Hi - the britpo list is at: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/british-poets/ - you'll find joining instructions there, also archives for you to browse, to see what madness you're getting into! Best wishes Richard Caddel On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:11:39 +0900, you wrote: >Dear R I Caddel, > >Could you tell me how to join the British-Irish poets list you were talking about? > >Best regards, >Michael E Hishikawa > >P. S. I, for one, was rather delighted to read the discussion on Heaney and Beowulf, >for it seemed to shed light on how Pound treats OE. The angle 'Pound the translator' >seems to me as interesting as Pound the poet. >Besides, I'm interested in how Heaney's rendition of old Irish poetry such as 'Int >e/n bec' could be discussed (in the 'britpo' list). Heaney's somehow reminds me of >EP's attempt in 1920 of Arnaut Daniel's 'L'aura amara' (LE, 127ff.).