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You've got me, Douglas. What's a carpet poet? Wallpaper poet I could understand. Best wishes Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Clark <[log in to unmask]> To: Poetryetc <[log in to unmask]> Date: 18 July 2000 00:11 Subject: Ashbery >I am just back from a marvellous family weekend, where I nearly fell >in love with a blonde astrophysicist, and having spent four hours in >the pub this afternoon noticed somebody mentioning Ashbery. > >He has two poems in the new LRB which I am not keen to read. He strikes >me as a `carpet poet'. REading his verse is like struggling through a >headful of gunge. I debate whether he is really a poet at all. >But then I didnt read his work before he got famous. I prefer >Frank O'Hara who can be the most enjoyable fun and can write a poem. > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%