*... When asked by the poet,
they all agreed: the influence of Tate and Ashbery on
younger poets was lamentable. Then sudden hail.
Halvard Johnson
*
I am all for understanding,
said the nouveau poete,
but overstanding has its place.
The mind is an iceberg
steered by original cliche
and when poets cluster
at the fringe of festivals
or everyday life
their minds jump a cog
and their understanding leap-
frogs language tarriers.
Hail is melting in the journalists' tent.
--
Andrew
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