'far too many' is of course what my last line should have :)
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I've come across them Max but, indeed, that oeuvre is vast. From the top of my head, 'The Annals of Chile' might include a liminal sister or two. I must say I don't see why an art based on figurative language shouldn't have an imaginary sibling here and there. I reckon one of poetry's problems is that it has far too. Many would-be readers :)
David Bircumshaw
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There are people who write novels in verse right now, involving characters.
Still, what's seen as being the main part of poetry by most readers today is the
traditional lyric poem about an emotion. Yet even lyric poetry isn't personal in
an uncomplicated way. It's personal in an extremely complicated way, actually.
For example, Paul Muldoon has several poems involving sisters that he doesn't
actually have.
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I used to read Muldoon a lot, and with pleasure often.
Maybe these are quite recent?
Or did I read without noticing, as nothing is coming to mind...
(To my shame I recall hearing him in Cambridge UK years ago, and he seemed SO
young that I was reluctant to grant him his extreme sophistication.)
can anyone help me, please? ie, by naming the poems lurking in his now vast
oeuvre.
best from Max in Melbourne
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