> The one VITAL lesson to poets is (allowing myself a bit of mouth here
> again) to read almost nothing unappetising: nausea nausea nausea! Give
> care where it's NEEDED. Profligacy was an 80s sentimentality, wasn't it?
>
I think I know what you mean Keston, but how do you know it's unappetising
before you've given it some time in the first place? There are dozens of
poems / poetry books that I've read that I now like but thought were not
worth the bother on first approach ....
Tony
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