The 10 Best series includes the 10 best watches, 10 best sex toys and
10 best music gadgets. Expecting a fluffy consumer guide to actually
reflect anything about poetry is a bit of a tall ask.
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Bridget Khursheed
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> In spite of Judith Palmer's credentials, I agree with Martin. Most of
> the stuff is VERY in-basket - much of which has come lately via the
> Poetry Book Society choice. Rossetti is also on the current A-level
> syllabus in the UK - so this does seem a hasty list. And if it is last
> year surely it should include Peter Bennet's The Glass Swarm.
>
> (And I love Rossetti btw )
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:48 AM, David Bircumshaw
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >I get the impression the rest of the list was just what landed up in the
>> critic's in-basket during the last two months - so-called basket-cases.<
>>
>> Martin, I'm afraid that Judith Palmer is The Director of the (National, that
>> is London) Poetry Society and the list is presumably her +considered+
>> choice. This is who she is:
>>
>> http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/info/mediaroom/judithpalmer/
>>
>> 2009/4/21 Martin Walker <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>> Yeah, but that Christina Rossetti writes some steamy stuff there, is that
>>> kind of fake archaism? With a bit of friendly advice she could go a long
>>> way. I get the impression the rest of the list was just what landed up in
>>> the critic's in-basket during the last two months - so-called basket-cases.
>>> Halvard, I would make that Das Lied von der Erde (intended as a symphony
>>> but M frightened of number 9) 9 (he was right, he didn't finish another), 6,
>>> 3, then 4, 7, 5, then 1, 8 - and 10 as the one he didn't finish not strictly
>>> ratable. My Haydn symphony top 104 goes 88, 98, 49 ...snore
>>> mj
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: David Bircumshaw
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: 10 best?
>>>
>>>
>>> I think ' weird' might be an appropriate response.
>>>
>>> 2009/4/21 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>> > Not necessarily my choice, but, well....
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-ten-best-poetry-books-1671548.html
>>> >
>>> > (for one thing I woudnt include anthologies in such a list)
>>> >
>>> > Doug
>>> >
>>> > Douglas Barbour
>>> > [log in to unmask]
>>> >
>>> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>>> >
>>> > Latest books:
>>> > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
>>> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
>>> > Wednesdays'
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>>> >
>>> > There's the wind and the rain
>>> > And the mercy of the fallen
>>> > Who say they have no claim to know what's right
>>> > Dar Williams
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Bircumshaw
>>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> David Bircumshaw
>> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
>> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
>> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
>> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
>>
>
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