All U.S Poet Laureates ATC Swap #2

This is one of two YEAR LONG ATC swaps I am doing this year. You do not have to participate every month, but if you do, at year's end you will have a complete ATC collection of every U.S Poet Laureate to date. Some months you will be doing 3 ATCs, some months 4 (there are 45 US Poet Laureates to date). So as to know your poets better, I suggest reading at least a few of each of their poems. To acquaint yourself with any poet(s) you may not be familar with, may I suggest www.poemhunter.com. You can read selected works and brief bios there.

As to the ATCs you may do portraits, illustrate a part of a particular poem, use an actual quote or stanza. You may use all forms of embellishment, so long as your ATC adheres to the standard 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" size and is thoughtfully executed (something you yourself would be proud to possess in your ATC collection). This month's U.S Poet Laureates are: ROBERT LOWELL (1947-1948), LEONIE ADAMS (1948-1949), ELIZABETH BISHOP (1949-1950), and CONRAD AIKEN* (1950-1952 * first to serve two years). As to qualifications. No newbies. You must have at least a 4.80 to participate (no recent ones/threes). If there are extenuating circumstances, please contact me before entering this swap for my approval. Also you MUST RATE! Saying, "thank you" is only good manners, and if you are known not to play polite you will also be banned. I do always 'angel' the swaps I host, and on these longer, larger swaps of 4 cards, I am especially zealous on review of ratings and profiles. As a boonka to your partner try perhaps including a poem in your envelope or perhaps an ATC of another poet (not on the Laureate list). Let's all have fun with this!

Since Conrad Aiken is a personal favorite of mine, I would like to share a small poem below:

 Harvest Morning

 Now that body's older
 body begs
 send the mind to walk
 but not the legs.
 A mile off still,
 we'll see the barley clearly,
 and know that this year's harvest
 will be early.

** Everyone, a thousand mortified apologies, but next month's group will include the first US Poet Laureate which I grossly, erroneously ommited.