Returning to the original theme of elegies and Northern Ireland, Tom 
Paulin's 'Soldier and Packman' - "(in memory of Chanda Singh Khosa, 
1908-93)", though not directly related to 'The Troubles', would be a great 
addition (Walking a Line). And also his poem about the Loyalist murder in 
Ballymoney - 'The Quinn Brothers' in The Wind Dog.
Jamie

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From: "Séamas Cain" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:51 PM
Subject: A Northern Irish poet ?


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Please, let us return to Naomi Banks original question about the
connections between "The Troubles," the genre of elegy, and several
generations of poets in Ulster.

I would like to suggest that Naomi consider the work of Paul "Red" 
Shuttleworth.

Shuttleworth, an Irish-American with family connections to Ulster, was
the aide to Frank Gogarty (the chairman of NICRA, the Northern Ireland
Civil Rights Association) during the late 1960s and early 1970s.  And,
as Gogarty's aide, Shuttleworth was involved in delivering messages
and documents to people in every part of Ulster ... an involvement not
without considerable danger!

For additional information, see the Papers of Frank Gogarty, filed as
D3253 at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland ­— PRONI ­— in
Belfast.

However, also during the 1970s, Paul "Red" Shuttleworth, a poet, was
the editor/publisher of "AISLING : A Quarterly of Irish and American
Poetry."  It was through the pages of AISLING that many Ulster poets
of the time of "The Troubles" first found readers outside of Northern
Ireland!

Paul Red Shuttleworth was the author of "Western Settings : Poems,"
published in 2000 as a part of the Western Literature Series of the
University of Nevada Press in Reno, Nevada; "Coyotes With Wings,"
published in 1990 by Gorse Press in Prince George, British Columbia,
Canada; "Always Autumn," published in 1980 as "Nebraska Review
Chapbook number 8" by Southeast Community College at Fairbury,
Nebraska; "Refractions : Poems," published in 1978 by Impact in
Sunnyvale, California; and "Lanterns Searching Night," published in
1975 by the Caledonia Writing Series in Prince George, B.C.

For Paul Red Shuttleworth's "Western Settings," go to ...

http://www.nvbooks.nevada.edu/Browse/Titles/Western%20Settings;1840;1267

Creative regards,

Séamas Cain
http://www.saorsainn.net
http://alazanto.org/seamascain
http://seamascain-writernetwork.org

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From: Naomi Banks <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:10 AM
Subject: Northern Irish Poets?
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Hi,

I'm writing a PhD on the connection between the Troubles and the genre
of Elegy in Northern Irish poetry. If the first generation of
Northern Irish 'Troubles' poets includes Michael Longley, Seamus
Heaney and Derek Mahon, and the second generation includes people like
Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon, who might be the third generation?
I'm looking at Colette Bryce, Leontia Flynn, Sinead Morrissey... I
would be very grateful for more suggestions.

Thanks,

Naomi

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