Given that Pressoa is so many, I think he has to fit...
Doug
On 5-Aug-07, at 1:48 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
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>> I still think of Thom Gunn as a British poet.
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> Should there be a category for the "Atlantic" poet? Not merely
> someone who crosses the Pond but who makes a conscious effort to
> transcend it. If so, who would be most "Atlantic"? Gunn? Auden?
> Geoffrey Hill? Interesting book called "Atlantic Poets" by Irene
> Ramalho Santos; she claims Pessoa for this category!
>
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