I'm about to post Featured Poet Matthew Francis's selection of poems, which will be followed in the next day or two by my interview with him. Let's not let Matthew's poetry get trampled under list politics. Anyone who still wants to speak his/her piece on the Johnson episode is welcome to back-channel me (be sure to CC Alison & Randolph too), but I'd appreciate it if we could restore the front-channel space to the topic (and shared passion) of this list, namely, poetry. Thanks, Candice