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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Alison Croggon wrote... >Ooo you meanie, Peter. I'm sure Heiner is devastated up in that >poet's Valhalla, where everyone drinks all the time and finds out >that they all agreed, after all. You're right, Alison. I shouldn't condemn someone on the basis of a short quotation. I was suspicious of what seemed to me to be a tendency of Heiner to make controversial statements (like "the truth requires the most imagination") that are apparently there to show how clever he is. I don't mind people being clever, but it irritates me when they try to tell me they are. But I may well be misjudging his intent here, particularly because of cultural differences. Best, -- Peter http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/