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god those are some stunning descriptions, quality Hughes. in a letter too, why not a poem! KS On 26/11/2007, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Roger, for the tip. > > Well worth finding on the LRB website. > > I treasure this: > > The impression these letters give is of an imagination on a kind of ecstatic > alert, along with a talent for running with an idea, as in this 1962 letter > to Charles Tomlinson where he celebrates the vegetables hešs planted at > Court Green: > > 'my potatoes are rumbling in the earth like contented elephant herds, my > beans full of bearšs nests & cottages, my peas wandering the neighbourhood & > assaulting the local beauties, my turnips groaning, my radishes booming like > bitterns in the dew, my onions threatening the house, my spinach singing > quietly.' > > [I think I shall give this to my Sunday writing workshoppers... > > Max > > On 26/11/07 9:08 AM, "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > the Tom Paulin LRB review misses all the juicier bits. > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 6:30 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Ted Hughes untamed > >> > >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article29148 > >> 85.ece > >> > > > > > > -- >