tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post8677884617666792355..comments2023-10-09T12:06:17.459+01:00Comments on Emerging Writer: Poets to Check Out - Simon ArmitageEmerging Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-42656684015284981832010-10-05T10:52:10.196+01:002010-10-05T10:52:10.196+01:00God, you're wise.
And I did see the Gawain pr...God, you're wise.<br /><br />And I did see the Gawain programme and as long as I hummed when he did his bits I rather enjoyed it.<br /><br />It is one of my "greatest poems ever, ever. Ever." so it's a large roadblock. I listened to his being done on Radio 4 (they serialised it, I think) and came close to beating the radio to death with a stick - No! That! Is! Not! It!<br />Possible a bit of PTS remains...Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-77553819909397881242010-10-04T15:15:30.373+01:002010-10-04T15:15:30.373+01:00I love Armitage. His new collection is interesting...I love Armitage. His new collection is interesting. Not really poems, more flash-fiction, but inventiveness and wit transfers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-7784419873625659692010-10-04T10:30:01.267+01:002010-10-04T10:30:01.267+01:00Did you see the programme he did for the BBC traci...Did you see the programme he did for the BBC tracing the Gawain one? Evocative. <br />Not sure though that it's entirely fair to take one big fat poem as a roadblock. If so, I'd never read Heaney as I didn't like his Beowulf translationEmerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-52352561098811957122010-10-04T03:34:55.815+01:002010-10-04T03:34:55.815+01:00I tried to like him, but his "Gawain" ma...I tried to like him, but his "Gawain" makes me want to bang my head against a wall, and I just can't get past that. <br />Sorry.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com