Contrary to much scholarly opinion, he was also a generous mentor to many poets who were women.
I discussed this topic briefly for @LightPoetryMag about a decade ago in an essay about the history of women in light verse.
I’m grateful for Barbara Loots’s extremely generous review of A LITTLE LIGHT in the new issue of @LightPoetryMag. Links below to the whole review (along with reviews of several other worthy books) and the whole hilarious-poem-packed issue.
Do you find you're becoming a wreck
As the pols gallop on, neck and neck?
Never fear: you're ahead by a mile
In the race to find reasons to smile...
And the finish line, of course, is Light's summer/fall issue! CLICK LINK IN COMMENTS TO READ. :)
Kudos to featured poets Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Bruce Bennett,
@rhymeswithmessy Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, Philip Kitcher, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons, Chris O'Carroll, Orel Protopopescu, Matt Schatz & Alex Steelsmith