A lot of the younger poets here see her work as a model to follow, Doug,
while the Poetry Society, well, words fail me. I was at our town's principal
bookshop this afternoon, in the Poetry bookcase her works occupy about the
same space as Heaney now (about half a shelf worth).I got the one copy of
Lynette Roberts (whose work has benefited from being an unexpected choice
for the TV season: the presenter, Owen Sheers, is also ambiguously Welsh)
best
dave
2009/6/14 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> Dave
>
> interesting comments on the politics inferred from Duffy's poem, whjile you
> admit it seems pretty much attempting to stay a-political. Yeah, there
> doesnt seem to be anything about the scandal, rather more fully cynical
> about politics as a whole (ann understandable stance on both sides of the
> pond, really, if you look at our PM & party too),
>
> But also, what more do you expect from any PL? I certainly dont expect
> much, but nthen never did from Duffy beyond some wit, & occasional
> entertainment. I certainly dont find her to be one of the poets I
> continually learn from....
>
> Doug
> On 13-Jun-09, at 1:01 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>
> H'm, Carol Ann Duffy's first poem as Laureate
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> Douglas Barbour
>
> Latest book: Continuations, with Sheila E, Murphy
> (University of Alberta Press 2006)
>
> Is that the flesh made word
> or is that the flesh-made word?
>
> Fred Wah
>
--
David Bircumshaw
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