When I read that I first thought, Wow, eclipsed the DT's, that's really
useful. Though "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" is a cool apotropaic
device as well. ;-)
mj
Barry Alpert wrote:
>Last time I "appreciated" Dylan Thomas was when I was 14-15. And "The
>Movement" assault on DT convinced me that rereading him would do me no
>good. David Jones was much more useful, and of course, Ezra Pound, whose
>work even when I first encountered it at age 15-16, quickly eclipsed DT's.
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>Barry Alpert
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>On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:14:40 +0200, Anny Ballardini
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>>I love Dylan Thomas, and the anguish I perceive made it difficult for me to
>>read him at times. And I think I am with everybody here in appreciating
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>him,
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>>Roger and Kasper included.
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We went down to the sea
all the poets together
and gave ourselves up to the waters
in various positions of loss:
Nathaniel Tarn
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