I WOULD just like to second Roy Child’s call for a ‘Dorset Barnes Night’ to celebrate our beautiful county’s most talented poet, William Barnes.
As Roy points out, the similarities between our William and the Scottish dialect poet Robert Burns are many and it would be a wonderful gesture to somehow mark the birthday of this true son of Dorset as the Scots do.
William wrote his poetry in the Dorset dialect and it is truly excellent, exhuding pride and love in our county. All those in favour ‘Gi’e woone cheer’.
Mark Vine
Walpole Street
Weymouth
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