Sorry to misquote you, Roddy. This is what comes of deciding to reply to a
posting only after I've deleted it.
Best wishes,
Matthew Francis
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roddy Lumsden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 April 2000 17:30
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Subject: Re: Barging down the Door
>In the OUP thread Roddy reiterated his belief that any poet with talent
will
>be able to make her / his mark in almost any state of the publishing world.
>I've never believed this myself.
Nor do I. I don't recall where I said such a thing. It was implied in the
comment I included, wisely or not, by a third party and I made a point of
the fact that I didn't agree that good work will 'always' be picked up by
the editors. Some poets write entirely in private - the will to publish is
'a form of casual despair'. Like 'singer-songwriters', it's rare to find
someone with the dual skills required to bring off both good poetry and its
publication. What I did say is that there is an ample number of good
publishers to cover all the good poets, which doesn't imply they are all
where they should be. Many balls are still rolling round the bagatelle and
some will never settle in a hole.
Roddy
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