One of the biggest surprises I've had so far in publicizing the Montserrat Poetry Festival is finding that an old friend and co-worker from yesteryear (some 30 years back) is an accomplished writer and poet.

Larry W. Allen is past president of the Columbia Missouri chapter of the Missouri Writer's Guild and he has had poems published in a variety of magazines and journals.

I recently picked up a copy of his book "Do Come In - and other Lizzie Borden poems." It is a wonderful read. In the compilation Larry presents fifty short poems capturing myriad facets of Lizzie Borden's life...some of which may be considered a bit...sensational...I think that's the right word.

Anyway, the overall collection has historical insight, humor, intrigue, emotion, mystery...lots of good stuff in small packages, and I would highly recommend it. The Amazon link is –


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Oh, and it's got some vintage photos too.



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