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I think it's very good. Can't quite tell who it's referring to - *all working-class immigrants in the UK now? From everywhere? Or the Irish? - Some Americans might be mystified by "biro'd." Wonder what you'll call it. "After Shelley"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominic Fox" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:46 AM Subject: Starting something YE ARE MANY hailed from overseas by megaphone, the poet rising from his couch. But were they ever, your people, leonine? Diasporic on their home turf, even, like ex-pats in training; swept out from slum-clearance, unregenerate mall denizens. Picture them biro’d in with small defiance, misdirected pride answering for squandered strength. Say we have greatness in us; show it where it is. That it is greatly to be feared is shown elsewhere, in mirror- visor, reinforced perspex riot-shield; the sabre swung from horseback, cleaving the ruck. * * * Returning to the poem that made me want to write poetry: Shelley’s The Masque of Anarchy. More to come, I hope. Dominic