Sorry, just nesting. On 26 Apr 2010, at 12:23, Patrick McManus wrote: > 8 emails re testing and testing testing joy they arrive happiness > thanks P > > From: British & Irish poets [mailto:BRITISH-IRISH- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw > Sent: 26 April 2010 07:18 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Nests > > At least some things change. From The New York Times Review of > Martin Stannard's biography of Muriel Spark: > > > She aspired to be a poet in those days (and in fact never gave up > writing poetry) and became the general secretary of the Poetry > Society, which precisely because it was a backwater was a viper’s > nest of invidiousness and intrigue. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/books/review/McGrath-t.html?pagewanted=2&nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3 > > > -- > 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 > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2832 - Release Date: > 04/24/10 06:31:00 >