This sure is pretty good too.  Thanks MiEKAL for the link.  Great photo Geraldine.  It's great to read these two articles on current British poetry.  Warms the chestnuts of my heart at this time of year so it does.  Seems there's excitement in the air.

Mairead

 

On 12/20/05, Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

But I can't argue with this.  Ian is a jewel to all of us.
G.


Subject: Re: Not only but also


> That's more like it; Ian McMillan can always be relied upon to be
> pluralistic and quite untouched by
> considerations of what is mainstream or what is performance poetry or what
> is the avant-garde. I
> applaud his determination to ignore labels and just listen to the poetry
> itself, it's such a rare skill.
> Poetry is ... fill in the blanks yourself.
>