I've been thinking a lot about the poems I like recently. I love T S Eliot, Spike Milligan, Ezra Pound, Margaret Atwood...
But I HATE a lot of other poetry.
My pet peeve is when these poets start banging on about the weather, and their feelings. Pathetic fallacy, yea yea yea we get it. But if you're living in the UK, and you get all emotional over a rain drop, how on earth can you cope?! If you lose it every time there's a rainbow, you aren't going to get very far.
Especially as I'm proposing a boycott of ALL THE WEATHER POEMS.
Let's end their reign of tyranny.
Hey,I thought I would check out your blog!I didn't know you liked T.S. Eliot. He is my favourite poet. Who is writing all this poetry about the weather and why have I not come across it. I love Pound and Milligan too.
ReplyDelete1. Check this out. It is coming soon! I don't really know the Four Quartets. I read it ages ago but can't wait to really look at it again.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mdjtm/The_Essay_Secret_Places_in_the_Four_Quartets_Episode_1/
2. Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee.
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?” This has to be my favourite Milligan poem.
3. I don't sing in the shower I Sestina Altaforte... I will say no more :)
By the way have you read any H.D.?
Sorry just saw this! This is gonna sound daft, but what does H.D stand for? I am so not down with the kids...
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