KS> Omigosh! I'm talking to a *published* author!  What magazine?  Where?
 > Where can I get a copy?!  I mean BUY a copy!
 SB> I *am* a published author.  I've even ghosted books (published under
 SB> someone else's name).  And I've had some things published under my own
 SB> name too, although not books.  But this particular poem was published
 SB> in a small local (Salem, Gloucester, Cumberland Counties) not for sale
 SB> newsletter. I get the impression you live somewhere within fifty miles
 SB> of me, probably less than 25 miles away.  
 
 I've been away the weekend.  Good grief, Sondra!  I live in
 Mickleton.  I've *biked* down to Parvin State Park in Elmer and back.  
 We must live close.  
 SB> I can drop you off a copy at
 SB> your workplace if you let me know where it is. 
 
 Nuts!  I missed Sondra's Sunday paper run.  :(  I don't think you want 
 to go to DE to deliver a paper (or a poem).  I'm working in DE. 
 'Course DE might be closer to you than Mickleton, depending on where
 you live.  Hey - for a copy of that poem in print, I'd be willing
 to pick it up myself at your place.  Then again, we could meet at
 Richman's in Sharptown on 40?  You know the place with the cow out
 front and the deeeeeelicious ice-cream?  (g)  Let me know what you
 think!  If Penns Grove is closer, we could meet at a diner there.
 Or at a diner on the street where you live!  Never let it be said 
 I consciously avoided an opportunity to eat out.  (putting on my 
 drool bib - although it's hard to tell whether it's the poem or 
 thought of having a meal out that's the precipitator)
 SB> Maybe not tomorrow, but
 SB> when I'm up in that area. I say "up in that area", because I *know*
 SB> you're north of me. Almost everyone in New Jersey lives north of me.
 Glad you qualified that with "almost".  That means you're further
 up than Cape May... What a relief!  If you want I can also meet you
 up here somewhere.  
 SB> By the way, if you live near Woodbury, 
 
 (it's 15 min. north of me. used to live there)
 
 SB> there's a poet's group that
 SB> meets there the last Friday of every month. You might want to join
 SB> them.  I am friends with the head of the group. I've never personally
 SB> gone to it, however. I keep *intending* to, but my life stays so busy
 SB> that I just haven't been able to fit a new thing like that into my
 SB> schedule.  It's a long standing group -- been meeting for years now.
 SB> They read their poetry to each other.  The person who started it
 SB> assures me that everyone is very gentle in their critiques of each
 SB> other's poetry. 
 How come you mention that to me?  Haven't written much poetry.  
 Like writing, for me it's something that happens or it doesn't.  I don't 
 seem to have much say in the matter.  I'm intrigued and will take this
 information under advisement.
 KS> Spring = birth = mother?  I must say that mother and child is one
 > connection that did not come to my mind.  Every so often I see
 > illustrations that don't seem to connect with the material - sometimes
 > for a short story, or a children's book.  In those cases I get the
 > impression that the material wasn't read.
 SB> The artist who did the drawings is a personal friend of mine.  I know
 SB> she read the poem. I just haven't asked her about it yet.  The artist,
 SB> by the way, is Narcissa Voluntad Weatherbee.  Since you are a South
 SB> Jerseyite, too; you might know of her.  Although she's also known in
 SB> wider circles than South Jersey.  She's in Arizona right now leading
 SB> some workshops on drawing.  She's had her works featured in some
 SB> national magazines; and she's sold a lot of oils and stuff.  She's
 SB> really, really good.
 No.  Sorry to say I haven't heard of her, I haven't had the opportunity 
 to travel in those circles.  I'm very interested to hear what Narcissa's
 connection between the poem and the picture is, when you find out.
 SB> þ SLMR 2.1a þ Is a "meter maid" a female poet?
 Only if she does it on foot.
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