tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post7100558218098069734..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : My Life in VerseGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-39754594361677430992011-02-09T20:21:31.862+01:002011-02-09T20:21:31.862+01:00ps-
And hardly believable - sidebar's D H Lawr...ps-<br />And hardly believable - sidebar's D H Lawrence - the man who wrote all those magical and wonderful poems about snakes, tortoises and other 'wild' animals is NOT in it!!!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-4564074402852232882011-02-09T20:15:32.983+01:002011-02-09T20:15:32.983+01:00Pat, I think it's the predicatable predictabi...Pat, I think it's the predicatable predictability of it all that makes it more than a tad disappointing. <br /><br />R S Thomas is NOT in it, as you have rightly deduced. <br /><br />George Szirtes, another in the sidebar, NOT in it. <br /><br />Wallace Stevens, sidebar, NOT in it.<br /><br />Lewis Carroll is in it. But is NOT in my sidebar ;)<br /><br />'Nuff said?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-33785308810566633042011-02-09T16:26:58.862+01:002011-02-09T16:26:58.862+01:00Yes it is interesting Gwilym. I always think that...Yes it is interesting Gwilym. I always think that books like this are written with selling in mind - sad really as it never gives the 'modern' poet a voice.<br /><br />I do love that photo of RS Thomas on your sidebar - it shows him at his most grumpy!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com