Poetry Prize Winner

recognizance? is that a new word, or an American one?

"A Company of Moths" I rest my case... I think it is good and I'd like to explore his stuff (so many magazines and slim volumes...so little time) However, I might gently point out that it was a poetry prize so I'd expect it to be awarded to a poet. When a poet wins a more general literature prize ahead of novelists, it gives poetry the recognition and credance (sp?) it deserves. jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

although I guess $100k is recognition enough to juice up most of us

Had anyone heard of him before today? "You don't need the light of the Lord to read the handwriting on the wall." Copies of Warsaw Tales available through www.new-ink.org

Yeah, our TS Eliot prize (which is only for £10,000, I think) is often awarded to the shortlisted poet who closest to destitution, due to writing poetry rather than having a job. Never heard of this guy but I've heard of the listed previous winners.

Isn't Don Paterson the only twice winner of the TS Eliot prize? And he lectures at one of the Scottish Universities and was a part time journo - mind you, both these professions can probably take somebody to the brink of destitution! jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

>>> I thought it was nice that poets have their own prizes. This made me think of "Pets Win Prizes"... :-) Classic Spart Line of the Day... "they share 97.8% of our DNA – and they still can not open a jar of onions without smashing it" Tee hee! On your chimp/mouse DNA sharing query, Spart, I don't know, but I've got a feeling it's more than 90%... ~PEPS~ “There is no spoon.”

In fact, I think we share more than 80% of our genes with fish... and trees? Not so sure about lupins, though... ~PEPS~ “There is no spoon.”

What's the legal Age of Consent for Sperm Whales? ~PEPS~ “There is no spoon.”

and bananas There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed - Dennet

http://www.koopress.co.uk/speaking.htm Hmm, interesting. Given that fish have spines and eyes I'd guess that the percentage of shared DNA is pretty high. More relevent though is this: What percentage of human DNA does Pepsoid have?

http://www.koopress.co.uk/speaking.htm Hang on! At the end of his tedious stories, Pepsoid often uses: [FIN] Now that _is_ worrying.

Pardon? ~PEPS~ “Underlay is overrated" (Pepsoid, 2006)