As a frustrated
musician - one of my early choices was which creative strand to follow
- I often pour my ear into poetry. I'll have to get Mayakovsky's book.
Roger
Yes, yes, do. It's a little Cape Edition - well, my edition is. Probably
published elsewhere, of course.
Funny you should emtnion your 'frustrated musician' story. Same here. I was
a drummer as a youth for a very short while. I have found that the majority
of Australian poets have at least tried playing music sometime in their life
... interestingly enough, not Les Murray (but his wife's a huge opera fan).
Tom Shapcott, Geoff Page, Fay Zwicky, Dorothy Hewett ... on and on.
Interesting.
Any other frustrated, or even unfrustrated, musos who have become poets out
there?
Andrew the Little Drummer Boy
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