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Yeah, but that Christina Rossetti writes some steamy stuff there, is that kind of fake archaism? With a bit of friendly advice she could go a long way. I get the impression the rest of the list was just what landed up in the critic's in-basket during the last two months - so-called basket-cases. Halvard, I would make that Das Lied von der Erde (intended as a symphony but M frightened of number 9) 9 (he was right, he didn't finish another), 6, 3, then 4, 7, 5, then 1, 8 - and 10 as the one he didn't finish not strictly ratable. My Haydn symphony top 104 goes 88, 98, 49 ...snore mj ----- Original Message ----- From: David Bircumshaw To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:33 PM Subject: Re: 10 best? I think ' weird' might be an appropriate response. 2009/4/21 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> > Not necessarily my choice, but, well.... > > > http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-ten-best-poetry-books-1671548.html > > (for one thing I woudnt include anthologies in such a list) > > Doug > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > There's the wind and the rain > And the mercy of the fallen > Who say they have no claim to know what's right > Dar Williams > -- David Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk