2026-10-28 15:32 UTC
When I have talked for an hour I feel lousy –
Not so when I have danced for an hour:
The dancers inherit the party
While the talkers wear themselves out and sit in corners alone and glower.
—Ian Hamilton Finlay, “The Dancers Inherit the Party”
published in NEW DIRECTIONS 20 (1966)
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-10-28 15:33
“No other journal in Scotland can boast e e cummings, Pablo Neruda, Theodore Enslin, Lorine Niedecker, Ernst Jandl and many more as willing contributors.” —Richie McCaffery on Ian Hamilton Finlay’s poor·old·tired·horse, for the Scottish Magazines Network 4/7 https://campuspress.stir.ac.uk/scotmagsnet/2022/04/07/poor-old-tired-horse/ #Scottish #literature #poetry #visualart #gardening #sculpture #IanHamiltonFinlay #magazines #eecummings #Neruda #PabloNeruda