Ha, well Swords does run on a bit doesnt he (but I admire the many
voices he takes up in all those letters, & certainly the invented
letter home by Macbeth. I was going to say that Rumens's long intro is
a telling warning to all of us who write criticism: how easy it is to
do the job, on anything, notwithstanding its value (as we or others
see it). I almost didnt want to bother reading the poem by the time I
got to it: all that Interpretation!
Doug
On 7-Jun-10, at 8:38 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> This is a poem by George Macbeth as Poem of the Week at
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/jun/07/poem-week-god-love-macbeth
> But that's not the interesting part - Read the comments after: some
> names
> you will recognise, among them Desmond Swords and Carol Rumens. What
> a lot
> of hot air over a mediocre poem.
>
> Cheers -
>
>
>
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
> http://www.picaropress.com/
> http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
> http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
>
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