I’m glad my replies to you have galvanised you to seek out ammunition to criticise “non-serious” poetry.
As I said, I think Tempest et al is crap. But I appreciate you trying to restock your armoury.
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Tony Frazer wrote:
How’s that for a new subject?
I put it there because I’ve been directed to a US review of this phenomenon, which makes Rebecca Watts’ recent review-essay look like the sober lit-crit piece that it mostly was. This one also has the merit of being penned by a woman, and for having a few male targets in the view-finder too.
Bracing stuff.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/instapoetry-roberts
Tony
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