Shit, I don't believe this - I just typed a reply & it logged me out! Anyway,

many thanks for the links - those poems were right up my street. I'd only read Crow (allegedly his masterpiece) & something similar (can't remember which) so gave up.

I generally like fairly short poems, as I find them - if good - so dense with reference & meaning I have to re-read them many times. Good poetry (for me) points outwards, suggesting many different places, different worlds.

If you like poetry set to music I can recommend A Boy And A Girl by Octavio Paz, music by Eric Whitacre; it's very simple but the last verse is so weird, mysterious & inscrutable I'm quite obsessed by it.

Many thanks again for the links. i'll try some more Hughes, this time with more optimism!

Posted By: dennis moore on July 26th 2017 at 22:59:38

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Bwod, I was typing a reply to your Hughes v. Wordsworth comments earlier when we had a (n/m) (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jul 26, 21:02:17
- ..... Ladyboy over for a Lemon Party (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 26, 21:56:35
- ... power cut. Anyway, I rather like a bit of poetry & I've tried Ted Hughes; (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jul 26, 21:19:42
  - Funnily enough of all the Hughes poems, I never liked Crow! (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jul 26, 21:55:27
    - Shit, I don't believe this - I just typed a reply & it logged me out! Anyway, (General Chat) - dennis moore, Jul 26, 22:59:38
  - Could not agree more (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 26, 21:52:52
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