Compared with most of the poets on this list I would be termed `mainstream'.
But the `Mainstream' has never recognised me, presumably because of the
`confessional' aspect of my poetry. I think only Ric Caddell and Peter
Riley could comment on this as they have seen my books. But what I am
saying is that the `Mainstream' is a very narrow coterie and doesnt
recognise anybody outside itself. I get my readership from the Web,
which is a bafflement to me.
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