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Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin

A time for everything? O yes,
And August is the time, I guess,
To gather Love-in-idleness.
Am I not right? Fair one, confess!
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html


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George J. Dance wrote:
Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin

A time for everything? O yes,
And August is the time, I guess,
To gather Love-in-idleness.
Am I not right? Fair one, confess!
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html

Again, good poetry selection, GJD.

EfyA


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MummyChunk wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:
Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin

A time for everything? O yes,
And August is the time, I guess,
To gather Love-in-idleness.
Am I not right? Fair one, confess!
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html

Thanks George!

Good morning, MummyChunk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_G._Austin

Jane G. Austin was an interesting poet, see her biography in the link above.

EfyA


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MummyChunk wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:
Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin

A time for everything? O yes,
And August is the time, I guess,
To gather Love-in-idleness.
Am I not right? Fair one, confess!
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html

Thanks George!

Good evening MummyChunk, great to have you back with us in the poetry newsgroup.

EfyA


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MummyChunk wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:
Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin

A time for everything? O yes,
And August is the time, I guess,
To gather Love-in-idleness.
Am I not right? Fair one, confess!
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html

Thanks George!

Thank you for reading and commenting. Austin made her reputation as a novelist, but
she was a pretty good poet, too. Sadly, all I've seen of her published poetry have been
the 8 poems I've blogged. (She published one more in September, but I haven't found
a copy yet.) There's a website devoted to her, https://janegaustin.com/ -- but it doesn't
even mention her poetry that I can see. I'm glad to see she's picked up some 21st-
century fans, and I hope there will be more to come.


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George J. Dance wrote:

MummyChunk wrote:

George J. Dance wrote:
Saturday's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
Love-in-Idleness, by Jane G. Austin

A time for everything? O yes,
And August is the time, I guess,
To gather Love-in-idleness.
Am I not right? Fair one, confess!
[...]

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-in-idleness-jane-g-austin.html

Thanks George!

Thank you for reading and commenting. Austin made her reputation as a novelist, but
she was a pretty good poet, too. Sadly, all I've seen of her published poetry have been
the 8 poems I've blogged. (She published one more in September, but I haven't found
a copy yet.) There's a website devoted to her, https://janegaustin.com/ -- but it doesn't
even mention her poetry that I can see. I'm glad to see she's picked up some 21st-
century fans, and I hope there will be more to come.

Hopefully the elusive "September" poem will be found.

I'll start looking, as well.


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