On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Ernest Slyman wrote:
> Philip Larkin on Reading Poems Aloud
> No, the proper medium for the modern
> meditative non-communal poem is the silent eye on the printed page.
> However...
- OK: in his case, I agree: best not read aloud. But, uh, he still took
the fee anyway. Let's look at that phrase "the modern meditative
non-communal poem" and ponder on the way it actively seeks to close down
possibilities, to cut itself off from its kin, to restrict itself at the
outset. Sad.
RC
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