This is the last of the Other Room’s Secret Santa series, poets disguised as Santa Claus. Yesterday’s Santa was Ed Dorn. And to finish, who is this? Santa doesn’t like broad beans with his Christmas lunch. They give him terrible spasms.
Secret Santa
Secret Santa – 23
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Christina Rossetti. But who is this? Santa is planning to round off this year’s festivities with an all night session on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. He’s something of a gunslinger.
Secret Santa – 22
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Allen Ginsberg. But who is this? It’s a little known fact that Santa used to employ goblins as well as elves but stopped because of fluctuations in the market.
Secret Santa – 21
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Elizabeth Barrett Browning. But who is this? Santa once had a terrible accident with some scalding hot gravy and a toasting fork. You should have heard him howl.
Secret Santa – 20
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Lord Bryon. But who is this? How do you cook sprouts? Let me count the ways…
Secret Santa – 19
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Mina Loy. But who is this? Until his death, famous playwright, raconteur and funnyman Harold Pinter used to call at Santa’s house every Christmas morning to collect his present in person. One year, when he didn’t get the Sylvanian Families picnic set he’d asked for, he threw a massive tantrum and lapsed into sullen silence. “Don’t be such a child, Harold!” hissed his wife, Lady Antonia Fraser. “My mother was right. You really are dangerous to know!”
Secret Santa – 18
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Louis Zukofsky. But who is this, with a small dog named Joannes? He loves it when Santa sings to him, although not when he’s watching Downton Abbey on television.
Secret Santa – 17
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was T.S. Eliot. But who is this knocking at the door? He’s making “A” list, he’s checking it twice.
Secret Santa – 16
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Edith Sitwell. But who is this? Santa often spends Christmas with flamboyant TV host Graham Norton and Graham is in charge of the Christmas dinner. One year, Graham overcooked the turkey. That’s Burnt, Norton!” Santa exclaimed.
Secret Santa – 15
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Wallace Stevens. But who is this? Christmas is such a facade these days. It doesn’t sit well with me.
Secret Santa – 14
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Emily Dickinson. But who is this? Santa loves to relax on Christmas day by slipping into his Julius Caesar costume and gorging himself on raspberry ripple. His elves call him the emperor of ice cream.
Secret Santa – 13
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Frank O’Hara. But who – is – this? 
Secret Santa – 12
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Lorine Niedecker. But who is this, already seemingly under the malign influence of Crabbie’s ginger wine? Oh Santa Claus we love you get up.
Secret Santa – 11
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Robert Creeley. But who is this? Look at it objectively.
Secret Santa – 10
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was HD. But who is this? You can often find him riding his sleigh down a black mountain.
Secret Santa – 9
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Vladimir Mayakovsky. But who is this? Give it some initial thought.
Secret Santa – 8
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Elizabeth Bishop. Congratulations to correct guessers Kim Jong Il and two of the Nolan Sisters. But who is this, whose tree has a red star on top of it?
Secret Santa – 7
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Ezra Pound. Congratulations to George Osborne and Jeremy Clarkson, who both win a copy of Das Kapital. But who is this? Santa, of course, has magical powers and can easily produce a miracle for breakfast.
Secret Santa – 6
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was William Carlos Williams. But who is this, enjoying panto season? Or should that be canto season?
Secret Santa – 5
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Marianne Moore. Congratulations to Heurelho Gomes and Mrs. Trellis from North Wales, who both guessed correctly. But who is this, whose favourite reindeer has a nose as red as a plum in an icebox?



















