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This isn't a flippant post, but is not possible that Scots Gaelic might become the first known language to have more poets than speakers? 2009/10/27 Séamas Cain <[log in to unmask]> > _______________ > > > On Saturday the 31st of October 2009, at 8:30 p.m., in the Centre for > Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, Scotland ... > > Cẹl 's Craic will present an evening of poetry & music. > > Poetry from Alasdair Roberts, with Màiri Morrison & Sineag MacIntyre ... > > Also Stevie Jones & Alastair Caplin ... > > Alasdair Roberts? Who is he? Drawing on folklore, his poetry & songs > are complex; contemporary & ancient, metaphysical & dark but also > playful. Go to Cẹl 'S Craic at Halloween to be entranced! > > Màiri Morrison, well-respected actress & singer, will be joining > Alasdair Roberts on stage where we will see some Gaelic & English > collaborations in spontaneity. > > Admission is £8 (£5) ... > > For more information write to > > [log in to unmask] > > For more information about the > > Centre for Contemporary Arts, > > go to ... > > http://cca-glasgow.com/home > > For more information about > > Comhairle nan Leabhraichean > > (the Gaelic Books Council) > > go to ... > > https://lsh507.securepod.com/gaelicbooks.org/merchantmanager/ > > For more information about > > Cẹl 's Craic, > > go to ... > > http://www.myspace.com/ceolscraic > > Tapaidh leibh, agus ch́ sinn ann thu! > > Séamas Cain > http://www.saorsainn.net > > _______________ > -- David Bircumshaw "A window./Big enough to hold screams/ You say are poems" - DMeltzer 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 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw