I take Ish, P, L, to mean somewhat (of a fan, with reservations)
'His only true loyalty was to his work', said of Pound, below:
https://medium.com/ekko-forever/how-ezra-pound-became-an-enemy-of-the-state-3fb94a4ddf21
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 at 5:55 PM, Patrick McManus <
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> Ish??? my poor old head trying to decipher this is that I is? or ish a
> bit? or other
>
>
> On 11/09/2017 23:42, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> > Ish
> >
> > L
> >
> > On 11 September 2017 at 23:13, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I'm shocked, Patrick, as an old leftie too. I have liked seeing
> the
> >> world through Larkin's jaundiced eyes but I didn't realise the apparent
> >> corollary of that sort of jaundice. Lawrence, are you an Ezra P man at
> all?
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >> On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 at 5:38 am, Patrick McManus <
> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> L am proud to be old leftie! still care etc cheers P
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 11/09/2017 19:21, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >>>> well, yes
> >>>> though I wouldn't quite put it like that
> >>>>
> >>>> classifying oneself as an old leftie is almost apologetic to my ear
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't require artists to hold views akin to mine to admire them as
> >>> artists
> >>>> but it seems to me that his views are ignorant and wrong-headed AND
> >> there
> >>>> is nothing much admirable about his poetry as poetry
> >>>>
> >>>> L
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11 September 2017 at 18:59, Patrick McManus <
> >>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> oldster was meant to be me -thanks for reply I think it difficult for
> >> me
> >>>>> old leftie to stomach his repulsive side
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 11/09/2017 18:49, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> which oldster is that? you or him?
> >>>>>> *
> >>>>>> I have never had much time for Mr Larkin...
> >>>>>> If other people find him of quality, fine; but I have yet to be
> >>> convinced
> >>>>>> of it
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> and what he is saying can be repulsive
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> the final sentence of this article sums it up for me
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> L
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 11 September 2017 at 17:18, Patrick McManus <
> >>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://socialistreview.org.uk/427/philip-larkin-racist-
> >> bigot-and-poet
> >>>>>>> any comments for this oldster ?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
>
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