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This web site offers a view of the Burns Supper that I celebrate with my friends and family. Herein you'll find ideas and tips for planning a Burns Supper, as well as original poems, toasts and addresses by this author, and others, that we've amused ourselves with on Burns Nights throughout the years. This is a loose guide. You'll find some Burns poetry here, but not a definitive collection of his works, nor a scholarly analysis of his art and life (all of which may be found at your local library, or at some of the links on this web site). These pages may be used as either a trivial diversion or as a practical resource by anyone who visits, by accident or design. I'm primarily interested in the creativity that's inspired by the Bard's spirit as we celebrate his memory; the unique conventions and original compositions that Burns Supper celebrants everywhere, create for their own enjoyment. These original works, and quirks - created in the Burnsian spirit of good fellowship and earthy sentimentality - are the best expression of the love and respect which generations of admirers have felt for the life and work of the Bard of Ayr.

Bennett Fischer
Brooklyn, N.Y.