I call him a songwriter (& could argue for days why I do so), as does
my poet friend Stephen Scobie, who has written a whole book on Dylan,
but a terrific influence on lots of poets, including Robert Adamson,
the Australian poet, who found Dylan just at the same time he found
poetry.
Many lines stuck in the head forever....
Doug
Douglas Barbour
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Someone to talk to, for God’s sake, some-
thing to love that will never hit back
Phyllis Webb
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