john wrote:
>On the other hand, look at how fashionable Kenneth Koch
>was, in the sixties, compared to the other New York Poets, and the way time
>has redealt those cards: other poets seem more resonant now, including some
>seeded by his energy and inventiveness - kooky humour and high praise of
>brassieres doesn't necessarily wear that well.
Reading through the Collected, I found that the Koch who still seems bright
and interesting is when he's at his most formal - he really can do Ottava
rima and those Golding iambic heptameters in his 'Io'.
I suspect the Collected hasn't sold that well and has delayed the promised
Collected Longer Poems which was meant to follow last year, but of which
there's little sign.
e.
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