Ive heard Hughes and never heard anyone read with such precision
and power. I have heard him and seen him on video. No one knows metre as
well as he does. Perfect reader. Ive heard him off and on since 1971 and
feel he has maintained a perfect understanding of his own pitch and gotten
better. My question was about live readings. Ive also heard him on audio
tape and ehwas just asd fine.
Cd
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Nick Kearney wrote:
> I agree with the idea of questioning the term _great poet_, it does not seem
> to illuminate much. That said, I would be interested in hearing more about
> what you feel is especially mediocre about Hughes poetry. I was introduced
> to poetry through Hughes at school and for a long time thought it was all
> wonderful. Only a little of his work still excites me now, I find most of
> the mythological and shamanistic stuff interesting but forced, though there
> are some effective individual poems, particularly in Cave Birds, and I feel
> he became Poet Lariat in spirit long before they asked him. As for his
> reading, I have heard little, but he seems to me to have the belief (which
> seems common among the _grand old men_) that poetry should be read as
> expressionlessly as possible.
> what think you?
> Lawrence wrote
> >
> >One needs to at least consider why one does not _care_ for a poet.
> >
> NICK
>
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