The Rattle Bag and Mary Oliver's Poetry Handbook.
Steve KK
At 11:51 PM +0100 26/10/2000, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>_OTHER_ ed Caddel / Quartermain, Wesleyan
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>From: "Peter Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: 26 October 2000 23:10
>Subject: Introduction to poetry
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>| If someone told you that they were interested in reading poetry, but
>| knew very little about it, and wanted to learn more, where would you
>| point them? Let's say they were intelligent, but not academic, were
>| interested in reading for enjoyment rather than for study. They don't
>| have preconceived notions of poetry being soppy stuff that rhymes, but
>| they'll want to get their bearings before swimming out into the deep
>| uncharted waters of Ashbery and Prynne.
>|
>| My first thought is to push the venerable Heaney/Hughes Rattle Bag under
>| their nose. But does anyone have more imaginative suggestions?
>|
>| Best,
>| --
>| Peter
>|
>| http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
>|
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