poems in /The
> Watchman/, I can always buy a copy of that. You see, while her poetry is obscure, she is a very well-known writer in Canada; like Deland again, she was a best-selling novelist in her day; and because she wrote children's novels, they've lasted and are still widely read today - especially her first one, which enjoys almost a cult status.

>> Thanks again, George

> I enjoy sharing information, and getting it into written form is satisfying in itself; but it also feels nice to get a "thanks" now and then.

Again, well put.

Will Dockery wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>> Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> A Winter Day, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
>> [...]
>> Tall pines the marge of day beset
>> Like many a slender minaret,
>> Whence priest-like winds on crystal air
>> Summon the reverent world to prayer.
>> [...]
>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-winter-day-lucy-maud-montgomery.html

> Another obscure poet, to me, anyway.

> Thanks again, George

Agreed and seconded...!