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Add more context ha. Luke On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Jamie McKendrick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Well, if Don Paterson the poet can be separated from the writer of that > belligerent and oddly vague introduction to New British Poetry for a > moment, I consider his personal taste on this matter fair enough and not at > all the legacy of Conquest (who might only have approved of Frost). I > haven’t followed the series but, ‘safe’ or not – true, they all fall within > a particular band – if it’s what *he* ‘wishes he’d written’, he doesn’t > have to pretend to be someone else. > Best, > Jamie > > *From:* Peter Riley <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2017 1:31 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Larkin, Heaney, listpeak > > > On 24 Sep 2017, at 10:58 am, [log in to unmask] < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Each evening this week on Radio 3, Don Paterson can be heard “reflecting” > on “Five Poems I Wish I’d Written.” They are by Seamus Heaney, Elisabeth > Bishop, Michael Donaghy, Sylvia Plath and Robert Frost. This is the legacy > of Conquest, the obstinacy of staying on safe ground. Even the > big-poetry-prize scene is generous and encouraging compared with this, in > spite of all the show-biz. > > > ;pr > >