[New-Poetry] Carol Ann Duffy gets the laurels

[Michael Snider]

gotta admit I don't kow much aout her poetry either - I was just responding
to the description. And "towering" is only hard if there are giants around.

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, I don't know nuthin' 'bout her poetry, but I'm delighted
> that she's got the sense to demand her butt of sack up front.
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> Hal
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> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:39 PM, David Bircumshaw <
> david.bircumshaw at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>  But if you think I'm bad, wait till the Birk chimes in on this.<
>>>
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>> Not much to say, Rob. there's one Duffy poem, about the old BBC TV series
>> Top of the Form, which I liked. She used to do a good slot on Radio 3 that
>> gave air to a lot of poets. A long time ago.
>>
>> How about Katrina Porteous?
>>
>> best
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>> David Bircumshaw
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Hamilton" <
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>> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Carol Ann Duffy gets the laurels
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>>  Sorry, Jim, I *was a bit unsure as to who I was picking up on.
>>>
>>> But if you think I'm bad, wait till the Birk chimes in on this.
>>>
>>> (I was hesitant about getting involved here, as I find CAD's poetry so
>>> dull that I can't pay enough attention to it to argue against it.)
>>>
>>>       ... but if you could nominate a Recent Dead Poet, my money would be
>>> on Fanthorpe.
>>>
>>> Applying the 100 Years Rule, I suspect she'll be there.
>>>
>>> Robin
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