We need our twinkle toes. I had a difficult epiphany the other day - I was in Leicester Cathedral and we had to stand up to C.A.Duffy's Nazareth poem. I had encountered never such an association. It was at the end of a carol service after hark the heralds etc. No money in poetry is there, no status blah und blah. Best Dave ------Original Message------ From: Sean Carey Sender: British & Irish poets To: [log in to unmask] ReplyTo: British & Irish poets Subject: festive greetings Sent: 24 Dec 2013 17:48 to each and everyone on the list and sincere thanks who all involved in the b & i poets. debate is healthy and it keeps us all on our twinkle toes. i pray 2014 will be a wonderful year for us all. not forgetting all who did not live to see this christmas. last saturday by chance i saw news of Dardis Clarke's passing. son of Austin Clarke and grandson of an infrastructural pioneer. may he rest in peace. love sean Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media