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"Just noticed a mistake in the limericks: second line of 'Ibis' should have 'the brook', not 'a brook'. (Dittography again presumably, from first line?) Perfection, elusive nymph, keeps slipping away – Best, Eddie

How did you enjoy the Polish shambles?"

Whyte's Mariscat Press had just published Tales from Limerick Zoo. Morgan's comment – that 'a brook' should read 'the brook' – shows his attention to detail, and a number of Archive holdings contain handwritten corrections to similar errors.

"The Polish shambles" refers to a reading at the Third Eye Centre, which was part of Polish Realities: Polish Arts in the 1980s, a season of exhibitions and events across Glasgow. At the reading, after Morgan had read from Tales from Limerick Zoo, and Tom Leonard had also read, the guest Polish poet and his translator had a shouted argument on stage about the accuracy or otherwise of the translations.

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