Tom,
This seems to have been lost in transit so I'll send it again.
Joanna Boulter and I were there and I think you have just about said
everything that I could.
Yes, Simic and Zagajewski monotonous and boring in the flesh, but they do
come off the page much better.
Paterson, more of the same that we've had before. Perhaps I've struggled to
hear his dropped voice remarks too many times before. First time I've heard
Cope, not impressed. Oswald is
getting better all the time, but still lacks a certain amount of maturity.
Armitage came out with the intention of grabbing everyone's attention right
from the start and succeeded magnificently.
He has grown up as a poet in the last few years and I would, and will travel
to hear him again.
Roger Collett
Arrowhead Press
Darlington.
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