Poetry is everywhere. Folks are debating Elizabeth Alexander’s unauguration poem. The TS Elliot Prize was packed to the rafters. Sadly, the poetry ranks also lost one its number today – British poet John Fairfax has died at 78. The Guardian carries the story.

John Fairfax, who co-founded the creative writing community Arvon, is remembered for works such as Bone Harvest Done and Adrift on the Star-brow of Taliesin. He also worked with Ted Hughes and Arvon’s co-founder John Moat on a book called The Way to Write.