It's hard to know what to make of all that, Barry, but their kind of
poetry is popular, & even Motion is sincere in what he does & what he
thinks about the poetry he finds interesting. There are so many
'communities' out there, with their own sense of what counts. Hall's &
Motion's kind of lyric sensibility does touch a certain audience, &
what's finally, to argue with that...? Except, to read what one truly
cares about & let be....
I note that former PL, Robert Haas, some of whose work I do like, was
reading there too.
Doug
On 12-May-07, at 6:29 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> During his inauguration last fall,, Donald Hall made it clear that
> reading
> with his British counterpart would be his major initiative during his
> reign
> as poet laureate. Personally, I've been amazed at how much more mass
> visibility the U.S. figureheads have garnered since the title
> "consultant
> in poetry" was replaced by "poet laureate". Barry Alpert
>
>
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
> dyn/content/article/2007/05/11/AR2007051100022.html>
>
>
> <http://www.loc.gov/poetry/events.html>
>
>
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