>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
|