On 12/16/05, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Roger
>
> I too first got to Australia in the 80s, & I sure did find some really
> interesting, energetic poetry there, but not as cut off as you seem to
> feel.
>
> And in fact I laughed at your quote from 'Ern Malley', who has been
> ensconced in the Tranter/Mead anthology, as in fact ol' Ern was nothing
> but a factotum of quotations, & 'the duke of dark corners' line you
> liked so much is from (trumpets please): Shakespeare.
>
I had a laugh when I read this as well. Fair dos, hoist by my own
petard. Bastard gets everywhere, grumble, grumble. You see why I have
to cut him off?
> But changed utterly, perhaps by context?
perhaps.
> I'll talk about the Australian poets whose work I love (which certainly
> include those on this list) some other time (actually I have).
I would like to hear that.
> Doug
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