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Daavey------faux populist neo-con mental slum where can I join?sounds stimulating cheeippos P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw Sent: 28 June 2009 17:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Apology for swords Well Doug with the things I'm having to attempt to negotiate with certain parties in a local writers' group, who want to turn it into a faux populist neo-con mental slum, I can sympathise with Desmond. Glad the page was better on yr eyes, I found it so too. 2009/6/28 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > Ta, David, this (the English) reads more supplely than the other version, > to my eyes & ears. > > Gosh, I know we have our little trials of taste etc, but nothing I feel as > harsh as Desmond's sense of football mates slagging each other. > > But, each of us does choose to read & to learn from poetry that speaks > deeply to us. > > Doug > > On 27-Jun-09, at 10:46 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote: > > http://www.seanet.com/~inisglas/cop1.html >> >> has the Irish text plus the translation set out in a readable way. No >> commentary. The wonderful sound-dances and rhythms of the Irish can, I >> think, show through the worlds of difference. >> >> -- >> David Bircumshaw >> "Nothing can be done in the face >> of ordinary unhappiness" - PP >> Website and A Chide's Alphabet >> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk >> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html >> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk >> >> > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.h tml > > What in the world we see > is what's important. > > Richard Caddel > -- David Bircumshaw "Nothing can be done in the face of ordinary unhappiness" - PP Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.93/2206 - Release Date: 06/27/09 17:55:00