This is a shock and a half. I am sitting here stunned. I saw Barry
recently at a reading I attempted to put on for him here in Cardiff.
Things did not go well. The bottle rolled from the bag and the poems were
an hour getting out of his mouth. He held me afterwards and asked me if
he'd done okay. I told him he had.
A year before that I'd seen him in Durham where he was sober and fresh and
bright and full of talk of music and just the odd few sentences about
writing. We went back a long long way and it was great to see him on such
good form.
I've got a tape here somewhere of music he'd sent me. I'll get it out now
and play it.
And the work - no one need comment further - one of the best we had
Peter
Peter Finch
19 Southminster Road, Roath, Cardiff CF2 5AT, Wales.
tel: 029 2047 2266 (day) 029 2049 3093 (eve)
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"To live in Wales is to love sheep
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