Anthony writes ---
"There are many poets who
never find a distinctive voice. They are polished, original,
yet their work remains a thistlebag of eclectic seedlings.
Heaney's work has a voice-stamp, and whatever it is that arrests
our inner attention has proved to be influential and lasting."
Agreed, but one wonders what about Heaney's work makes it so approving as
well as enduring? And how long will such success last?
The whole business of looking into the future seems to be a precarious
preoccupation with the literary set. Perhaps the standards for contributions
be considerably altered in the coming decades? A reconsideration.
Of course, the survival question would seem to be central to the issues of
poetry writing.
Ernest Slyman
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