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The theme for the December meeting was appropriately enough "Christmas" and the opening contribution was by a poet whose material gets a outing on more than the odd occasion. Patrick Kavanagh's Christmas 1939 was the first one read followed by a Clarice Williams poem Christmas Past and then another one by Patrick Kavanagh's Christmas Eve Remembered. Mistletoe by Reginald Arkell is not one I'm familiar with but I came across a reference to Enid Blyton and a connection to the poet at Mistletoe Farm, not too sure but the dangers of it were mentioned more than once or twice and the season that's in it. Sarah Teasdale's Christmas Carol got a reading and a little humour was introduced with John O Brien' s Tangmalangaloo. There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue which is I believe from a Latin text, was read by John Curran and there are a number of pieces out there on youtube. Myself I read my own poem Christmas and also A Christmas Toast - Just Deserts which was followed by Willie G. Hodgins reading The Cradle and Joseph's Dilemma which are also his own poems. Jim Owens read A Gowel - Christmas Magic which is a fine piece composed by himself and the night finished off with Forecast by Jean Kenward and Pauric Colum's A Poor Scholar of the Forties. This I'm told was in the old school books but not one I've heard before. Fine poem though! The theme for the next night is "Hospitality" and the meeting place is just past the gates of An Tobar coming from the Navan direction in Leona Rennick's house. An Tobar is closed for January.
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