<> Letters to Stanford Greacen Estate 1977 Jul 13th LHL Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF GreacenStanford284 Letter Cyphers, Irish Arts Council, Trinity College Dublin English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford284 LHL LHL Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford284.jpg LHL Archive  When I was having a lunch-time drink with young Sweeney in "The Castle" in xxxxxx Holland Park Ave he was talking about having had a nice letter,praising his work,from Brian Patten. A few minutes later,two blokes came over to our table with their beer. One of them said "Hello Matthew". Ho prize for guessing it was Patten and a xxxxxx friend. We chatted for about half an hour and I found him a really nice,modest person even though he did think for a time I was Robert Gittings! He has a book for young people coming out in the autumn. Any strong views about his work ? I've read "The Irrelevant Song" which Matthew gave me. Some poerms I like but not quite my cup of Nescafe. Apparently he's widely translated. Yes,I hope my note in BBN will draw attention to yr book abroad. The xxxxxxx"New Poetry" Fox poem has been taken for CYPHERS in Dublin which is supposed ,del>xxxxxxxxx to be the best mag in Ireland - they printed the Fox about his childhood memories of Ireland. They pay(a few quid per poem) as the mag is subsidised by the S.Irish Arts Council. Pearse Hutchin- son is one of the editors though they are mostly a younger lot than Pearse. And I had a group of Fox poems in ICARUS,a student pubn at Trinity College. This has less prestige but is widely read by undergrads. "The delightful Herta" read yr words with pleasure. How true they are! Delightful women become even more delightful as time passes. You see how well I have recovered from Patricia. She joins me in sending love to you both - Robert Text