[Steve Bucknell]

Thanks for the reminder, Maryann. I think that's enough typing for me. I wanted to do it because I think Lister has been lost from view. On the Deutsch dust-jacket he is "listed"..."listered?"... with Stevie Smith, Roy Fuller, David Wright, Laurie Lee, Elizabeth Jennings, David Gascoyne and H.D., all of whom I have heard of and read. Why has Lister disappeared? Was he considered Light, old fashioned, formalist? He certainly wouldn't have fitted into the 60's London literary scene.Yet his work seems fresh, funny, with "hidden depths". I'm hoping others will get interested and seek out these very entertaining books. For the formal versemeisters (is that even a word?) they look like essential inspiration.