R.I.P. THOMAS CHATTERTON
November 20,
1752-August 24, 1770
Chatterton, the genius
boy of Bristol,
Peered through his
father’s occult ball of crystal,
Invented the ancient
poet-priest called Rowley,
Then swallowed poison
rather than starve slowly.
R.I.P. JOHN FREDERICK NIMS
November
20, 1913-January 13, 1999
Were
he alive, he'd pick these lines
To
nits, turn wrinkles into wrines.
God
now submits his choir's hymns
To
Poetry's John Frederick Nims.
