And Lady Godiva for a bit of spice !!!!!!
Who is this King Richard the third is he a jazzplayer or something like that???
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Weiss
Sent: 05 February 2013 16:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: BOOKMAKER'S ODDS:
OK, then how about promoting an annual Richard III Day, in which the colorful locals dress up in late medieval attire and hunchback? Prizes for the best sneer.
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>From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Feb 5, 2013 11:21 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: BOOKMAKER'S ODDS:
>
>Shudder. I think I'd rather sell The Big Issue :)
>
>York Minster has today been in the news, as it is, quite rightly I
>think, pressing its own claim to be Ricardus Rex's final home, he did
>after all subscribe to its building works; while Leicester, as well as
>having a mediocre Victorian restoration of a town church posing as a
>cathedral, was also A LANCASTRIAN TOWN, in which no good Yorkist would
>want to be seen dead. Leicester also has a long tradition of neglect
>and despight of its past and its monuments (the little church of Mary
>of the Annunciation, razed at the reformation, was full of Royal
>tombs). Unlike, on the whole, York.
>Literary side-note - the architect responsible for St Martin's (aka
>Leicester Cathedral) drab outward restoration was a unhappy fellow
>called Raphael Brandon *- who had* *taken to drink* - a terrible Victorian fate.
>in 1870 he took on an also down on his luck assistant, one Thomas Hardy.
>The decrepit chambers of 'Mr Knight, Barrister-at-Law' in 'A Pair of
>Blue Eyes' are supposed to be based on Brandon's London offices. The
>cathedral restoration was complete in 1867, so we can't blame Hardy,
>himself an indifferent architect, for it.
>
>On 5 February 2013 13:43, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Your chance to preempt them all, David. Or maybe edit an anthology of
>> Dickie 3 poems to be sold at tourist attractions.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Feb 5, 2013 2:13 AM
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: Re: BOOKMAKER'S ODDS:
>> >
>> >One point is that Richard was of course a Catholic so there's some
>> interest
>> >in what funeral service will occur in the Anglican cathedral.
>> >
>> >And, yes, thanks Mark, I did point that out. A local historian had
>> >suggested it some twenty years ago and it had become 'common
>> >knowledge' in the town. To be fair, the historian was mentioned by
>> >the University archaeologists in their press conference yesterday.
>> >
>> >It's a rueful footnote to cosmic irony that Richard (who, even
>> >without the Tudor propaganda, was still a multiple murderer, albeit
>> >one with a touch
>> of
>> >social conscience) apart from his crimes in life will be responsible
>> >for generations to come for inspiring a population explosion of dull
>> >plodding poems b 'local' poets.
>> >
>> >best
>> >
>> >dave
>> >
>> >On 5 February 2013 01:14, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> David Bircumshaw in Leicester should know what's brewing
>> >> poetically. He showed me the parking lot when it was still just a
>> >> gleam in an archaeologist's eye.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> >Sent: Feb 4, 2013 7:15 PM
>> >> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> >Subject: Re: BOOKMAKER'S ODDS:
>> >> >
>> >> >Already done, Barry!
>> >> >
>> >> >The light shines 24 hours a day on the parking lot.
>> >> >
>> >> >Jack Spicer wrote that. Now, by Richard, we know why.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >________________________________
>> >> >From: Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> >Sent: Mon, February 4, 2013 9:19:31 AM
>> >> >Subject: BOOKMAKER'S ODDS:
>> >> >
>> >> >In process of setting odds on the first poet to publish a poem on
>> >> >that
>> >> stunning
>> >> >news just reaching me:
>> >> >
>> >> >RICHARD III FOUND UNDER PARKING LOT
>> >> >
>> >> >Who will it be? Suggestions & odds welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> >Somehow Andrew Motion arises in my consciousness as a candidate.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Barry
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
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>> >**
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