Today would've been John M. Ford's 70th birthday.

Here are his two most famous sonnets.

April 10, 2026 - 19:54 UTC

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Thanks very much for this reminder. Guy could write.
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Oh I had missed that first one and it's so lovely
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Are you sure it wouldn't have been his 69th? I had his birth year as 1957. (Specifically I had him as "not even 50" when we lost him 20 years ago this fall.)
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Ah, you're right -- I messed that up by a year.

It is very weird realizing that I got more time than Mike did on this rock...
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Still miss Mike all the time.
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I commend also to your attention his wonderful poem about the 9/11 attacks, “110 Stories”

Because of its form, it is best read on the printed page or on a larger screen than a phone

I first saw it on the Nielsen-Hayden blog, Making Light
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nielsenhayden.com/110.html
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Yep! Also a masterpiece.
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