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
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> >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]>
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>> > 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
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> 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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