I'd forgotten Bold so a big thanks for reminding me. When I saw his
name I knew it was someone whose work I had liked a long time ago but
I couldn't remember anything else except that he was Scottish. Then it
came to me - Penguin Modern Poets - yes, there he is in 15 (my copy is
from 1969) with Edward Brathwaite and Edwin Morgan. Why are Bold and
Morgan with Brathwaite? Anyway, been reading his batch again and
remembering why I liked them.
Thanks again.
Tim A.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 01:27, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I believe you're right, Robin. I read him years ago, but what I can
> recall of the work was of a kind of strident, on to the barracades
> sort
> of thing. Still and all the work appears to have dropped out of sight
> pretty quickly. (Did find out that he himself passed on.) Bold
> seemed
> to have erupted from one of the recessive portions of the frontal
> lobes
> of Hugh M.--including the penchant for drink.
>
> William Soutar is another fascinating poet--a bit like our Larry
> Eigner
> in his circumstances. I read his jornals back in the 90's.
>
> There's a great anthology--now long out of print--of British poetry
> put
> together by Kenneth Rexroth, and there's a good selection of Scottish
> poets in it. My copy is now in storage, but there was one poet in
> particular--was his name Rogers?--that Rexroth was really impressed
> by.
>
> But where is Gael Turnbull in the latest anthologies?--I have the
> newest
> Penguin here before me, and he's conspicuous in his absence. Gael
> is a
> fabulous poet and was a wonderful man. Terrible if his work drops
> like
> a silver coin down a grate. Jess
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