POEMS, POETS, RHYMES AND POETRY

Story update: After yesterday’s big headlines about Michael Jackson and Robbie Burns (a bizarre music news moment) it should come as no surprise that there has been reaction in scholarly Burns circles to the idea of MJ performing the poet’s words, set to what its composer, David Gest, described as “show tunes.” For example, BBC News quotes Southern Scottish Counties Burns Association president David Baird as saying: “I was quite incredulous at the thought that Michael Jackson on the eve of h

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