Ted Hughes for example?
Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
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On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Ivy wrote:
> Dear All,
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> >But he does have
> >half-a-dozen absolutely top-class poems which are ideal for
> >anthologising so he will survive. I suspect his importance
> >comes from breaking new ground in a very few poems. But basically
> >he is not much of a poet and it is only when the lightning
> >strikes that he becomes readable. But then he is worth reading.
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> I think what Douglas wrote of Larkin is true of many poets, especially many
> contemporary ones.
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> Yours,
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> Ivy
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