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Originally Posted by John Isbell
I have to say I find Ted Hughes tedious and bombastic. He is constantly cited in the UK poetry world - as at the end here - and is to my mind underserving of such attention.
Cheers,
John
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Have you read Crow, that is a wonderful book, it clawed me into love with it.
Funnily enough, I have a vaguely similar reaction to Thomas and Frost. I would rather have Hughes's othering energy of language and beasts over Thomas or Frost's blandnesses.
There is an lrb article about their relationship that you might like, David.