On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:43:57 +0000
"J. Grogan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,I hope I'm not taking liberties here (and won't
>write again on it), but I thought that the list (and
>especially delegates at the International Spenser Society
>conference last weekend) might appreciate some of the
>pictures from the visit to Kilcolman. Despite the various
>challenges of moving two large buses around the country,
>and the near-proverbial challenges of accessing Kilcolman
>across the fields, it was a joyous day, and even the
>weather was kind.
> The organisers - Thomas Herron, Andrew King and I -
>would like to thank all the delegates once again for all
>of their enthusiasm and generosity, as well as for the
>top-notch papers delivered during the course of the
>conference. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
> All best wishes,Jane.
> From: "Sanford, Rhonda"
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> Sent: Monday, 22 June 2015, 13:41
> Subject: Re: A Limerick from Dublin
>
> Okay, I'll enter the fray here. Feel free to "improve"
>my verse (if you dare):
> A Spenserian while hiking near LimerickRemoved something
>from his shoe with a sharp stick.He found that while
>walkingToward the ruins he was stalkingHe'd stepped in a
>cow pie that he couldn't kick.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jun 21, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Susanne Woods
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> Ah David, Ah Joe--we are so glad for you!
> Wish I were there.
> Warmly,
> Susanne (Woods, not Wofford--S WoF I hope you are
>there!)
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Loewenstein, Joseph
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> You say, “jeaolus,” and I say “delectably regular”:
> Assailed by grave misapprehensionsShe asked that he
>state his intentionsHe replied, “my dear child”and
>generically smiledThey derive from long-standing
>conventions
> Surely you’ll approve of “long-standing."
> A drudge with more envy than witComplained that my
>meters don’t fitI inversely repliedWith my feet in full
>stride,"Use your ears, not your digits, you twit!"
> On Jun 21, 2015, at 11:33 PM, David Miller
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> Reporting on the Fifth International Spenser Conference,
>June 81-20, 2015, in Dublin, Ireland. With particular
>reference to the closing disputation.
>
> A miss assailed by grave misapprehensionsAsked her gent
>exactly what were his intentions."Ah, dear child,"He
>replied with a smile,"My answer is dictated by
>convention!"
> Another of the same.
> A critic jealous of the poet's witSniffed and told him
>that his meters weren't fit.The poet repliedWith his line
>in full stride,"Stop listening with your fingers, you
>poor twit!"
>
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