Hail Poetry!

[Mike Baker]

Yaakov, it would seem to me that *this* is as good a forum as any to conduct 
in-depth discussions of poetry in all forms.  Historically, bards were 
granted immunity from slavery in some societies only after they had created 
their first poetic work...

In Ansteorra of recent experience (last 2-3 years), I have found poetry well 
represented -- particularly in "performance mode".  We do have a long 
history of poets and poems set to music in this area which no doubt 
strengthens the whole.

Besides which, Robin of Gilwell lives somewhere around here. . . <GRYN>

Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)  s.k.a. Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri 
al-Amra
     currently residing in Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mike C. Baker                      mbaker at rapp.com
Any opinions expressed are obviously my own unless explicitly stated 
otherwise!