Agreed Alison about the thematics, but also really depressing is just
how awful a piece of writing it is.
I at first wondered if he was any relation to James, but see the
spelling is different.
Given the number of interesting & good poets they could have asked,
this is an insult to both poetry & their readers....
(at least I hope it's read that way)
Doug
On 25-Jan-07, at 11:30 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> It seems that misogyny and homophobia really make you a good bloke.
> Otherwise you got no balls. Anyway, that's more or less what Patrick
> McCauley says in today's Australian. (It being Australia Day, after
> all).
>
> http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21119511-601,00.html
>
> Who the hell decided to publish this crap and call it a poem? No
> wonder poetry has such a bad name...Andrew Motion has _nothing_ on
> this.
>
> I am incredibly depressed.
>
> Best
>
> A
>
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