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Well there have been some good examples here: Roger McGough was Poet in Residence to my former employers, British Telecom, while somebody else (I forget who) was bard in presence to the Queen's Solicitors. Which takes the mind on a boggle. But best of all remains Ian McMillan's role as Poet Plod to a northern police force (he does have a sense of humour, it might be engaged in that) Best Dave David Bircumshaw Leicester, England Home Page A Chide's Alphabet Painting Without Numbers http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "maria fletcher" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:09 AM Subject: Corporate poets! Libby did ask recently if anyone had a good joke to share - unfortunately, I'm not sure if this fits the bill or not. This recently from our Tasmanian government: "The State Government agency arts@work this week announced the formal opening of its new employment agency, which has been matching up employers and artists for months...The agency has already filled requests for a corporate poet...corporate poets go along to events like conferences and listen to the days proceedings and turn it into a poem at the end of the day..." Intrigued, and bemused, my research only turns up corporate poets such as the motivational "speaker" David Whyte (author of THE HEART AROUSED, POETRY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE SOUL IN CORPORATE AMERICA.) But then, perhaps I have missed something... Maria