patrons and curators members of such lists as this in part -----Original Message----- From: cris cheek <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 10 February 2005 11:29 Subject: Re: Academic Verse >for me the key word here is context > >there is never not a context > >the poet needs to consider that > >often, with poetry there is more than one context, one more immediately >foregrounded than others > >commissioned work is often moot in that respect and historical >precedent tells us that patrons (of whatever hue) are an issue but . . >. > >who might and might not be defined as patron might be worth asking >here, in this context