Try reading the Niedecker aloud. Start with "My Life by Water." It would raise my dander less if you'd said "I don't think she's really..." At 10:14 PM 7/2/2000 +0100, you wrote: >I have the Niedecker book. A friend sent it from the States. She hasnt >really got a lot but there is good stuff there. > >And I have been thinking about the Carcanet Michael Palmer, which >many people have recommended, but when I browse I dont really see >anything in it. > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%