WS Graham was a poet because his thought and ideas were grounded
in language, a medium he liked to experiment and play with. His concern
was with how language worked on us, and he manages to express
concerns shared by contemporary philosophers in a sensuous, non-abstract
and playful way.
He also spent many years in the wilderness as an unfashionable poet, but
continued with his work regardless - always a virtue in my eyes.
I love his poetry. I grew up on industrial Tyneside, and a poem like 'The Dark
Dialogues' which evokes early childhood memories, I find profoundly moving.
It teks all sorts, eh Douglas?
Alan
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From: Douglas Clark [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 1998 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: Attacks and spinach
Perhaps Roy Fisher is just too plebian for me. You have to have some
vision. This has always been a qualification on John Clare for me.
But then I was not brought up English.
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