Douglas Clark:
>I am just back from a marvellous family weekend, where I nearly fell
>in love with a blonde astrophysicist, and having spent four hours in
>the pub this afternoon noticed somebody mentioning Ashbery.
>
>He has two poems in the new LRB which I am not keen to read. He strikes
>me as a `carpet poet'. REading his verse is like struggling through a
>headful of gunge. I debate whether he is really a poet at all.
>But then I didnt read his work before he got famous. I prefer
>Frank O'Hara who can be the most enjoyable fun and can write a poem.
Douglas, try a rewrite/spacial reorientation. Philip
I am just back from a marvellous family
weekend, where I nearly
fell in love with a blonde astrophysicist,
and having spent four hours in the pub this afternoon
noticed somebody
mentioning Ashbery.
He has two poems
in the new LRB,
which I am not keen to read. He strikes
me as a `carpet poet'. Reading his verse is like
struggling through a headful of gunge. I debate
whether he is really a poet at all. But then
I didnt read his work before he got famous.
I prefer Frank O'Hara who can be
the most enjoyable fun and can write a poem.
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