I forgot about Glyn Maxwell and Simon Armitage. One up for publicity
machines methinks. And as for Don Patterson it is so sad
that he is Scottish. He is one of the reasons I left
the Poetry Book Society. A sprawling attempt to do
a Les Murray is his forte. I see no structure, no linguistic virtuousity,
no poems worth a damn coming out of him. And I went to his
reading in Bath last week. Oh for somebody new that is good.
I think in the last ten years I have only seen Kathleen Jamie
here.
I will go consult my CATALOG of poetry books and see if I can
find anybody else.
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