Whether you dislike the Liverpool poets, or for that matter Kate Tempest, surely the point is that their audiences were and are not the 'mainstream' poetry audiences? Unless, like most others here, you want 'mainstream' merely to stand for whatever you don't happen to like.
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> On 16 Oct 2017, at 16:08, David Lace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> It’s easy to keep mainstream poetry audiences entertained though.
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> Just a note on this, because their pulling power was pretty spectacular. I saw them in 85 and they played a venue with a capacity of 1500. Which audience they kept entertained for a couple of hours with a skilful mix of material. Alas Smith and Jones played the same venue around the same time - a major comedy act then on TV.
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