Come on Quincy, everybody knows you are a good and caring person. What you say is so obviously true that it's almost boring. In the UK it certainly still helps to have been at Oxford University (as I was). I should guess that in Ireland having 'Republican sympathies',even an uncle in the IRA, wouldn't hinder you one bit. My wife's great-uncle was shot dead by the Black and Tans but that doesn't, unfortunately for me, have much traction over here. I think it's a good time to be a poet because (here anyway) publication in a proper book is easier than it has ever been. Of course SELLING the thing is another ball game entirely, but, hell, you can't have everything. Another reason it's a good time tobe a poet is the existence of the Sphere. It's changed my life, not entirely but measurably. Good for you guys.
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