Does anyone out there have a copy of Brendan Kennelly's poem, Cromwell?
Cromwell was one heck of a variable fellow and not my style at all (I
have my doubts about Marvell too). But I'd like to hear what Brendan K
makes of him (not much chance of drumming up K in Ithaca this late on a
Friday night but then all you chaps are probably in bed -- we don't sleep
any more, gave it up, unprofitable),
Mairead
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> He was pretty terrible then.
>
> This looks to me like another version of "Go to <name your country> and see
> how you like it" as an answer to "The police are corrupt"
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 30 June 2000 16:04
> Subject: Re: owning language
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>
> | Maybe Mairead. A Drogheda man has analysed the statistcis for
> | Cromwell and come to the conclusion that `Cromwell in Ireland'
> | is a myth. He was no harsher than his European contemporaries
> | in miltary affairs and maybe less so.
> |
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