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If I must--  I think the support I get comes from individuals. It's not massive because I don't get the block vote you get if you're part of the "innovative" crowd, nor the one you get if you win all the prizes and are promoted by official bodies. But I've had encouragement from all directions, including  major success-poets as well as committed experimentalists. Probably most of my readership comes from people who mistrust extreme positions and a lot of them are people I don't know of. 

It is to do with saying, but not saying the right things. 

What evidence is there for this "not considered by the mainstream..."?  Have people been expressing opinions?  I've just been told The Ascent... was London Review Bookshop pick of the year in the pamphlet category, so someone must like it. 


Peter



On 4 Dec 2014, at 12:01, Tim Allen wrote:

Right - I have a direct question for you Peter (prompted by this 'saying' thing) - Why do you think your poetry is not considered by the mainstream (or whatever bloody word you want to call it or them) to be significant or worthy?And if your answer is something like, 'Because they haven't read it", then again, I want to know why you think that is.