thanks Doug, and others - staggers! good word. I still recall my frisson when first hearing that Tennyson's friend Hallam, having died young, was published posthumously in a book called - Hallam's Remains. M On 30/01/2014, at 3:51 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Aside from enjoying it as the others did, Max, I think your break from the 3 line stanza works well here. these couplets, then staggers, carry the tone well... > > Doug > On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:58 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> My posthumous poem >>