William Herbert wrote:
>
> Glasgow, 1960
>
> Returning to Glasgow after long exile
> Nothing seemed to me to have changed its style.
> Buses and trams all labelled 'To Ibrox'
> Swung past packed tight as they'd hold with folks.
> Football match, I concluded, but just to make sure
> I asked; and the man looked at me fell dour,
> Then said, 'Where in God's name are _you_ frae, sir?
> It'll be a record gate, but the cause o' the stir
> Is a debate on "la loi de l'effort converti"
> Between Professor MacFadyen and a Spainish pairty.'
> I gasped. The newsboys came running along,
> 'Special! Turkish Poet's Abstruse New Song.
> Scottish Authors' Opinions' -- and, holy snakes,
> I saw the edition sell like hot cakes!
>
> Hugh MacDiarmid, 1935
>
> As this poem took place the year before I was born, can any members of the
> list tell me who the Turkish poet was, and if the Spanish party was any
> good?
>
>
Turkish poet was probably Nazim Hikmet, who is in print and quite good.
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