On Nov 22, 2005, at 12:40 PM, Dominic Fox wrote:
> I don't read especially *widely* now, at least in poetry; I tend to
> find something I like a lot, and burrow into it. I don't often bother
> reading poets I don't like a lot, unless it's to try to find out what
> it is about them that other people like.
>
> But reading more widely, earlier on, can certainly help; otherwise you
> get stuck on one style, one template, and imitate that the whole time.
> I was stuck on Larkin for ages, like some people get stuck on Plath.
> When that happens to someone, you certainly want to club them with a
> good anthology.
>
> Dominic
Ain't that the truth! I know more than one poet who's failed to
survive a head-on collision with Dylan Thomas. I won't even
mention all those Americans who don't survive early encounters
with Poe.
Hal
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